Albertina Dias
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Women's athletics
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Representing  Portugal
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World Cross Country Championships
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1990 Aix-les-Bains | Long race |
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1990 Aix-les-Bains | Team long race |
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1992 Boston | Long race |
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1993 Amorebieta | Long race |
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1994 Budapest | Team long race |
Maria Albertina da Costa Dias Pereira (born 26 April 1965 in
Summer Olympics for her native country, starting in 1988. She was the first female Portuguese world champion in cross country running, having won the long race at the 1993 IAAF World Cross Country Championships.[1]
Career
She finished tenth in the
World Championships in Athletics in 1991, she failed to finish in the 10,000 metres final. Her second world medal, a bronze, came at the 1992 IAAF World Cross Country Championships long race.[2]
Dias attended her second Olympics, the
Olympic Medal Nobre Guedes as a result.[citation needed] She failed to match this feat at the 1993 World Championships in Athletics as she finished seventh in the 10,000 m.[2] A fifth-place finish at the 1994 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was enough for a team gold with Portugal, led by Conceição Ferreira.[3] She began competing in the half marathon and took fourth place at the 1994 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships.[2]
She took part in her third World Athletics Championships but again failed to finish the 10,000 metres final at the 1995 Championships.[2] After a fifth-place finish at the 1996 European Cross Country Championships, she ran in her third Olympics for Portugal – this time in the Olympic marathon race. She finished in 27th place, out-performed by compatriot Manuela Machado, who took 7th.
An eleventh place at the 1998 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships[2] and seventh place with a team gold at the 1998 European Cross Country Championships brought a close to her career.
International competitions
| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Representing Portugal
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| 1988 | World Cross Country Championships | Auckland, New Zealand
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— | DNF | |
| Olympic Games | Seoul, South Korea
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10th | 10,000m | 32:07.13
| |
| 1989 | World Cross Country Championships | Stavanger, Norway
|
18th | ||
| 1990 | World Cross Country Championships | Aix-les-Bains, France | 2nd | ||
| 1991 | World Indoor Championships | Seville, Spain
|
4th | 3000 m | 8:55.45 |
| World Cross Country Championships | Antwerp, Belgium
|
6th | |||
| World Championships | Tokyo, Japan
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— | 10,000m | DNF | |
| 1992 | World Cross Country Championships | Boston, United States | 3rd | ||
| Olympic Games | Barcelona, Spain
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13th | 10,000m | 32.03.93
| |
| 1993 | World Cross Country Championships | Amorebieta, Spain
|
1st | ||
| World Championships | Stuttgart, Germany
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7th | 10,000m | 31:33.03 | |
| 1994 | World Cross Country Championships | Budapest, Hungary
|
5th | ||
| World Half Marathon Championships | Oslo, Norway
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4th | 1:09:57 | ||
| 1995 | World Cross Country Championships | Durham, United Kingdom
|
9th | ||
| World Championships | Gothenburg, Sweden
|
— | 10,000m | DNF
| |
| 1996 | World Cross Country Championships | Cape Town, South Africa
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31st | ||
| Olympic Games | Atlanta, United States
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27th | Marathon | 2:36:39 | |
| 1998 | World Half Marathon Championships | Uster, Switzerland | 11th | 1:11:08 | |
References
- ^ IAAF World Crosscountry Championships. Association of Road Racing Statisticians (2009-06-24). Retrieved on 2010-03-04.
- ^ a b c d e f g Albertina Dias at World Athletics
- ^ a b c World and World Student Cross Country Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2010-03-02.
- ^ Civai, Franco & Gasparovic, Juraj (2009-02-28). Eurocross 10.2 km (men) + 5.3 km (women). Association of Road Racing Statisticians. Retrieved on 2010-03-01.
- General
- (in Portuguese) Profile
External links
- In-depth article on 1993 World Cross Country Championships from Irish Times