Érica de Sena explained
Érica Rocha de Sena (born 3 May 1985) is a female racewalker from Brazil. In the 20 km walk, she took 4th place at the 2017 World Championships, and 7th place at the 2016 Summer Olympics. She is the only Brazilian to win a medal at the IAAF World Race Walking Team Championships, after inheriting the 20 km race bronze in the 2016 race, held in Rome.[2]
Career
In the same event, Sena also has the country's best racewalking performance by a woman at the Olympic Games, with a seventh place in the 2016 Rio de Janeiro games,[3] and the World Championships in Athletics, a fourth place in both 2017 and 2019.[4]
She competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics, where Sena was third with just 400 meters to go before she got her third caution and was removed from the course for two minutes, making her lose a medal and finish 11th.[5] [6] Afterwards she had a son with husband and coach Andres Chocho, and only returned to competition in 2023, and in just four competitions qualified for the 2023 World Athletics Championships and the 2024 Summer Olympics.[7]
Personal life
She is married to an Ecuadorian race walker, Andrés Chocho.[8]
Personal bests
Road walk
- 10 km: 43:03 min –
Suzhou, 25 Sep 2017
- 20 km: 1:26:59 hrs –
London, 13 Aug 2017
Track walk
- 5000 m: 23:10.59 min –
Campinas, 7 Nov 2011
- 10,000 m: 43:41.30 min – São Paulo, 1 Aug 2014
- 20,000 m: 1:32:06.0 h – Paulista, 27 Jun 2024
Notes and References
- http://radiojornal.ne10.uol.com.br/noticia/2016/08/05/olimpiadas-erica-sena-cisiane-dutra-keila-costa-e-montanha-representam-o-estado--48300 Olimpíadas: Érica Sena, Cisiane Dutra, Keila Costa e Montanha representam o estado
- Web site: 20 Kilometres Race Walk Result IAAF World Race Walking Team Championships iaaf.org. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20160508021452/http://www.iaaf.org/competitions/iaaf-world-race-walking-team-championships/iaaf-world-race-walking-team-championships-5658/results/women/20-kilometres-race-walk/final/result. 2016-05-08.
- https://www.iaaf.org/news/report/rio-2016-olympic-games-women-20km-race-walk1 Report: women's 20km race walk – Rio 2016 Olympic Games
- Web site: Erica SENA. IAAF . 29 August 2023.
- Web site: Athletics SENA Erica. dead. 2021-08-22. Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. en-us. 22 August 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210822215336/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/athletics/athlete-profile-n1354935-sena-erica.htm.
- https://ge.globo.com/olimpiadas/noticia/erica-sena-leva-punicao-no-fim-e-ve-escapar-bronze-inedito-na-marcha-atletica.ghtml Erica Sena leva punição a 400m do fim e vê escapar bronze inédito na marcha atlética
- https://olympics.com/pt/noticias/mae-atleta-erica-sena-mundial-atletismo-2023 Mundial de Atletismo 2023: Érica Sena recomeça após desilusão em Tóquio e maternidade
- News: Murer soars over South American record of 4.87m at Brazilian Championships. IAAF. Eduardo Biscayart. 2016-07-03. 2016-07-05.
