Samuel Vila Barata (born 19 July 1993) is a Portuguese

long-distance runner Long-distance running, or endurance running, is a form of continuous running over distances of at least . Physiologically, it is largely Aerobic exercise, aerobic in nature and requires endurance, stamina as well as mental strength. Within e ...

. In 2020, he competed in the men's race at the

World Athletics Half Marathon Championships The World Athletics Half Marathon Championships is a biennial international half marathon competition organised by World Athletics. The competition was launched as the IAAF World Half Marathon Championships in 1992 and held annually until 2010. It ...

held in Gdynia, Poland.

Career

Barata represented Portugal at the European Athletics Championships both in 2016 and in 2018. In 2016, he competed in the men's half marathon and in 2018, he competed in the men's 10,000 metres event. Barata represented Portugal at the

2017 Summer Universiade The 2017 Summer Universiade (), officially known as the XXIX Summer Universiade ( zh, t=第二十九屆夏季世界大學運動會, p=Dì èrshíjiǔ jiè xiàjì shìjiè dàxué yùndònghuì) and commonly called Taipei 2017 ( zh, t=台北2 ...

, held in Taipei, Taiwan, in the men's half marathon event. He did not finish his race. He finished in 5th place in the men's 10,000 metres event. In 2021, Barata competed in the men's 3000 metres event at the European Athletics Indoor Championships held in Toruń, Poland.

Achievements

Personal bests

Outdoor *

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 ...

– 3:45.20 (Braga 2023) *

3000 metres The 3000 metres or 3000-metre run is a track running event, also commonly known as the "3K" or "3K run", where 7.5 laps are run around an outdoor 400 m track, or 15 laps around a 200 m indoor track. It is debated whether the 3000m shoul ...

– 8:01.05 (Lisbon 2020) *

5000 metres The 5000 metres or 5000-metre run is a common long-distance running event in track and field, approximately equivalent to or . It is one of the track events in the Olympic Games and the World Championships in Athletics, run over laps of a stan ...

– 13:31.90 (Vienna 2021) *

10,000 metres The 10,000 metres or the 10,000-metre run is a common long-distance track running event. The event is part of the athletics programme at the Olympic Games and the World Athletics Championships, and is common at championship level events. The race ...

– 28:03.94 (Coimbra 2021) * 5K – 13:58 (Lisbon 2021) * 10K – 28:12 (Valencia 2022) * Half marathon – 59:40 (Valencia 2023) NR *

Marathon The marathon is a long-distance foot race with a distance of , usually run as a road race, but the distance can be covered on trail routes. The marathon can be completed by running or with a run/walk strategy. There are also wheelchair div ...

– 2:07:35 (Valencia 2023) Indoor *

– 7:53.39 (Toruń 2021)

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* Living people 1993 births Portuguese male long-distance runners Competitors at the 2017 Summer Universiade People from Covilhã Sportspeople from Castelo Branco District 21st-century Portuguese sportspeople Athletes (track and field) at the 2024 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Portugal {{Portugal-athletics-bio-stub