Juliana Paula Gomes dos Santos (née de Azevedo; born 12 July 1983) is a Brazilian middle-distance runner.

She is married to Marílson Gomes dos Santos, another Brazilian runner and the first South American victor at the New York City Marathon.

Born Juliana Paula de Azevedo on 12 July 1983 in Cubatão, São Paulo,[1] she competed in track competitions as a teenager.

She placed third in the 800 m at the Brazilian Athletics Championships, but showed new strength in the 1500 metres discipline by winning her first national title in a personal best of 4:19.16 minutes at the distance.

[9] She returned to the top of the regional scene with two gold medals at the 2006 South American Championships in Athletics, first in the 1500 m (regaining her title from Rosibel García) and then in the 4 × 400 metres relay which the Brazilian women won by several seconds.

[9] She returned to action in 2010 and ran a Brazilian record time of minutes in the 1500 m to claim the silver medal at the 2010 Ibero-American Championships in Athletics (beaten only by Spain's Nuria Fernández who was implicated in a doping scandal that year).

[15] In spite of this success, when it came to the national stage she was relegated to runner-up in both middle-distance track events, losing to Jessica dos Santos in the 800 m and Flávia de Lima in the 1500 m.[16]