Geisa Arcanjo

Geisa Rafaela Arcanjo (born 19 September 1991, in São Roque, São Paulo) is a Brazilian athlete. She was a finalist at the 2012 Summer Olympics, finishing sixth. Her personal best for the event is 19.02 metres. She was the 2012 gold medallist at the Ibero-American Championships in Athletics. Arcanjo initially won at the 2010 World Junior Championships in Athletics, but was disqualified for doping.

Geisa Arcanjo
Personal information
Full nameGeisa Rafaela Arcanjo
Born (1991-09-19) 19 September 1991
São Roque, São Paulo
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight92 kg (203 lb)
Sport
Country Brazil
SportAthletics
Event(s)Shot put
Updated on 5 February 2015.

Career

Born in São Roque, São Paulo,[1] she started out in athletics by competing in the shot put and the discus throw. She made her debut for Brazil at the 2007 World Youth Championships in Athletics, competing in the discus.[2] Her first international medal came in 2008, when she was the gold medallist in the shot put at the 2008 South American Youth Championships in Athletics.[3] She also won the Brazilian youth titles in both the discus and shot. The following year she stepped up to the junior (under-19) level and had similar success, winning shot put gold and discus silver at the South American Junior Championships as well as a shot put bronze medal at the Pan American Junior Championships.[4][5]

She began to focus on shot putting in 2010 and threw a Brazilian junior record of 17.11 m. She came fifth at the South American Games and fourth at the Ibero-American Championships. At the 2010 World Junior Championships in Athletics she won Brazil's first gold medal at the championships since 1994.[6] However, her doping test came back positive for the banned diuretic Hydrochlorothiazide and she was later disqualified. Arcanjo said that the substance had entered her system through a green tea that she had been taking, unbeknownst to her coach.[7] An initial judgement by the national athletics body (Confederação Brasileira de Atletismo) accepted the athlete's statement and gave her a warning rather than a ban. Brazil's sports court, Superior Tribunal de Justiça Desportiva, overturned this decision on these grounds, but upheld the warning due to the lack of enhancing impact that the substance would have on the athlete's performance.[8] Arcanjo missed much of the 2011 season due to the length of the proceedings.

Arcanjo had significantly improved when she returned to action in 2012, setting a series of personal bests on the Brazilian circuit. She cleared eighteen metres for the first time at the 2012 Ibero-American Championships in Athletics, where she won the shot put with a personal best of 18.84 metres. After winning her first Brazilian title, she was selected for the Brazilian team for the 2012 London Olympics. Her throw of 19.02 metres in the Olympic final was enough for seventh place. She ended her season with a win at the 2012 South American Under-23 Championships in Athletics.[9]

Personal bests
EventResultVenueDate
Shot put19.02 mLondon, United Kingdom6 Aug 2012
Discus throw53.30 mSão Paulo, Brazil1 May 2010

International competitions
YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing  Brazil
2007 World Youth Championships Ostrava, Czech Republic 26th (q) Discus 38.09 m
2008 South American Youth Championships Lima, Perú 1st Shot put (4 kg) 14.22 m
2nd Discus throw (1 kg) 43.23 m
2009 South American Junior Championships São Paulo, Brazil 1st Shot put 15.30 m
2nd Discus 48.18 m
Pan American Junior Championships Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago 3rd Shot put 15.69 m
4th Discus 46.01 m
2010 South American Games Medellín, Colombia 1st Shot put 14.16 m
South American U23 Championships
Ibero-American Championships San Fernando, Spain 4th Shot put 16.10 m
World Junior Championships Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada — Shot put DQ (Doping)
2012 Ibero-American Championships Barquisimeto, Venezuela 1st Shot put 18.84 m
Olympic Games London, United Kingdom 7th Shot put 19.02 m
South American U23 Championships São Paulo, Brazil 1st Shot put 18.43 m
2013 South American Championships Cartagena, Colombia 1st Shot put 18.27 m
World Championships Moscow, Russia 18th (q) Shot put 17.55 m
2015 South American Championships Lima, Peru 1st Shot put 17.76 m
Pan American Games Toronto, Canada 9th Shot put 17.18 m
World Championships Beijing, China 15th (q) Shot put 17.42 m
2016 Ibero-American Championships Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 2nd Shot put 17.92 m
Olympic Games Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 9th Shot put 18.16 m
2017 South American Championships Asunción, Paraguay 1st Shot put 18.06 m
World Championships London, United Kingdom 9th Shot put 18.03 m
2018 South American Games Cochabamba, Bolivia 3rd Shot put 17.30 m
Ibero-American Championships Trujillo, Peru 1st Shot put 18.10 m
2019 South American Championships Lima, Peru 2nd Shot put 17.16 m
World Championships Doha, Qatar 21st (q) Shot put 17.45 m
2020 South American Indoor Championships Cochabamba, Bolivia 1st Shot put 17.09 m

References
  1. Geisa Arcanjo Archived 2012-07-21 at the Wayback Machine. London2012.. Retrieved on 2013-01-27.
  2. Geisa Arcanjo. IAAF. Retrieved on 2013-01-27.
  3. Biscayart, Eduardo (2 December 2011). 400m Hurdles record at South American Youth Championships. IAAF. Retrieved on 2013-01-27.
  4. 2009 Pan American Junior Championships Archived 2011-10-23 at the Wayback Machine. World Junior Athletics History. Retrieved on 2013-01-27.
  5. Brazil dominates South American Under-23 Champs. IAAF (24-09- 2012). Retrieved on 2013-01-27.
  6. "2010 World Junior Championships – Women's Shot Put Final". IAAF. 2010-07-21. Archived from the original on 23 July 2010. Retrieved 2010-07-20.
  7. Brazilian athlete warned after failed test. ESPN (2011-03-23). Retrieved on 2013-01-27.
  8. Geisa Arcanjo tem advertência por doping mantida (in Portuguese). Estadao (2011-08-11). Retrieved on 2013-01-27.
  9. Biscayart, Eduardo (24-09-2012). Brazil dominates South American Under-23 Champs. IAAF. Retrieved on 2013-01-27.
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