Carlos Alberto Veiga Cabral (born 20 June 1952 in

Lagos, Portugal Lagos (; literally "lakes"; cel-x-proto, Lacobriga) is a city and municipality at the mouth of Bensafrim River and along the Atlantic Ocean, in the Barlavento region of the Algarve, in southern Portugal. The population of the municipality in 201 ...

) is a Portuguese former athlete who competed in middle-distance and cross country events. He won a silver medal in the 800 metres at the

1983 Ibero-American Championships The 1983 Ibero-American Championships (Spanish: ''I Campeonato Iberoamericano de Atletismo'') was an athletics competition which was held at the Estadi Serrahima in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain from 23–25 September 1983. A total of 37 events we ...

. In addition, he represented his country at one outdoor and five indoor European Championships.

International competitions

Personal bests

Outdoor * 800 metres – 1:47.33 (Berlin 1980) *

1000 metres The 1000 metres is an uncommon middle-distance running event in track and field competitions. The 1000 yards, an imperial alternative, was sometimes also contested. All-time top 25 *h = hand timed *i = indoor performance *A = affected by ...

– 2:19.9 (Acoteias 1982) *

1500 metres The 1500 metres or 1,500-metre run (typically pronounced 'fifteen-hundred metres') is the foremost middle distance track event in athletics. The distance has been contested at the Summer Olympics since 1896 and the World Championships in Athletic ...

– 3:38.7 (Lisbon 1980) *

2000 metres The 2000 metres or 2000-metre run is a track running event where five laps are completed around an outdoor 400 m track, or ten laps around a 200 m indoor track - the distance is 11.68 meters short of 1¼ miles. The global governing body World Ath ...

– 5:06.4 (Lisbon 1984) Indoor * 800 metres – 1:51.0 (Vienna 1979) *

– 3:39.9 (Sindelfingen 1980)

References

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