Josiane da Silva Tito (born August 8, 1979, in

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) is a Brazilian sprinter and middle-distance runner.

Career

She set a personal best time of 2:01.28 for the

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at the

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, coincidentally in her home city. Tito also competed as part of the women's national sprint team for the

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at the

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. At the

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, Tito competed for the second time in women's 4 × 400 m relay, along with her teammates Lucimar Teodoro, Maria Laura Almirão, and Emmily Pinheiro. She ran on the second leg of the second heat, with an individual-split time of 52.60 seconds. Tito and her team finished the relay in sixth place for a total time of 3:30.10, failing to advance into the final. Few days before the 2009 IAAF World Championships in

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, Tito was among the five Brazilian athletes who failed the competition drug test for a banned substance recombinant EPO. She served a two-year suspension by

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, making her ineligible to compete for other international events, including the world and national championships.

Achievements

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* 1979 births Living people Athletes from Rio de Janeiro (city) Olympic athletes for Brazil Brazilian female sprinters Brazilian female middle-distance runners Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics Doping cases in athletics Brazilian sportspeople in doping cases Pan American Games bronze medalists in athletics (track and field) Pan American Games bronze medalists for Brazil Athletes (track and field) at the 2003 Pan American Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2007 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2003 Pan American Games Olympic female sprinters 21st-century Brazilian sportswomen Troféu Brasil de Atletismo winners {{Brazil-athletics-bio-stub