Keila Costa

Keila Costa

Keila Costa (right) at the World Championships in 2007.
Personal information
Full name	Keila da Silva da Costa
Born	(1983-02-06) February 6, 1983 (age 34) Abreu e Lima, Pernambuco
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight	62 kg (137 lb)
Sport
Country	Brazil
Sport	Track and field
Event(s)	Triple jump
Medal record Women's Athletics Representing  Brazil World Indoor Championships 2010 Doha Long jump Pan American Games 2007 Rio de Janeiro Long jump 2007 Rio de Janeiro Triple jump 2015 Toronto Triple jump South American Games 2002 Manaus Long jump 2002 Manaus Triple jump 2014 Santiago Long jump 2014 Santiago Triple jump Military World Games 2011 Rio de Janeiro Long jump 2011 Rio de Janeiro Triple jump Lusophony Games 2009 Lisbon Long jump Ibero-American Championships 2006 Ponce Long jump 2004 Huelva Triple jump South American Championships 2001 Manaus Triple jump 2003 Barquisimeto Long jump 2003 Barquisimeto Triple jump 2007 São Paulo Triple jump 2009 Lima Long jump 2013 Cartagena Triple jump 2005 Cali Long jump 2005 Cali Triple jump 2007 São Paulo Long jump 2011 Buenos Aires Long jump 2011 Buenos Aires Triple jump 2013 Cartagena Long jump World Junior Championships 2002 Kingston Triple jump South American U-23 Championships 2004 Barquisimeto Long jump 2004 Barquisimeto Triple jump Pan American Junior Championships 2001 Santa Fé Triple jump 2001 Santa Fé Long jump South American Junior Championships 2000 São Leopoldo Triple jump 2001 Santa Fé Long jump 2001 Santa Fé Triple jump 1999 Concepción Triple jump South American Youth Championships 2000 Bogotá Long jump 2000 Bogotá Triple jump
Updated on 19 October 2015.

Keila da Silva Costa (born 6 February 1983) is a Brazilian long jumper and triple jumper. She has competed in three Olympic Games, 2004, 2008 and 2012, and has reached the final round both there and in World Championships and World Indoor Championships. She is the South American record holder in triple jump with 14.58 metres, and has 6.88 metres in the long jump. Both results were achieved in 2007.

She was born in Abreu e Lima near Recife, and took up athletics at the age of nine. It was not the easiest of things to become an international athlete, as the city of Abreu e Lima did not sport a rubber track; also she came from a "humble family".

As a junior athlete she competed in two World Junior Championships. At the 2000 edition in Santiago, Chile she finished eleventh in the triple jump. Her personal best at the time was 13.23 metres. In 2001, she broke the 14-metre barrier as she improved to 14.00 metres at a meet in São Caetano do Sul. This was a new South American junior record. In 2002 the World Junior Championships were held in Kingston, Jamaica. Here she finished ninth in the long jump and won the bronze medal in the triple jump. She was the first Brazilian to win a medal at the World Junior Championships. She had not improved in the latter event, but her personal best in the long jump was 6.46 metres, achieved in September 2002 in Rio de Janeiro.

In the following seasons, she rarely competed internationally, except for a participation at the 2004 Olympic Games where she failed to reach the final. She was injured for most of 2003. By June 2005 she had improved to 6.63 metres in the long jump, and in February 2006 she improved to 14.17 metres in the triple jump. In March 2006 she competed in triple jump at the World Indoor Championships and her first international triple jump event since the 2002 World Juniors—but even though she approached her maximum level with a jump of 14.11 metres, she again failed to reach the final. In late 2006, she represented the Americas (except for the United States) in long jump at the World Cup event, finishing sixth.