Soraya Vieira Telles-Teixeira (born September 6, 1958) is a former middle distance runner from Brazil, who represented her native country at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea.
She notably won a bronze medal in 800 metres at the 1987 Pan American Games, behind Ana Fidelia Quirot and Delisa Floyd.
She was one of the torchbearers in Brazil ahead the Rio 2016 Olympics.G1 Atleta olímpica Soraya Telles aguarda ansiosa pelo revezamento da Tocha
International competitions Representing 1976South American Junior ChampionshipsMaracaibo, Venezuela3rd400 m57.191st4 × 400 m relay3:52.241979Pan American GamesSan Juan, Puerto Rico8th800 m2:07.37th1500 m4:30.2 South American ChampionshipsBucaramanga, Colombia7th1500 m4:50.51983South American ChampionshipsSanta Fe, Argentina2nd800 m2:06.25th1500 m4:29.31985South American ChampionshipsSantiago, Chile 2nd800 m2:06.305th1500 m4:25.871st4 × 400 m relay3:39.771986Ibero-American ChampionshipsHavana, Cuba 2nd800 m2:01.551987World Indoor ChampionshipsIndianapolis, United States11th (h)800 m2:05.09Pan American GamesIndianapolis, United States3rd800 m2:00.564th1500 m4:14.64World ChampionshipsRome, Italy20th (h)800 m2:03.5511th (h)4 × 400 m relay3:30.91South American ChampionshipsSão Paulo, Brazil 1st800 m2:07.7 1st1500 m4:29.9 1st4 × 400 m relay3:38.131988Ibero-American ChampionshipsMexico City, Mexico2nd800 m2:02.001st1500 m4:28.911st4 × 400 m relay3:29:21Olympic GamesSeoul, South Korea13th (sf)800 m2:01.8611th (h)4 × 400 m relay3:36.811990Ibero-American ChampionshipsManaus, Brazil1st4 × 400 m relay3:32.81991Pan American GamesHavana, Cuba4th1500 m4:22.211992Ibero-American ChampionshipsSeville, Spain1st1500 m4:18.031993South American ChampionshipsLima, Peru 1st1500 m4:23.1 1st4 × 400 m relay3:36.49World ChampionshipsStuttgart, Germany28th (h)1500 m4:18.67
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