Keila da Silva Costa (born 6 February 1983) is a Brazilian long jumper and triple jumper. She has competed in three Olympic Games, 2004, 2008 and 2012, and has reached the final round both there and in World Championships and World Indoor Championships. She is the South American record holder in triple jump with 14.58 metres, and has 6.88 metres in the long jump. Both results were achieved in 2007.
Early career She was born in Abreu e Lima near Recife, and took up athletics at the age of nine. It was not the easiest of things to become an international athlete, as the city of Abreu e Lima did not sport a rubber track; also she came from a "humble family".
As a junior athlete she competed in two World Junior Championships. At the 2000 edition in Santiago, Chile she finished eleventh in the triple jump. Her personal best at the time was 13.23 metres. In 2001, she broke the 14-metre barrier as she improved to 14.00 metres at a meet in São Caetano do Sul.. Retrieved on 4 April 2009. This was a new South American junior record. In 2002 the World Junior Championships were held in Kingston, Jamaica. Here she finished ninth in the long jump and won the bronze medal in the triple jump. She was the first Brazilian to win a medal at the World Junior Championships. She had not improved in the latter event, but her personal best in the long jump was 6.46 metres, achieved in September 2002 in Rio de Janeiro.
In the following seasons, she rarely competed internationally, except for a participation at the 2004 Olympic Games where she failed to reach the final. She was injured for most of 2003. By June 2005 she had improved to 6.63 metres in the long jump, and in February 2006 she improved to 14.17 metres in the triple jump. In March 2006 she competed in triple jump at the World Indoor Championships and her first international triple jump event since the 2002 World Juniors—but even though she approached her maximum level with a jump of 14.11 metres, she again failed to reach the final. In late 2006, she represented the Americas (except for the United States) in long jump at the World Cup event, finishing sixth.
Maurren Higa Maggi later captured the South American triple jump record, and also dominated in national championships. Costa won her first Brazilian title in 2003. On the regional level, Costa won five medals at the South American Championships in 2001, 2003 and 2005.
International breakthrough Her definite international breakthrough came in 2007. She improved both her personal best jumps with good margins. In May in Belém she jumped 6.88 metres, and in São Paulo in June she jumped 14.57 metres for a continental and championship record at the 2007 South American Championships in Athletics. She also won the silver medal in the long jump behind Maggi.Biscayart, Eduardo (2007-06-10). 14.57 Area Triple Jump Record for Costa as South American Champs finish. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-09-22. In May she had become the first South American woman to break the 15-metre-barrier. However, her 15.10 m jump in Uberlândia, Brazil had a tail wind of 2.7 m/second, and thus could not be accepted. When jumping 14.57, she established a new South American record. At the 2007 Pan American Games she won two silver medals, and at the 2007 World Championships in August she finished ninth in the triple and seventh in the long jump competition. At the World Athletics Final towards the end of the season, she finished sixth in the triple and fifth in the long jump.
In 2008, she did not compete in the triple jump at all. In the long jump, though, she finished seventh at the World Indoor Championships and eleventh at the Olympic Games. Her season's best was 6.79 metres, achieved in June in São Paulo. Her South American record still stands.
In the 2009 season, she won the Troféu Brasil Caixa de Atletismo with a season's best of 6.79 m, putting an end to rival Maurren Maggi's decade-long dominance of the championships.Biscayart, Eduardo (2009-06-08). Murer vaults to world leading 4.82m at Brazilian nationals. IAAF. Retrieved on 2009-06-09. She became the continental long jump champion for a second time at the 2009 South American Championships in Athletics.Biscayart, Eduardo (2009-06-22). Brazil repeats triumph at South American Championships – Day 3 report. IAAF. Retrieved on 2009-06-24. The long jump at the 2009 Lusophony Games was a head-to-head with Portugal's Naide Gomes and Costa took the silver medal, three centimetres back with a mark of 6.71 m. Her focus turned to the 2009 World Championships in Athletics, but she failed to record a mark in her three attempts in the long jump final.Mulkeen, Jon (2010-08-23). Event Report - Women's Long Jump - Final . IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-09-22. She closed the season with a seventh-place finish at the 2009 IAAF World Athletics Final.
She opened 2010 with her first podium finish on the global stage: competing in the long jump at the 2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships, she twice jumped 6.63 m to secure the bronze medal behind Brittney Reese and Gomes.Ramsak, Bob (2010-03-14). EVENT REPORT - WOMEN's Long Jump Final. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-09-22. She became a double Brazilian champion later that year with victories in both the long jump and triple jump at the Troféu Brasil Caixa de Atletismo.Biscayart, Eduardo (2010-09-20). Murer vaults 4.70m at Brazilian championships. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-09-22.
Personal life Costa has a relationship with Panamanian Olympic champion in the long jump, Irving Saladino. The two met at the 2004 Olympic Games.
Costa stands tall, and weighs approximately .
Notes Note that this is sometimes given, wrongly, as being a South American record. The best South American result at the time belonged to Luciana dos Santos, who jumped 14.01 metres in 2000.
