Carmem de Oliveira

Carmem Sousa de Oliveira Furtado (born 17 August 1965) is a retired Brazilian long-distance runner.

She finished eleventh in the 10,000 metres at the 1993 World Championships in a new South American record time of 31:47.76 minutes. She also holds the South American record in 5000 metres with 15:22.01 minutes and in the marathon with 2:27:41 hours from the 1994 Boston Marathon. She also won the 15 km (Saint Silvester Road Race in São Paulo) in 1995.^[1]

Oliveira also has two cross country titles to her name, having won the South American Cross Country Championships in 1992 and 1994.^[2]

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing  Brazil
1985	South American Championships	Santiago, Chile	2nd	3000 m	9:30.37
			2nd	10,000 m	34:47.02
1987	Pan American Games	Indianapolis, United States	5th	10,000 m	34:24.63
1989	South American Championships	Medellín, Colombia	1st	3000 m	9:22.58
			1st	10,000 m	35:08.5
1991	South American Championships	Manaus, Brazil	1st	3000 m	9:17.50
			1st	10,000 m	33:27.85
	Universiade	Sheffield, United Kingdom	19th	3000 m	9:34.44
			5th	10,000 m	32:44.89
1992	Ibero-American Championships	Seville, Spain	1st	3000 m	9:20.83
			1st	10,000 m	33:21.00
	Olympic Games	Barcelona, Spain	41st (h)	10,000 m	34:48.21
1993	South American Championships	Lima, Peru	1st	10,000 m	33:49.8
1995	Pan American Games	Mar del Plata, Argentina	1st	10,000 m	33:10.19
	South American Championships	Manaus, Brazil	1st	10,000 m	33:55.84
1996	Olympic Games	Atlanta, United States	—	Marathon	DNF

References

1. "Corrida de São Silvestre - Campeões 1990 - 1999" (in Portuguese). Fundação Cásper Líbero. Retrieved 24 April 2015.
2. Continental Cross Country Championships and Cups. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2010-03-02.

External links

• Carmem de Oliveira at World Athletics
• Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Carmem de Oliveira". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18.