Sanderlei Parrela
Sanderlei Claro Parrela is a former Brazilian sprinter.
Career
With a personal best of 44.29 seconds he is the South American record holder at 400 metres. He won a silver medal in this event at the 1999 World Championships. He finished fourth in the Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics - Men's [400 metres|400 metres race] at the 2000 Sydney Olympics.Parrela brought his career to a close at the 2009 Troféu Brasil Caixa de Atletismo in Rio de Janeiro. Finishing eighth in the 400 m with a season's best of 47.69, he ended a track career which had seen him break the List of [South American records in athletics|South American record] six times.