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 name	Geisa Rafaela Arcanjo
Born	(1991-09-19) 19 September 1991 São Roque, São Paulo
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	92 kg (203 lb)
Sport
Country	Brazil
Sport	Athletics
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

Event	Result	Venue	Date
Shot put	19.02 m	London, United Kingdom	6 Aug 2012
Discus throw	53.30 m	São Paulo, Brazil	1 May 2010

International competitions

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
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.

External links

• Geisa Arcanjo at World Athletics
• Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Geisa Arcanjo". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2013-02-07.