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Portuguese racewalker (born 1980)
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
References
External links
Records
|
New title
|
Women's 50 km walk world record holder 15 January 2017 – 5 May 2018
|
Succeeded by
|
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1987–1997 10 kilometres | |
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1999–present 20 kilometres | |
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2017–2019 50 kilometres | |
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2022-present 35 kilometres | |
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