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eVelyn CaRoLIna dE
oLIvEIRa doS sAntos
rio de Janeiro, rJ
04/11/85
56kg
1,71m
main titles
2 nd place (100m and 200m) at the
Brazil Trophy (09) • 1 st place
(200m) at the Brazil Trophy (08)
events
4x100m
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A journalist graduate, Evelyn is going to
the Olympic Games for the second time –
she finished in 23 rd place in the 200m in
Beijing 2008. She started to train at the
age of 12 under the influence of Nelson
da Rocha Santos and Sheila de Oliveira,
both former athletes who defended Brazil
at Olympic Games and World
Championships – Nelson was a finalist in
the 4x100m in Moscow 1980 and Los
Angeles 1984. Evelyn overcame two years
of successive injuries that caused her to
undertake a spine surgery in August of
2011. Her two dogs’ names are Bolt and
Asafa in honour of the two sprinters.
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