Personal bests Event Result Venue DateOutdoor 100 m 12.43 s (wind: +0.5 m/s) Belém, Brazil 6 May 2005 Long jump 6.88 m (wind: -0.1 m/s) Belém, Brazil 20 May 2007 Triple jump 14.58 m (wind: +2.0 m/s) São Paulo, Brazil 7 June 2013Indoor Long jump 6.64 m Paris, France 13 February 2009 Triple jump 14.11 m Moscow, Russia 10 March 2006
Achievements Representing 1999South American Junior ChampionshipsConcepción, Chile3rdTriple jump12.62 m2000South American Junior ChampionshipsSão Leopoldo, Brazil1stTriple jump13.65 mWorld Junior ChampionshipsSantiago, Chile11thTriple jump12.97 m (wind: +0.9 m/s)South American Youth ChampionshipsBogotá, Colombia1stLong jump6.05 m A1stTriple jump13.04 m A2001South American ChampionshipsManaus, Brazil1stTriple jump13.61 mSouth American Junior ChampionshipsSanta Fe, Argentina1stLong jump6.20 m1stTriple jump13.66 mPan American Junior ChampionshipsSanta Fe, Argentina3rdLong jump5.97m2ndTriple jump13.55 m2002World Junior ChampionshipsKingston, Jamaica17th (q)Long jump5.98 m (wind: +1.1 m/s)3rdTriple jump13.70 m (wind: +0.5 m/s)South American Junior Championships /<br/ > South American GamesBelém, Brazil1stLong jump6.37 m (wind: +1.4 m/s)1stTriple jump13.78 m (wind: -0.5 m/s)2003South American ChampionshipsBarquisimeto, Venezuela1stLong jump6.30 m1stTriple jump13.62 m2004South American U23 ChampionshipsBarquisimeto, Venezuela1stLong jump6.19 m (wind: +1.6 m/s)1stTriple jump13.62 m (wind: +0.3 m/s)Ibero-American ChampionshipsHuelva, Spain6thLong jump6.27 m3rdTriple jump13.80 mOlympic GamesAthens, Greece31st (q)Long jump6.33 m2005South American ChampionshipsCali, Colombia2ndLong jump6.32 m2ndTriple jump13.75 m2006World Indoor ChampionshipsMoscow, Russia10th (q)Triple jump14.11 mIbero-American ChampionshipsPonce, Puerto Rico1stLong jump6.54 mWorld CupAthens, Greece7thLong jump6.33 m (wind: +0.2 m/s)2007South American ChampionshipsSão Paulo, Brazil2ndLong jump6.83 m1stTriple jump14.57 mPan American GamesRio de Janeiro, Brazil2ndLong jump6.73 m2ndTriple jump14.38 mWorld ChampionshipsOsaka, Japan7thLong jump6.69 m9thTriple jump14.40 mWorld Athletics FinalStuttgart, Germany5thLong jump6.46 m (wind: +0.4 m/s)6thTriple jump14.13 m (wind: +0.5 m/s)2008World Indoor ChampionshipsValencia, Spain7thLong jump6.48 mOlympic GamesBeijing, China11thLong jump6.43 m2009South American ChampionshipsLima, Peru1stLong jump6.62 mLusophony GamesLisbon, Portugal2ndLong jump6.71 m (w)World ChampionshipsBerlin, Germany7th (q)Long jump6.66 mNo mark in the finalWorld Athletics FinalThessaloniki, Greece7thLong jump6.53 m w (wind: +3.1 m/s)2010World Indoor ChampionshipsDoha, Qatar3rdLong jump6.63 m2011South American ChampionshipsBuenos Aires, Argentina2ndLong jump6.45 m2ndTriple jump13.96 mMilitary World GamesRio de Janeiro, Brazil1stLong jump6.41 m (wind: +0.1 m/s)2ndTriple jump14.11 m (wind: +0.0 m/s)UniversiadeShenzhen, China11thLong jump6.19 mWorld ChampionshipsDaegu, South Korea24th (q)Long jump6.26 m12thTriple jump13.72 mPan American GamesGuadalajara, Mexico5thLong jump6.37 m4thTriple jump14.01 m2012World Indoor ChampionshipsIstanbul, Turkey11th (q)Long jump6.45 mOlympic GamesLondon, United Kingdom20th (q)Triple jump13.84 m2013South American ChampionshipsCartagena, Colombia2ndLong jump6.49 m1stTriple jump14.21 m (w)World ChampionshipsMoscow, Russia13th (q)Triple jump13.82 m2014World Indoor ChampionshipsSopot, Poland10th (q)Triple jump13.64 mSouth American GamesSantiago, Chile1stLong jump6.35 m1stTriple jump13.65 mPan American Sports FestivalMexico City, Mexico4thTriple jump13.95m A (wind: +0.5 m/s)2015Pan American GamesToronto, Canada2ndTriple jump14.50 m (w)World ChampionshipsBeijing, China26th (q)Long jump6.32 m12thTriple jump13.90 m2016World Indoor ChampionshipsPortland, United States9thTriple jump13.94 mIbero-American ChampionshipsRio de Janeiro, Brazil2ndLong jump6.43 m1stTriple jump14.01 mOlympic GamesRio de Janeiro, Brazil38th (q)Long jump5.86 m24th (q)Triple jump13.78 m2019South American ChampionshipsLima, Peru2ndLong jump6.38 m2021South American ChampionshipsGuayaquil, Ecuador1stTriple jump13.67 m
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