Lecabela Dias da Fonseca Quaresma (born 26 December 1989 in
Água Grande) is a Portuguese
track and field
Track and field is a sport that includes athletic contests based on running, jumping, and throwing skills. The name is derived from where the sport takes place, a running track and a grass field for the throwing and some of the jumping eve ...
athlete who competes in the
100 metres hurdles
The 100 metres hurdles, or 100-meter hurdles, is a track and field event run mainly by women (the male counterpart is the 110 metres hurdles). For the race, ten hurdles of a height of are placed along a straight course of . The first hurdle is ...
and the
combined events.
Earlier in her career she represented her birth country, São Tomé and Príncipe. She competed for that country in the
100 m hurdles event at the
2012 Summer Olympics. She was the flag bearer of São Tomé and Príncipe at the
opening ceremony.
Competition record
References
1989 births
Living people
São Tomé and Príncipe female hurdlers
Portuguese heptathletes
Portuguese female hurdlers
Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Olympic athletes of São Tomé and Príncipe
Portuguese female triple jumpers
S.L. Benfica athletes
São Tomé and Príncipe triple jumpers
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