{{short description|Brazilian modern pentathlete}} {{Use mdy dates|date=April 2015}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = Yane Marques | image = Yane Marques London 2012-cr.jpg | image_size =280px | caption = Marques with her bronze medal, at the 2012 Summer Olympics | birth_name = Yane Márcia Campos da Fonseca Marques | nickname = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1984|1|7}} | birth_place = Afogados da Ingazeira, Pernambuco, Brazil<ref name=sr>[https://web.archive.org/web/20200417110730/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ma/yane-marques-1.html Yane Marques]. sports-reference.com</ref> | weight = {{convert|51|kg|lb|abbr=on}} | height = {{height|m=1.66}} | sport =Modern Pentathlon | country = {{BRA}} | medaltemplates = {{MedalCompetition | Olympic Games}} {{MedalBronze| 2012 London|Individual}} {{MedalCompetition | World Championships}} {{MedalSilver | 2013 Kaohsiung | Individual }} {{MedalBronze | 2015 Berlin | Individual }} {{MedalCompetition | World Cup Final}} {{MedalSilver | 2009 Rio de Janeiro | Individual }} {{MedalBronze | 2012 Chengdu | Individual }} {{MedalCompetition | Pan American Games}} {{MedalGold | 2007 Rio de Janeiro|Individual}} {{MedalGold | 2015 Toronto|Individual}} {{MedalSilver| 2011 Guadalajara|Individual}} {{MedalCompetition | Pan American Sports Festival}} {{MedalGold | 2014 Mexico City|Individual}} {{MedalCompetition | South American Games}} {{MedalGold | 2014 Santiago|Individual}} {{MedalCompetition|Military World Games}} {{MedalGold|2011 Rio de Janeiro| Relay}} {{MedalSilver|2011 Rio de Janeiro| Individual}} {{MedalSilver|2015 Mungyeong| Mixed relay}} {{MedalBronze|2011 Rio de Janeiro| Mixed relay}} }}
'''Yane Márcia Campos da Fonseca Marques''' (born January 7, 1984, in Afogados da Ingazeira) is a modern pentathlon athlete from Brazil. She became nationally known despite the obscurity of her sport in the country after winning a bronze medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics, the first Latin American to medal and the only woman to do so.
==Biography== Hailing from the Sertão of the Brazilian state of Pernambuco, Marques moved to the state capital Recife at the age of 11 so her older siblings could attend college. One year later, she became a swimmer for Clube Náutico Capibaribe, where she competed alongside future Olympian Joanna Maranhão. Marques change of sport occurred in 2003, when she was invited to a biathle competition held by Pernambuco's recently inaugurated modern pentathlon federation, part of the then-new Brazilian confederation's plan to spread the sport. Marques won, and was invited by confederation founder Alexandre França to become a pentathlete. Just one year after changing to modern pentathlon, with França as part of her coaching staff, Marques was Brazilian and South American champion.<ref name="IstoÉ"/><ref name=dial>{{Cite web |url=https://dialogo-americas.com/en/articles/woman-worth-her-weight-gold-story-sergeant-yane-marques |title=A Woman Worth her Weight in Gold: The Story of Sergeant Yane Marques |access-date=August 25, 2016 |archive-date=August 26, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160826235105/https://dialogo-americas.com/en/articles/woman-worth-her-weight-gold-story-sergeant-yane-marques |url-status=dead }}</ref>
