Jucilene de Lima

Jucilene de Lima

Jucilene de Lima in 2019
Personal information
Full name	Jucilene Sales de Lima
Born	(1990-09-14) September 14, 1990 Taperoá, Paraíba
Sport
Country	Brazil
Sport	Athletics
Event	Javelin
Medal record Women's athletics Representing Brazil Pan American Games 2015 Toronto Javelin throw Military World Games 2015 Mungyeong Javelin throw
Updated on 10 October 2015

Jucilene Sales de Lima (born 14 September 1990) is a Brazilian athlete specialising in the javelin throw. She represented her country at the 2013 World Championships without qualifying for the final. In addition, she has won multiple medals on regional level, including the bronze at the 2015 Pan American Games. She competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics.

Participating in the 2023 World Athletics Championships, held in Budapest, she became the first Brazilian in history to reach the final of the javelin throw event. In the final (where 12 competitors participated), after performing 3 launches, she was in 6th place, with a mark of 60.34 meters, ranking among the 8 that would continue competing and would make 3 more launches. She didn't improve her mark in the 3 final launches, finishing in 8th place, the best position in the history of Brazil in this event in World Championships.

Her personal best in the event is 62.89 metres set in São Paulo in 2014. This is the current national record.

Competition record

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Notes
Representing Brazil
2004	South American Youth Championships	Guayaquil, Ecuador	1st	48.04 m
2005	World Youth Championships	Marrakech, Morocco	17th (q)	43.62 m
	South American Championships	Cali, Colombia	6th	44.74 m
	South American Junior Championships	Rosario, Argentina	1st	46.04 m
2006	World Junior Championships	Beijing, China	–	NM
2007	South American Championships	São Paulo, Brazil	4th	52.86 m
	South American Junior Championships	São Paulo, Brazil	1st	47.53 m
	Pan American Junior Championships	São Paulo, Brazil	1st	49.42 m m
	World Youth Championships	Ostrava, Czech Republic	10th	45.73 m
	Pan American Games	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	10th	46.59 m
2008	World Junior Championships	Bydgoszcz, Poland	11th	50.87 m
	South American U23 Championships	Lima, Peru	3rd	48.44 m
2009	South American Championships	Lima, Peru	2nd	54.37 m
	South American Junior Championships	São Paulo, Brazil	2nd	48.74 m
	Pan American Junior Championships	Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago	3rd	47.10 m
2012	Ibero-American Championships	Barquisimeto, Venezuela	4th	55.98 m
	South American U23 Championships	São Paulo, Brazil	1st	56.00 m
2013	South American Championships	Cartagena, Colombia	3rd	57.73 m
	World Championships	Moscow, Russia	26th (q)	55.18 m
2014	South American Games	Santiago, Chile	2nd	60.17 m
	Ibero-American Championships	São Paulo, Brazil	1st	61.71 m
	Pan American Sports Festival	Mexico City, Mexico	1st	59.86 m
2015	South American Championships	Lima, Peru	1st	60.16 m
	Pan American Games	Toronto, Canada	3rd	60.42 m
	World Championships	Beijing, China	25th (q)	59.49 m
	Military World Games	Mungyeong, South Korea	2nd	57.99 m
2021	South American Championships	Guayaquil, Ecuador	3rd	59.65 m
	Olympic Games	Tokyo, Japan	15th (q)	60.14 m
2022	Ibero-American Championships	La Nucía, Spain	3rd	57.86 m
	World Championships	Eugene, United States	19th (q)	57.13 m
	South American Games	Asunción, Paraguay	2nd	62.42 m
2023	South American Championships	São Paulo, Brazil	2nd	60.68 m
	World Championships	Budapest, Hungary	8th	60.34 m
	Pan American Games	Santiago, Chile	5th	59.04 m
2024	Ibero-American Championships	Cuiabá, Brazil	2nd	62.31 m
	Olympic Games	Paris, France	28th (q)	57.56 m