Joana Sofia Barbosa Vasconcelos (born 22 February 1991) is a Portuguese
sprint canoer who has competed since the 2010s. At club level, she represents
Benfica.
Career
Born in
Vila Nova de Gaia
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, Vasconcelos started canoeing in Clube Náutico de Crestuma, where she won the ICF Canoe Kayak Sprint Junior World Championships in K-1 1000m class that took place in
Moscow
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in 2009. The 18-year-old then moved to
Benfica in 2010, and currently studies and practises at the Center for High Performance in
Montemor-o-Velho
Montemor-o-Velho () is a town and municipality of the Coimbra District, in Portugal. The population of the municipality in 2011 was 26,171, in an area of 228.96 km².
History
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She won a bronze medal in the K-2 200 m event at the
2012 Canoe Sprint European Championships
The 2012 Canoe Sprint European Championships was held on 22–24 June at Zagreb, Croatia.
Medal table
Medal overview
Men
Women
References
External links
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Canoe Sprint European Championships
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in
Zagreb
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Vasconcelos qualified for London 2012 in K4 500, K2 500 and K2 200 in the
2011 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships
The 2011 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships was the thirty-ninth edition of the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships, that took place between 17 and 21 August 2011 in Szeged, Hungary. The Southern Hungarian city welcomed the world event for the ...
. In the
2012 Summer Olympics, she ended 6th in
Women's K-2 500 metres race along
Beatriz Gomes and also 6th in the
Women's K-4 500 metres along with
Teresa Portela,
Helena Rodrigues and Beatriz Gomes.
References
External links
Canoe09.ca profile
1991 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Vila Nova de Gaia
Canoeists at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Canoeists at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Olympic canoeists for Portugal
Portuguese female canoeists
S.L. Benfica (canoeing)
Mediterranean Games silver medalists for Portugal
Competitors at the 2018 Mediterranean Games
Mediterranean Games medalists in canoeing
European Games competitors for Portugal
Canoeists at the 2015 European Games
Canoeists at the 2019 European Games
21st-century Portuguese women
Canoeists at the 2023 European Games
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