Esmeralda Garcia

Personal information
Full name	Esmeralda de Jesus Freitas Garcia Silami
Born	(1959-02-16) February 16, 1959 (age 65) Sete Lagoas, Brazil
Height	1.62 m (5 ft 4 in)
Weight	52 kg (115 lb)
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Medal record Women's Athletics Representing  Brazil Pan American Games 1983 Caracas 100 metres South American Youth Championships 1975 Quito 100 m 1975 Quito 4x100 m relay 1975 Quito 200 m
Updated on 7 May 2013

Esmeralda de Jesus Freitas Garcia Silami (born February 16, 1959) is a retired long and triple jumper from Brazil, who also competed in the sprint events. A two-time Olympian she is best known for setting the (non-ratified) world record in the women's triple jump on June 5, 1986, in Indianapolis: 13.68 metres.

Representing the Florida State Seminoles track and field team, de Jesus Garcia won the 1985 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships in the triple jump.^[1][2]

Representing  Brazil

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
1974	South American Junior Championships	Lima, Peru	2nd	100 m	11.8 s
			5th	200 m	25.3 s
			3rd	4 × 100 m relay	47.9 s
1975	South American Youth Championships	Quito, Ecuador	1st	100 m	11.7 s
			3rd	200 m	24.5 s
			2nd	4 × 100 m relay	48.1 s
1976	Olympic Games	Montreal, Canada	28th (qf)	100 m	11.77 s
	South American Junior Championships	Maracaibo, Venezuela	1st	100 m	11.58 s
			1st	200 m	24.52 s
			1st	4 × 100 m relay	46.66 s
			3rd	Long jump	5.68 m
1979	South American Championships	Bucaramanga, Colombia	3rd	100 m	11.8 s
			3rd	200 m	24.1 s
			2nd	4 × 100 m relay	46.1 s
1983	Universiade	Edmonton, Canada	10th (sf)	100 m	11.65 s
			12th	Long jump	5.87 m
	World Championships	Helsinki, Finland	23rd (qf)	100 m	11.64 s
			17th (q)	Long jump	6.15 m
	Pan American Games	Caracas, Venezuela	1st	100 m	11.31 s
			6th	Long jump	6.18 m
	Ibero-American Championships	Barcelona, Spain	1st	100m	11.67 s
			4th	Long jump	5.97 m
	South American Championships	Santa Fe, Argentina	1st	100 m	11.6 s
			1st	4 × 100 m relay	45.4 s
			1st	Long jump	6.12 2
1984	Olympic Games	Los Angeles, United States	18th (qf)	100 m	11.82 s
			19th (q)	Long jump	6.01 m

Outdoor^[3]

• 100 metres – 11.31 (-2.7 m/s, Caracas 1983)
• 200 metres – 23.61 (Houston 1985)
• Long jump – 6.57 (-0.7 m/s, Austin 1985)

• Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Esmeralda Garcia". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17.
• Esmeralda de Jesús Garcia at World Athletics

Records
Preceded by Wendy Brown	Women's Triple Jump World Record Holder Not officially ratified by the IAAF 1986-06-05 – 1987-05-02	Succeeded by Wendy Brown