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| updated = 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. ==Early career== She was born in Abreu e Lima near Recife,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Keila da Silva Costa )〕 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.〔. Retrieved on 4 April 2009.〕 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.〔 Maurren Higa Maggi later captured the South American triple jump record,〔 and also dominated in national championships. Costa won her first Brazilian title in 2003. On the regional level, Costa won five medals at the South American Championships in 2001, 2003 and 2005. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Keila Costa」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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