Redelén Melo dos Santos (born 24 April 1976) is a Brazilian former

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athlete who specialised in the

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. His personal best of 13.29 seconds for the event is the South American record. He is a two-time South American Champion in the hurdles (2003 and 2005) and also won a silver medal in 2001. He represented Brazil twice at both the

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and the

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. He missed the

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due to injury. In other competitions, he was fourth at the

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and won two silver medals at the

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. His time of 6.57 seconds for the seldom-held

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is also a continental record mark.

Career

His first international medal came at the age of 24 when he was the

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list at the 2000 Ibero-American Championships in Athletics in

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. He improved his personal best time to 13.59 seconds that year and took second place at the Brazilian Championships.Redelen dos Santos
Tilastopaja. Retrieved on 2012-03-29. He made a breakthrough at continental level the year after with a runner-up finish behind his compatriot

Márcio de Souza Márcio Simão de Souza (born 24 January 1975) is a retired Brazilian hurdler who specialised in the 110 metres hurdles. Early in his career he competed as a decathlete. He finished fifth at the 2003 World Championships in Paris and won a bron ...

at the 2001 South American Championships in Athletics in

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. Later in the season he was a semi-finalist in the hurdles at the

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.dos Santos Redelen
IAAF. Retrieved on 2012-03-29. After a low-key 2002 he competed extensively in 2003, winning his first Brazilian title in June and then taking the

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at the

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a week later, breaking the championship record with a personal best run of 13.45 seconds.Brazilian Championships
GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2012-03-29. In August he recorded a time of 13.48 seconds to take fourth in the final at the

, then made his first senior global appearance at the

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, where he was a semi-finalist. Returning to his native

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, he broke Márcio de Souza's South American record in September with a time of 13.34 seconds. Dos Santos competed indoors for the first time in 2004 and managed to reach the semi-finals of the

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at the

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. At the

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he improved his outdoor record by one hundredth of a second in May. He ran 13.30 seconds in Iriarte later that month, defended his national hurdles title in June, then became the first South American under 13.3 with his run of 13.29 seconds in

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. Dos Santos continued to compete in Europe that summer and won at the

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meet. He was selected for Brazil at the 2004 Summer Olympics, but an injury in the warm-up before the first heat led to his withdrawal from the competition. Having recovered from injury, he returned in good form in 2005 and came third at the Doha Grand Prix with a run of 13.30 seconds. He was narrowly defeated by Mateus Inocêncio at the Brazilian Championships, but he beat all opposition at the

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to defend his continental title. Representing Brazil, he reached the semi-finals at the

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and finished sixth in his race. He began 2006 with a South American indoor record of 6.57 seconds in the

, but was eliminated in the first round of the 60 m hurdles at the

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. For the second time in his career, he won a silver medal at the

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.El Atletismo Ibero-Americano - San Fernando 2010
(pgs. 193-201). RFEA. Retrieved on 2012-01-09. He ran a season's best of 13.69 seconds in August in São Paulo and this marked the start of a downturn in his career. He never ran under 14 seconds again in the seasons following this and was reduced to national level competition until his retirement in 2009.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Santos, Redelen Dos Living people 1976 births Brazilian male hurdlers Athletes from São Paulo Competitors at the 2001 Summer Universiade Athletes (track and field) at the 2003 Pan American Games Pan American Games athletes for Brazil 21st-century Brazilian sportsmen Troféu Brasil de Atletismo winners