Maurren Maggi

Medal record
Maurren Maggi
Women’s Athletics
Competitor for  Brazil
Olympic Games
Gold	2008 Beijing	Long jump
World Indoor Championships
Silver	2008 Valencia	Long jump
Bronze	2003 Birmingham	Long jump
Pan American Games
Gold	2011 Guadalajara	Long jump
Gold	2007 Rio de Janeiro	Long jump
Gold	1999 Winnipeg	Long jump
Silver	1999 Winnipeg	100 m hurdles
Universiade
Gold	2001 Beijing	Long jump
Silver	2001 Beijing	100 m hurdles
Bronze	1999 Mallorca	Long jump

Maurren Higa Maggi (born June 25, 1976 in São Carlos) is a Brazilian athlete and Olympic gold medallist. She is the South American record holder at 100 metres hurdles and at long jump, with 12.71 seconds and 7.26 metres respectively. She also has 14.53 metres in the triple jump. She is the first, and so far only, Brazilian woman to win an Olympic gold medal in an individual sport.^[1]

In 2003, Maurren got in a doping scandal after clostebol was found on her sample. She claimed that an anti-scarring gel sheet that she used contained the anabolic steroid in its composition. Maurren was suspended for two years, leaving her out of the 2003 Pan American Games. She missed going to the Olympic Games due to a pregnancy.

She finished second at the 2009 Troféu Brasil Caixa de Atletismo to Keila Costa, losing the event for the first time since 1998.^[2]

Maurren was married to racer Antônio Pizzonia, with whom she has a daughter, Sophia.

Achievements

100 metres hurdles

• 2001 Universiade - silver medal
• 2001 South American Championships - gold medal
• 1999 Pan American Games - silver medal
• 1999 South American Championships - gold medal
• 1997 South American Championships - silver medal

Long jump

• 2011 Pan American Games - gold medal
• 2011 South American Championships - gold medal
• 2008 Summer Olympics - gold medal
• 2008 IAAF World Indoor Championships - silver medal
• 2007 Pan American Games - gold medal
• 2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships - bronze medal
• 2002 Ibero-American Championships - gold medal
• 2002 IAAF World Cup - silver medal
• 2001 Universiade - gold medal
• 2001 South American Championships - gold medal
• 1999 Pan American Games - gold medal
• 1999 Universiade - bronze medal
• 1999 South American Championships - gold medal
• 1997 South American Championships - gold medal

See also

• List of sportspeople sanctioned for doping offences

References

1. ^ Biscayart, Eduardo (2009-05-18).Vili sets 20.69m Oceania Shot Put record in Rio. IAAF. Retrieved on 2009-05-18.
2. ^ Biscayart, Eduardo (2009-06-08). Murer vaults to world leading 4.82m at Brazilian nationals. IAAF. Retrieved on 2009-06-09.

External links

• IAAF profile for Maurren Maggi
• sports-reference.com profile

Sporting positions
Preceded by Marion Jones	Women's Long Jump Best Year Performance 1999	Succeeded by Fiona May
Preceded by Tatyana Kotova	Women's Long Jump Best Year Performance 2003	Succeeded by Tatyana Lebedeva

Persondata
Name	Maggi, Maurren
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Date of birth	1976-06-25
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