The gold medal in the 2007 Pan American Games, held in Rio de Janeiro, qualified Marques for her Olympian debut at the 2008 Summer Olympics, where she finished 18th overall.<ref>[http://olimpiadas.uol.com.br/2008/atletas-brasileiros/pentatlo-moderno/yane-marques.jhtm Pentatlo Moderno: Yane Marques]</ref> The following year, Marques joined the Brazilian Army to gain the scholarship and training facilities reserved for military sportspeople.<ref name="IstoÉ">{{cite journal|url=http://pentatlo.org.br/pdf/675.pdf|title=PolYane|journal=IstoÉ 2016|author=Bessel, Lucas|date=May 2012|access-date=2015-07-19|archive-date=March 4, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304045307/http://pentatlo.org.br/pdf/675.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> Marques wound up topping the Brazilian pentathlon rankings in 2010, and became 3rd in the world in 2011, where she was a silver medalist at the Pan American Games and three medals at the Military World Games.<ref name=dial/><ref>Júlio Delmanto (August 18, 2011) [http://pan.uol.com.br/2011/ultimas-noticias/2011/08/18/animada-com-3-posicao-no-ranking-mundial-yane-marques-espera-nova-medalha-no-pan.htm Animada com 3ª posição no ranking mundial, Yane Marques espera nova medalha no Pan]. uol.com.br {{in lang|pt}}</ref>
Arriving at the 2012 Summer Olympics with medal expectations, Marques started with a 6th place in fencing, jumped to second following swimming and kept the position following the show jumping. The combined running/shooting closer had Marques win the bronze, Brazil's final medal in those Olympics.<ref>[http://olimpiadas.uol.com.br/noticias/redacao/2012/08/12/yane-marques-conquista-inedita-medalha-de-bronze-para-o-brasil-no-pentatlo-moderno.htm Yane Marques conquista medalha olímpica de bronze inédita para o Brasil no pentatlo moderno]. uol.com.br. August 12, 2012 {{in lang|pt}}</ref> Following the Games, Marques rose to 2nd in the world rankings, preceded only by gold medallist Laura Asadauskaitė of Lithuania.<ref name=sr/>
[[File:A porta-bandeira do -timebrasil, Yane Marques, feliz da vida na abertura da -rio2016 (28267594063).jpg|thumb|left|Yane Marques carrying the Brazilian flag at the 2016 Parade of Nations.]] Marques was chosen through popular vote to be the flagbearer of Brazil for the opening ceremony of the 2016 Summer Olympics, which the country would host in Rio de Janeiro. She was only the second woman to hold the honor following Sandra Pires.<ref name=dial/> With bad results in the fencing, Yane finished at 23rd in the modern pentathlon. Despite that, she expressed no regrets in the results, particularly as Marques' pentathlon performances helped spread her sport.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://agenciabrasil.ebc.com.br/rio-2016/noticia/2016-08/desempenho-de-yane-marques-despencou-por-causa-de-esgrima|title = Desempenho de Yane Marques despencou por causa de esgrima|date = August 20, 2016}}</ref>
Marques holds a degree at physical education at Recife's UNINASSAU.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://especiais.jconline.ne10.uol.com.br/Recall_2013/materia_10.php |title=JC Recall de Marcas 2013 |website=especiais.jconline.ne10.uol.com.br |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160922175938/http://especiais.jconline.ne10.uol.com.br/Recall_2013/materia_10.php |archive-date=2016-09-22}}</ref> She is married to a fellow pentathlete, Aloísio Sandes.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www1.folha.uol.com.br/esporte/2015/07/1657728-favorita-ao-podio-no-rio-yane-tem-dilema-para-resolver-apos-a-olimpiada.shtml|title = Favorita ao pódio no Rio, Yane tem dilema para resolver após a Olimpíada - 19/07/2015 - Esporte}}</ref>
==References== {{Commons category}} {{Reflist}} * [https://web.archive.org/web/20110822013820/http://www.rio2011.mil.br/results/POR/ZB/ZBB101A_MP%40%40%40%40%40%40%40%40%40%40%40%40%40%40%40POR_number%3D117275.htm 2011 Military Games results (archived)] * [http://www.korea2015mwg.org/medal/menumedallists?rsc=000000000&noc=BRA 2015 Military Games results] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151009033455/http://www.korea2015mwg.org/medal/menumedallists?rsc=000000000&noc=BRA |date=October 9, 2015 }}
{{s-start}} {{s-sports|oly}} {{succession box | before = Jaqueline Mourão | title = Flagbearer for {{BRA}} | years = Rio de Janeiro 2016 | after = Edson Bindilatti }} {{s-end}}
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