Ana Carolina Azevedo

Ana Azevedo
Personal information
Full nameAna Carolina de Jesus Azevedo
Born19 May 1998 (1998-05-19) (age 27)
São Roque, São Paulo, Brazil
Sport
SportAthletics
Event
200m
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  Brazil
Pan American Games
2023 Santiago 200 m
South American Games
2022 Asunción 4×100 m relay
South American Championships
2021 Guayaquil 4×100 m relay
South American Indoor Championships
2026 Cochabamba 60 m
2025 Cochabamba 60 m

Ana Carolina de Jesus Azevedo (born 19 May 1998) is a Brazilian sprinter. She is the South American record holder over 60 metres, both indoors and outdoors.

Career

In 2020, Azevedo was named Best Female Athlete by the Brazilian Athletics Confederation.[1] Azevedo completed in the 200 metres at the 2020 Summer Olympics, where she ran a time of 23.20 sec in her qualifying heat.[2]

In November 2023, she won a bronze medal in the 200 meters at the Pan American Games held in Santiago, Chile.[3]

She competed in the women's 60 metres at the 2024 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Glasgow and ran a personal best time of 7.50 seconds.[4] She competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris over 200 metres.[5] She also competed in the 100 metres race at the Games.[6]

She ran a lifetime best of 7.16 seconds to win the gold medal ahead of Colombian Marlet Ospino at the 2025 South American Indoor Championships in Cochabamba in February 2025.[7] In September 2025, she competed in the 100 metres at the 2025 World Championships in Tokyo, Japan.[8]

In 2026, Azevedo recently 7.05 for the 60 metres, a South American record, in an outdoor meeting in São Paulo. In February 2026, she set a new South American indoor record to win the gold medal in the 60 metres in 7.09 seconds at the South American Indoor Championships, bettering the record of Vitória Cristina Rosa from 2022.[9]

Personal bests

  • 60 m: 7.05 s (wind: -0.0 m/s) – São Paulo, Brazil, 18 February 2026
  • 100 m: 11.12 s (wind: +1.4 m/s) – São Paulo, Brazil, 31 Jun 2025
  • 200 m: 22.91 s (wind: +0.2 m/s) – São Bernardo do Campo, Brazil, 27 Apr 2024

Indoor

  • 60 m: 7.09 s – Cochabamba , Bolivia, 28 February 2026

Source:[10]

References

  1. ^ "Athletics AZEVEDO Ana Carolina - Tokyo 2020 Olympics". Archived from the original on 2 August 2021. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
  2. ^ "Athletics - Round 1 - Heat 1 Results". Archived from the original on 2 August 2021. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
  3. ^ "Brazil wins two more golds and a bronze in athletics at the Santiago 2023 Pan American Games". Cob.org. 3 November 2023. Retrieved 2 March 2024.
  4. ^ "Women's 60m Results - World Athletics Indoor Championships 2024". Watch Athletics. 2 March 2024. Retrieved 2 March 2024.
  5. ^ "Women's 200m Results - Paris Olympic Games 2024 Athletics". Watch Athletics. 6 August 2024. Retrieved 30 August 2024.
  6. ^ "Women's 100 Metres - Paris Olympic Games 2024 Athletics". Watch Athletics. 3 August 2024. Retrieved 28 December 2024.
  7. ^ "Azevedo leads Brazilian gold rush at South American Indoor Championships". World Athletics. 24 February 2025. Retrieved 11 September 2025.
  8. ^ "World Athletics Championships, Tokyo 2025". World Athletics. 18 September 2025. Retrieved 29 September 2025.
  9. ^ "Herrera, Azevedo and Linares shine, Brazil dominates South American Indoor Championships". World Athletics. 1 March 2026. Retrieved 2 March 2026.
  10. ^ Ana Carolina Azevedo Athlete Profile


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