Inês Henriques
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Born | (1980-05-01) 1 May 1980 (age 43) Santarém, Portugal | ||||||||||||||
Height | 1.56 m (5 ft 1 in) | ||||||||||||||
Weight | 46 kg (101 lb) | ||||||||||||||
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Country | Portugal | ||||||||||||||
Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
Event(s) | 20km Race Walk 50km Race Walk | ||||||||||||||
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Inês Henriques (born 1 May 1980) is a Portuguese race walker. Internationally, she has won bronze medals at the 2010 IAAF World Race Walking Cup and the 2010 Ibero-American Championships in Athletics. She represented Portugal at the 2004 Summer Olympics and the 2012 Summer Olympics and has competed at the World Championships in Athletics on eight occasions from 2001 to 2017.
She won at the Chihuahua City meeting of the 2012 IAAF World Race Walking Challenge in March.[1]
In 2017, in London, she won the gold medal in the 50km walk event, held for the first time during the World Championships in Athletics.[2] With her time of 4:05:56, she also set the world record for the event.[3]
International competitions
Awards
Year | Award | Category | Result |
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2018 | Golden Globes (Portugal) | Best Female Athlete | Won |
References
- ^ Robinson, Javier Clavelo (2012-03-04). Sanchez and Henriques repeat, Zepeda completes Mexican party in Chihuahua. IAAF. Retrieved on 2012-04-06.
- ^ "WOMEN'S 50KM RACE WALKING EVENT ADDED TO IAAF WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS LONDON 2017 PROGRAMME". iaaf.org. 23 July 2017. Retrieved 16 October 2017.
- ^ "Portugal's Ines Henriques sets world record in women's 50-kilometer walk". espn.com. 13 August 2017. Retrieved 16 October 2017.
External links
- Inês Henriques at World Athletics
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New title | Women's 50 km walk world record holder 15 January 2017 – 5 May 2018 | Succeeded by |
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10 kilometres
- 1987: Irina Strakhova (URS)
- 1991: Alina Ivanova (URS)
- 1993: Sari Essayah (FIN)
- 1995: Irina Stankina (RUS)
- 1997: Annarita Sidoti (ITA)
20 kilometres
- 1999: Liu Hongyu (CHN)
- 2001: Olimpiada Ivanova (RUS)
- 2003: Yelena Nikolayeva (RUS)
- 2005: Olimpiada Ivanova (RUS)
- 2007: Olga Kaniskina (RUS)
- 2009: Olive Loughnane (IRL)
- 2011: Liu Hong (CHN)
- 2013: Liu Hong (CHN)
- 2015: Liu Hong (CHN)
- 2017: Yang Jiayu (CHN)
- 2019: Liu Hong (CHN)
- 2022: Kimberly García (PER)
- 2023: María Pérez (ESP)
50 kilometres
35 kilometres
- 2022: Kimberly García (PER)
- 2023: María Pérez (ESP)
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