Teresa Portela (Portuguese canoeist)
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| Full name | Teresa do Rosário Afonso Portela | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 30 October 1987 (age 36) Esposende, Portugal | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 162 cm (5 ft 4 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 63 kg (139 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Portugal | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Sprint kayak | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | K-1 150 m, K-1 200 m, K-1 500 m, K-4 200 m, K-4 500 m | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Benfica | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Teresa do Rosário Afonso Portela (born 30 October 1987) is a Portuguese sprint canoer who has competed since the late 2000s. She won a bronze medal in the K-4 200 m event at the 2009 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Dartmouth. At club level, she competes for S.L. Benfica.
Portela also competed in the K-1 500 m event at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China, but she was eliminated in the semifinals. In 2010, Portela won the gold in the K1 200m World Cup at Szeged, Hungary. In 2011, she won a bronze medal at the European Championships in Belgrade and also won the World Cup II meet, both in the K1 200 discipline. That year, Portela won her 50th national title, having won a total of 52.
Portela qualified for London 2012 in K4 500, K1 500 and K1 200 at the World Championships in Szeged 2011. After a year off, Portela was back racing in 2014 winning a medal at the World Cup in Szeged and double bronze in the Europeans, finishing with a 5th place in the K1 500 m in the World Championships in Moscow, Russia.
References[edit]
- "Teresa Portela (POR) at Canoe09.ca". Archived from the original on 2009-08-18.
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Teresa Portela (full name: Teresa do Rosário Afonso Portela)". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2016-12-03.
External links[edit]
- Teresa PORTELA at Olympics.com
- Teresa Portela at the International Canoe Federation
- Teresa Portela official blog at blogspot.com
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