Alessandra Resende

Alessandra Resende

Personal information
Full name	Alessandra Nobre Resende
Nationality	Brazil
Born	5 March 1975 São Paulo, Brazil
Height	1.69 m (5 ft 6 ^1⁄2 in)
Weight	69 kg (152 lb)
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event(s)	Javelin throw
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	Javelin throw: 59.58 m (2007)
Medal record Women's athletics Representing  Brazil Ibero-American Championships 2006 Ponce Javelin throw 2008 Iquique Javelin throw South American Championships 2005 Cali Javelin throw 2006 Tunja Javelin throw 2007 São Paulo Javelin throw 2009 Lima Javelin throw

Alessandra Nobre Resende (born March 5, 1975 in São Paulo) is a Brazilian javelin thrower.^[1] She is a two-time Ibero-American and a four-time South American champion for her category. Resende, however, narrowly missed out of the medal podium, when she placed fifth in the final at the 2007 Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro, with a best throw of 57.95 metres.^[2]

At age thirty-three, Resende made her Olympic debut at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where she competed in the women's javelin throw. She threw the javelin into the field at 56.53 metres, finishing twenty-seventh overall in the qualifying rounds.^[3]

Competition record

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing  Brazil
1994	South American Junior Championships	Santa Fe, Argentina	1st	Javelin throw	52.52 m[4]
1996	Ibero-American Championships	Medellín, Colombia	8th	Javelin throw	47.08 m[5]
1998	Ibero-American Championships	Lisbon, Portugal	5th	Javelin throw	45.99 m[6]
1999	South American Championships	Bogotá, Colombia	4th	Javelin throw	54.34 m
2000	Ibero-American Championships	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	5th	Javelin throw	51.22 m
2001	South American Championships	Manaus, Brazil	2nd	Javelin throw	50.83 m
2002	Ibero-American Championships	Guatemala City, Guatemala	5th	Javelin throw	51.86 m
2003	South American Championships	Barquisimeto, Venezuela	2nd	Javelin throw	57.01 m
2004	Ibero-American Championships	Huelva, Spain	4th	Javelin throw	55.23 m
2005	South American Championships	Cali, Colombia	1st	Javelin throw	56.06 m
2006	Ibero-American Championships	Ponce, Puerto Rico	1st	Javelin throw	55.12 m
	South American Championships	Tunja, Colombia	1st	Javelin throw	58.11 m
2007	South American Championships	São Paulo, Brazil	1st	Javelin throw	57.75 m
	Pan American Games	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	5th	Javelin throw	57.95 m
	World Championships	Osaka, Japan	22nd (q)	Javelin throw	56.42 m
2008	Ibero-American Championships	Iquique, Chile	1st	Javelin throw	56.59 m
	Olympic Games	Beijing, China	27th (q)	Javelin throw	56.53 m
2009	South American Championships	Lima, Peru	1st	Javelin throw	56.36 m
2011	South American Championships	Buenos Aires, Argentina	3rd	Javelin throw	54.61 m

References

1. "Alessandra Resende". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 16 December 2012.
2. Biscayart, Eduardo (28 July 2007). "Cuba's five gold medal party – Pan Am Games, Day 5". IAAF. Retrieved 15 December 2012.
3. "Women's Javelin Throw Qualifying Rounds". NBC Olympics. Retrieved 15 December 2012.
4. Old model javelin
5. Old model javelin
6. Old model javelin

External links

• Alessandra Resende profile at IAAF
• Profile – UOL Esporte (Portuguese)
• NBC Olympics Profile