Duarte da Silva Marques (born December 3, 1983, in
Rio Maior
Rio Maior () is a municipality in the Santarém District in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 21,192, in an area of 272.76 km².
The present mayor is Isaura Morais of the Social Democratic Party (PSD), the first woman to be elected mayor ...
) is a
triathlete
A triathlon is an endurance multisport race consisting of swimming, cycling, and running over various distances. Triathletes compete for fastest overall completion time, racing each segment sequentially with the time transitioning between the d ...
from
Portugal
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.
He competed at the
2008 Summer Olympics
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in
Beijing
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, where he placed forty-fifth in the
men's triathlon, with a time of 1:55:06.
At the peak of his career, Marques has achieved 14 top ten finishes in over fifty competitions, including his championship triumph at the 2007 ITU European Cup in
Split, Croatia
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References
External links
ITU Profile
1983 births
Portuguese male triathletes
Living people
Olympic triathletes for Portugal
Triathletes at the 2008 Summer Olympics
People from Rio Maior
Sportspeople from Santarém District
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