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Vera Barbosa (born 13 January 1989 in
Vera Barbosa (born 13 January 1989 in Vila Franca de Xira
Vila Franca de Xira () is a city and municipality in the Lisbon District in Portugal. The population in 2021 was 137,659, in an area of 318.19 km2.
Situated on both banks of the Tagus River, 32 km north-east of the Portuguese capital L ...
) 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 events ...
athlete. She initially competed for Cape Verde
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, switching to represent Portugal after 2008. At the 400 metres hurdles
The 400 metres hurdles is a track and field hurdling event. The event has been on the Olympic athletics programme since 1900 for men and since 1984 for women.
On a standard outdoor track, 400 metres is the length of the inside lane, once a ...
event at the 2012 Summer Olympics
The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...
, in the heats she set a new national record with 55.22 seconds.
Competition record
References
1989 births Living people Portuguese female hurdlers Portuguese female sprinters Olympic athletes of Portugal Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics World Athletics Championships athletes for Cape Verde World Athletics Championships athletes for Portugal People from Vila Franca de Xira Portuguese sportspeople of Cape Verdean descent Sportspeople from Lisbon District Athletes (track and field) at the 2022 Mediterranean Games Mediterranean Games competitors for Portugal 20th-century Portuguese women 21st-century Portuguese women {{CapeVerde-athletics-bio-stub Portuguese people of Cape Verdean descent