Eronilde de Araújo

Eronilde Nunes de Araújo (born 31 December 1970 in Bom Jesus da Lapa, Bahia) is a Brazilian^[1] athlete who specialized in 400 metres hurdles. He dominated athletic events on the South American scene during the 1990s. His personal best of 48.04 seconds is also the South American record. He represented his country three times at the Olympics.^[2]

International competitions

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing Brazil
1988	South American Junior Championships	Cubatão, Brazil	1st	4 × 400 m relay	3:12.94
1989	South American Junior Championships	Montevideo, Uruguay	1st	400 m hurdles	51.12
	South American Junior Championships	Montevideo, Uruguay	1st	4 × 400 m relay	3:14.84
	Pan American Junior Championships	Santa Fe, Argentina	2nd	400 m hurdles	51.20
	Pan American Junior Championships	Santa Fe, Argentina	2nd	4 × 400 m relay	3:13.22
1990	Ibero-American Championships	Manaus, Brazil	1st	400m hurdles	49.82
1990	Ibero-American Championships	Manaus, Brazil	1st	4 × 400 m relay	3:09.2
1991	South American Championships	Manaus, Brazil	1st	400 m hurdles	49.65
	Pan American Games	Havana, Cuba	1st	400 m hurdles	49.96
	World Championships	Tokyo, Japan	12th (sf)	400 m hurdles	49.91
1992	Ibero-American Championships	Seville, Spain	1st	400m hurdles	50.06
	Ibero-American Championships	Seville, Spain	2nd	4 × 400 m relay	3:03.50
	Olympic Games	Barcelona, Spain	14th (sf)	400 m hurdles	49.66
	Olympic Games	Barcelona, Spain	8th (sf)	4 × 400 m relay	3:01.38
1993	World Indoor Championships	Toronto, Canada	12th (h)	400 m	47.50
	South American Championships	Lima, Peru	1st	400 m hurdles	49.80
	World Championships	Stuttgart, Germany	37th (h)	400 m hurdles	50.81
1994	Ibero-American Championships	Mar del Plata, Argentina	3rd	400 m hurdles	50.36
	Ibero-American Championships	Mar del Plata, Argentina	1st	4 × 400 m relay	3:06.54
	World Cup	London, United Kingdom	3rd	400 m hurdles	49.62^[3]
1995	Pan American Games	Mar del Plata, Argentina	1st	400 m hurdles	49.29
	Pan American Games	Mar del Plata, Argentina	4th	4 × 400 m relay	3:07.54
	South American Championships	Manaus, Brazil	1st	400 m hurdles	48.63
	South American Championships	Manaus, Brazil	1st	4 × 400 m relay	3:04.93
	World Championships	Gothenburg, Sweden	8th	400 m hurdles	49.86
1996	Olympic Games	Atlanta, United States	8th	400 m hurdles	48.78
1996	Olympic Games	Atlanta, United States	11th (sf)	4 × 400 m relay	3:03.46
1997	South American Championships	Mar del Plata, Argentina	1st	400 m hurdles	49.35
1998	Ibero-American Championships	Lisbon, Portugal	1st	400 m hurdles	48.96
1999	South American Championships	Bogotá, Colombia	1st	400 m hurdles	49.13
	South American Championships	Bogotá, Colombia	1st	4 × 400 m relay	3:02.09
	Pan American Games	Winnipeg, Canada	1st	400 m hurdles	48.23
	Pan American Games	Winnipeg, Canada	2nd	4 × 400 m relay	2:58.56
	World Championships	Seville, Spain	4th	400 m hurdles	48.13
	World Championships	Seville, Spain	17th (h)	4 × 400 m relay	3:05.70
2000	Ibero-American Championships	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	1st	400 m hurdles	49.35
2000	Olympic Games	Sydney, Australia	5th	400 m hurdles	48.34
2001	World Championships	Edmonton, Canada	24th (sf)	400 m hurdles	51.23
2002	Ibero-American Championships	Guatemala City, Guatemala	2nd	400 m hurdles	50.78
2003	South American Championships	Barquisimeto, Venezuela	3rd	400 m hurdles	50.81
	South American Championships	Barquisimeto, Venezuela	1st	4 × 400 m relay	3:05.28
	Pan American Games	Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic	8th	400 m hurdles	51.19
2004	Ibero-American Championships	Huelva, Spain	8th (h)	400 m hurdles	51.59^[4]

References

^ Wallechinsky, David (2000). The complete book of the Olympics. Aurum. p. 88. ISBN 9781854106926.
^ Eronilde de Araújo Archived 17 July 2014 at the Wayback Machine. Sports Reference. Retrieved on 2014-07-20.
^ Representing the Americas
^ Did not start in the final