Sandra Patricia Zapata Pórtela (born February 3, 1977, in
La Argentina, Huila) is a female
Colombian race walker. In 2008, Zapata had won a gold medal in the 20 km at the South American Race Walking Championships in
Cuenca, Ecuador
Santa Ana de los Cuatro Ríos de Cuenca, commonly referred to as Cuenca ( Kichwa: ''Tumipampa'') is the capital and largest city of the Azuay Province of Ecuador. Cuenca is located in the highlands of Ecuador at about above sea level, with an ur ...
, and also, set both a national record and a personal best time of 1:33:22 at the
IAAF World Race Walking Cup
The World Athletics Race Walking Team Championships is a racewalking event organised by the International Association of Athletics Federations. It has been held since 1961, and generally on a biennial basis. Women first entered the 1979 edition. ...
in
Cheboksary, Russia
Cheboksary (; russian: Чебокса́ры, r=Cheboksáry, p=tɕɪbɐˈksarɨ; cv, Шупашкар, ''Şupaşkar'') is the capital city of Chuvashia, Russia and a port on the Volga River.
Geography
The city is located in the Volga Upland re ...
.
Zapata made her official debut for the
2004 Summer Olympics in
Athens
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, where she placed forty-sixth in the
women's 20 km race walk, with a time of 1:42:22.
At the
2008 Summer Olympics in
Beijing
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, Zapata competed for the second time in the
20 km race walk
The 20 kilometre race walk is an Olympic Games, Olympic athletics (sport), athletics event that is competed by both men and women. The racewalking event is competed as a road race. Athletes must always keep in contact with the ground and the supp ...
. She finished the race in thirty-fourth place by eight seconds ahead of Ecuador's
Johana Ordóñez
Johana Edelmira Ordóñez Lucero (born December 12, 1987 in Guayaquil) is a female Ecuadorian race walker.
Career
She represented Ecuador at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing
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, with a time of 1:36:18.
Achievements
References
External links
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NBC 2008 Olympics profile
1977 births
Living people
Colombian female racewalkers
Olympic athletes for Colombia
Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics
People from Huila Department
Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in athletics
20th-century Colombian women
21st-century Colombian women
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