Carmem Sousa de Oliveira Furtado (born 17 August 1965) is a retired

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ian long-distance runner. She finished eleventh in the

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at the 1993 World Championships in a new South American record time of 31:47.76 minutes. She also holds the South American record in

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with 15:22.01 minutes and in the

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with 2:27:41 hours from the 1994

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. She also won the 15 km (

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) in 1995. Oliveira also has two cross country titles to her name, having won the

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in 1992 and 1994.Continental Cross Country Championships and Cups
GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2010-03-02.

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* 1965 births Living people Sportspeople from the Federal District (Brazil) Brazilian female long-distance runners Brazilian cross country runners Athletes (track and field) at the 1987 Pan American Games Athletes (track and field) at the 1991 Pan American Games Athletes (track and field) at the 1995 Pan American Games Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Brazil Pan American Games gold medalists for Brazil Pan American Games gold medalists in athletics (track and field) Medalists at the 1991 Pan American Games Medalists at the 1995 Pan American Games Competitors at the 1991 Summer Universiade 21st-century Brazilian women 20th-century Brazilian sportswomen Troféu Brasil de Atletismo winners {{Brazil-athletics-bio-stub