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Medal record
Jorge González
Women's Athletics
Competitor for Brazil
Pan American Games
Gold	1983 Caracas	100 metres

Esmeralda de Jesus Freitas García 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.

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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

Pan American Champions in Women's 100 m

1951: Julia Sánchez (PER) • 1955: Barbara Jones (USA) • 1959: Lucinda Williams (USA) • 1963: Edith McGuire (USA) • 1967: Barbara Ferrell (USA) • 1971: Iris Davis (USA) • 1975: Pam Jiles (USA) • 1979: Evelyn Ashford (USA) • 1983: Esmeralda García (BRA) • 1987: Gail Devers (USA) • 1991: Liliana Allen (CUB) • 1995: Chryste Gaines (USA) • 1999: Chandra Sturrup (BAH) • 2003: Lauryn Williams (USA) • 2007: Mikele Barber (USA)

World Best Year Performance in Women's Triple Jump

1986: Esmeralda García (BRA) • 1987 – 1988: Li Huirong (CHN) • 1989: Galina Chistyakova (URS) • 1990: Li Huirong (CHN) • 1991: Inessa Kravets (URS) • 1992: Galina Chistyakova (RUS) • 1993: Anna Biryukova (RUS) • 1994: Sofiya Bozhanova (BUL) • 1995 – 1996: Inessa Kravets (UKR) • 1997: Šárka Kašpárková (CZE) • 1998: Iva Prandzheva (BUL) • 1999: Paraskevi Tsiamita (GRE) • 2000 – 2001: Tatyana Lebedeva (RUS) • 2002: Françoise Mbango Etone (CMR) • 2003: Yamilé Aldama (CUB) • 2004: Tatyana Lebedeva (RUS) • 2005: Tatyana Lebedeva (RUS) and Trecia Smith (JAM) • 2006: Anna Pyatykh (RUS) • 2007: Yargelis Savigne (CUB) • 2008: Françoise Mbango Etone (CMR)

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