Inês Henriques

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Inês Henriques
Henriques in 2015
Personal information
Born (1980-05-01) 1 May 1980 (age 43)
Santarém, Portugal
Height1.56 m (5 ft 1 in)
Weight46 kg (101 lb)
Sport
Country Portugal
SportAthletics
Event(s)20km Race Walk
50km Race Walk
Medal record
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2017 London 50 km walk
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2018 Berlin
50 km walk

Inês Henriques (born 1 May 1980) is a Portuguese

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

World Championships in Athletics.[2] With her time of 4:05:56, she also set the world record for the event.[3]

International competitions

Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
Representing  Portugal
1996 World Junior Championships Sydney, Australia 22nd 5000 m 25:17.22
1998 World Junior Championships Annecy, France 24th 5000 m 23:54.51
2000 European Race Walking Cup Eisenhüttenstadt, Germany 42nd 20 km 1:41:19
2001 European Race Walking Cup Dudince, Slovakia 25th 20 km 1:36:08
European U23 Championships Amsterdam, Netherlands 10th 20 km 1:34:49
World Championships Edmonton, Canada 20 km DQ
2002 European Championships Munich, Germany 15th 20 km 1:35:07
World Race Walking Cup Turin, Italy 23rd 20 km 1:35:28
2004 World Race Walking Cup Naumburg, Germany 34th 20 km 1:32:32
Olympic Games Athens, Greece 25th 20 km 1:33:53
2005 European Race Walking Cup Miskolc, Hungary 17th 20 km 1:35:12
1st Team - 20 km 25 pts
World Championships Helsinki, Finland 27th 20 km
1:35:44
2006 European Championships Gothenburg, Sweden 12th 20 km 1:31:58
World Race Walking Cup A Coruña, Spain 13th 20 km 1:30:28
2007 World Championships Osaka, Japan 7th 20 km 1:33:06
2008 World Race Walking Cup Cheboksary, Russia 19th 20 km 1:32:35
2009 European Race Walking Cup Metz, France 20 km DQ
World Championships Berlin, Germany 11th 20 km 1:32:51
2010 World Race Walking Cup Chihuahua City, Mexico 3rd 20 km 1:33:28
Ibero-American Championships San Fernando, Spain 3rd 10,000 m 44:31.27
European Championships Barcelona, Spain 9th 20 km 1:32:26
2011 European Race Walking Cup Olhão, Portugal 13th 20 km 1:34:11
World Championships Daegu, South Korea 10th 20 km 1:32:06
2012 World Race Walking Cup Saransk, Russia 10th 20 km 1:31:43
Olympic Games London, United Kingdom 15th 20 km 1:29:54
2013 European Race Walking Cup Dudince, Slovakia 8th 20 km 1:32:39
2nd Team - 20 km 23 pts
World Championships Moscow, Russia 11th 20 km 1:30:28
2014 World Race Walking Cup Taicang, China 22nd 20 km 1:29:33
2015 European Race Walking Cup Murcia, Spain 16th 20 km 1:30:44
3rd Team - 20 km 38 pts
World Championships Beijing, China 23rd 20 km 1:34:47
2017 World Championships London, United Kingdom 1st 50 km 4:05:56
2018 World Race Walking Team Championships Taicang, China 50 km
DNF
European Championships Berlin, Germany 1st 50 km
4:09:21

Awards

Year Award Category Result
2018 Golden Globes (Portugal) Best Female Athlete Won

References

  1. ^ Robinson, Javier Clavelo (2012-03-04). Sanchez and Henriques repeat, Zepeda completes Mexican party in Chihuahua. IAAF. Retrieved on 2012-04-06.
  2. ^ "WOMEN'S 50KM RACE WALKING EVENT ADDED TO IAAF WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS LONDON 2017 PROGRAMME". iaaf.org. 23 July 2017. Retrieved 16 October 2017.
  3. ^ "Portugal's Ines Henriques sets world record in women's 50-kilometer walk". espn.com. 13 August 2017. Retrieved 16 October 2017.

External links

Records
New title
Women's 50 km walk world record holder

15 January 2017 – 5 May 2018
Succeeded by