Sanderlei Parrela

Sanderlei Claro Parrela (born October 7, 1974 in Santos) is a former Brazilian sprinter.

Sanderlei Parrela

Parrela (center) in 2000
Personal information
Full name	Sanderlei Claro Parrela
Nationality	Brazil
Born	(1974-10-07) October 7, 1974 Santos, São Paulo
Height	1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)
Weight	77 kg (170 lb)
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Retired	June 8, 2009 (age 34)
Medal record Men's Athletics Representing Brazil World Championships 1999 Sevilla 400 m South American Youth Championships 1990 Lima 400 m 1990 Lima 4x400 m relay
Updated on 9 May 2013

Career

With a personal best of 44.29 seconds he is the South American record holder at 400 metres. He won a silver medal in this event at the 1999 World Championships. He finished fourth in the 400 metres race at the 2000 Sydney Olympics.

Parrela brought his career to a close at the 2009 Troféu Brasil Caixa de Atletismo in Rio de Janeiro. Finishing eighth in the 400 m with a season's best of 47.69, he ended a track career which had seen him break the South American record six times.

International competitions

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing Brazil
1990	South American Youth Championships	Lima, Peru	2nd	400 m	50.3
			2nd	4 × 400 m relay	3:24.0
1991	South American Junior Championships	Asunción, Paraguay	1st	400 m	48.6
			1st	4 × 400 m relay	3:21.1
1992	World Junior Championships	Seoul, South Korea	35th (h)	400 m	49.64
			13th (h)	4 × 400 m relay	3:16.35
1993	South American Junior Championships	Puerto la Cruz, Venezuela	1st	400 m	47.86
			1st	4 × 400 m relay	3:17.18
1995	South American Championships	Manaus, Brazil	1st	400 m	45.74
			1st	4 × 400 m relay	3:04.93
	World Championships	Gothenburg, Sweden	35th (h)	400 m	46.59
1996	Ibero-American Championships	Medellín, Colombia	1st	400 m	45.57
			2nd	4 × 400 m relay	3:04.28
	Olympic Games	Atlanta, United States	23rd (qf)	400 m	45.72
			11th (sf)	4 × 400 m relay	3:03.46
1997	World Indoor Championships	Paris, France	8th (sf)	400 m	46.33
	South American Championships	Cali, Colombia	1st	400 m	46.17
			1st	4 × 400 m relay	3:04.20
	World Championships	Athens, Greece	2nd (h)	400 m	45.351
1999	World Indoor Championships	Lisbon, Portugal	5th (sf)	400 m	46.39
	Pan American Games	Winnipeg, Canada	4th	400 m	44.93
			2nd	4 × 400 m relay	2:58.56
	World Championships	Seville, Spain	2nd	400 m	44.29
			18th (h)	4 × 400 m relay	3:05.70
2000	Ibero-American Championships	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	1st	400 m	44.80
			1st	4 × 400 m relay	3:03.33
	Olympic Games	Sydney, Australia	4th	400 m	45.01
2001	World Indoor Championships	Lisbon, Portugal	16th (h)	400 m	47.53
	South American Championships	Manaus, Brazil	1st	400 m	45.11
	World Championships	Edmonton, Canada	4th	4 × 400 m relay	3:01.09
	Goodwill Games	Brisbane, Australia	6th	400 m	45.96
2004	Ibero-American Championships	Huelva, Spain	7th	400 m	46.82
2005	South American Championships	Cali, Colombia	2nd	400 m	45.83
			1st	4 × 400 m relay	3:04.15
2006	Ibero-American Championships	Ponce, Puerto Rico	3rd	4 × 400 m relay	3:25.18
	South American Championships	Tunja, Colombia	1st	400 m	46.19
			1st	4 × 400 m relay	3:03.05
2007	Pan American Games	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	17th (h)	400 m	46.85
			6th	4 × 400 m relay	3:05.87

¹Did not start in the quarterfinals

External links

• Sanderlei Parrela at World Athletics
• Sports reference biography