Anália de Oliveira Rosa (born 28 February 1976) is a Portuguese

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who competes in cross country, track and

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events, including the

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. She has represented Portugal at the

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a total of nine times.

Biography

Rosa was born in Troviscal,

Oliveira do Bairro Oliveira do Bairro () is a town and a municipality in the district of Aveiro in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 47,729, in an area of 335.27 km2. It had 16,994 eligible voters in 2006. The town itself had a population of 3,077 in 2001. ...

. She began her career as a cross country specialist. She won the 2000 World Student Cross Country Championships and established herself on the senior national scene as well, taking three straight short course titles from 2000 to 2003. She made her major international debut at the

2000 IAAF World Cross Country Championships The 2000 IAAF World Cross Country Championships took place on March 18/19, 2000. The races were held at the Sporting Complex in Vilamoura, Portugal. Reports of the event were given in ''The New York Times'', in the Herald, and for the IA ...

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, running in the short race. She switched to the long race at the next edition and reached the top-fifteen runners. Over the following seasons, she made a number of other top-twenty finishes (including 11th in the long race and 16th in the short at the

2003 IAAF World Cross Country Championships The 2003 IAAF World Cross Country Championships took place on March 29/30, 2003. The races were held at the L'Institut Équestre National d'Avenches, L'Institut Équestre National in Avenches near Lausanne, Switzerland. Reports of the event were ...

).Rosa, Analia

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. Retrieved on 2011-03-19. Her world cross career was highlighted by a team

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at the 2005 edition, where she led the national team with a fifteenth-place finish. She also reached the top ten at the

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in 2004 and 2006. She won the

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at the 2004 Ibero-American Championships. Among her other track performances, she reached the

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final at the

2006 IAAF World Indoor Championships The 11th IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) was held in Moscow from March 10 to March 12, 2006 in the Olympic Stadium (Moscow arena), Olimpiyski Sport are ...

, coming eighth overall. She made her

debut that same year (11th in

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) and was tenth in the event at the

2006 European Athletics Championships The 19th European Athletics Championships were held in Gothenburg, Sweden, between 7 August and 13 August 2006. The competition arena was the Ullevi Stadium and the official motto "Catch the Spirit". Gothenburg also hosted the 1995 World Champions ...

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, recording a time of 2:32:56 hours. Rosa made her first world level appearance over the distance at the

2007 World Championships in Athletics The 11th World Championships in Athletics, () under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), were held at Nagai Stadium in Osaka, Japan from 24 August to 2 September 2007. 200 of the IAAF's 212 member feder ...

and ended the race in 36th place. She was also that year's winner at the

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. She did not compete for much of 2008, but ran at the end of the year at the

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, where she helped the Portuguese women to the team title by finishing seventh. The following year she took 22nd at the

2009 IAAF World Cross Country Championships The 2009 IAAF World Cross Country Championships took place on March 28, 2009. The races were held at the Al Bisharat Golf Course in Amman, Jordan. Four races took place, one for men, women, junior men and junior women respectively. All races ...

and 18th at the 2009 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships (setting a personal best of 1:11:08 hours for the

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). She won the Oeiras International Cross Country in the build-up to the

2010 European Cross Country Championships The 2010 European Cross Country Championships was a continental cross country running competition that took place on 12 December in Albufeira, Portugal. It was the second time that the country hosted the event, building upon the 1997 edition he ...

, which was hosted on home turf in

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. However, she performed poorly at the continental event, managing only 32nd while five of her countrywomen were among the top ten finishers. In January 2016, Rosa was suspended for two years by the Portuguese Athletics Federation, following a positive result in a doping control.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Rosa, Analia Living people 1978 births Portuguese female long-distance runners Portuguese female marathon runners Portuguese female steeplechase runners Portuguese sportspeople in doping cases Doping cases in athletics People from Oliveira do Bairro Sportspeople from Aveiro District

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