Viviane Lyra
Brazilian racewalker
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| Full name | Viviane Santana Lyra | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1993-07-29) 29 July 1993 (age 30) Rio de Janeiro | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Brazil | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | Racewalking | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Viviane Santana Lyra (born 29 July 1993 in Rio de Janeiro)[1] is a Brazilian racewalker. She competed in the women's 20 kilometres walk event at the 2019 World Athletics Championships held in Doha, Qatar.[1] She did not finish her race.[1] She also competed in the same event at the 2022 World Athletics Championships held in Eugene, Oregon, United States.[2][3]
In 2019, she competed in the women's 50 kilometres walk event at the Pan American Games held in Lima, Peru.[4] She finished in 4th place with a personal best of 4:22:46.[4]
In 2022, she broke the Brazilian record of 35 km twice, once in April, with a time of 2:49:12, and another at the 2022 World Athletics Championships, with the mark of 2:45:02, where she finished in 8th place.[5]
At the 2023 Pan American Race Walking Cup held in Managua, she won a gold medal in the 20 km walk.[6]
Lyra had hepatitis in June 2023, diagnosed during the La Coruña GP and had to stop training for 2 weeks. Despite this, at the 2023 World Athletics Championships, held in August in Budapest, she finished 4th in the 35 km walk race, breaking the Brazilian record, with a time of 2:44.40.[7]
At the 2023 Pan American Games, in the debut of the Race walk mixed team, Lyra and Caio Bonfim obtained the bronze medal.[8]
Personal bests
Her best times are: [9]
Road walk
- 20 km: 1:28:36 –
Budapest, 20 Aug 2023 - 35 km: 2:44:40 – Budapest, 24 Aug 2023 (Brazilian record)
- 50 km: 4:22:46 –
Lima, 11 Aug 2019 (Brazilian record)
References
- ^ a b c "Women's 20 kilometres walk" (PDF). IAAF – 2019 World Athletics Championships. Archived (PDF) from the original on 30 September 2019. Retrieved 23 June 2020.
- ^ "Women's 20 kilometres walk" (PDF). 2022 World Athletics Championships. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 July 2022. Retrieved 16 July 2022.
- ^ Viviane Lyra conquista ouro para o Brasil na marcha atletica no Campeonato Pan-Americano
- ^ a b "Women's 50 kilometres walk – Results" (PDF). Lima Organizing Committee for the 2019 Pan and Parapan American Games (COPAL). Archived (PDF) from the original on 12 August 2019. Retrieved 11 Aug 2019.
- ^ Viviane Lyra fica em 8º na prova dos 35km da marcha atlética no Mundial de Atletismo; Peruana fatura o segundo ouro
- ^ Viviane Lyra conquista ouro para o Brasil na marcha atletica no Campeonato Pan-Americano
- ^ Brasileira belisca pódio na marcha atlética do Mundial após hepatite
- ^ Caio Bonfim e Viviane Lyra ficam com bronze em prova inédita do revezamento misto da marcha atlética no Pan
- ^ Viviane Lyra profile by World Athletics
External links
- Viviane Lyra at World Athletics
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