Birth Date: | 13 January 1989 |
Sport: | Athletics |
Event: | 400m Hurdles |
Club: | Sporting Clube de Portugal[1] |
Coach: | Carlos Silva |
Vera Barbosa (born 13 January 1989 in Vila Franca de Xira) is a Portuguese track and field athlete. She initially competed for Cape Verde, switching to represent Portugal after 2008. At the 400 metres hurdles event at the 2012 Summer Olympics, in the heats she set a new national record with 55.22 seconds.
Representing | |||||
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2007 | World Championships | Osaka, Japan | 42nd (h) | 400 m | 58.56 |
2008 | World Indoor Championships | Valencia, Spain | 16th (h) | 400 m | 57.55 |
Representing | |||||
2009 | Lusophony Games | Lisbon, Portugal | 5th | 400 m | 54.89 |
bgcolor=silver | 2nd | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:37.90 | ||
European U23 Championships | Kaunas, Lithuania | 17th (h) | 400 m | 54.84 | |
2010 | Ibero-American Championships | San Fernando, Spain | 7th | 400 m | 55.50 |
6th | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:39.37 | |||
2011 | European U23 Championships | Ostrava, Czech Republic | 4th | 400 m hurdles | 55.81 |
6th | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:37.28 | |||
World Championships | Daegu, South Korea | 24th (sf) | 400 m hurdles | 57.70 | |
2012 | European Championships | Helsinki, Finland | 11th (sf) | 400 m hurdles | 56.58 |
14th (h) | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:40.79 | |||
Olympic Games | London, United Kingdom | 21st (sf) | 400 m hurdles | 56.27 | |
2014 | European Championships | Zürich, Switzerland | 10th (sf) | 400 m hurdles | 56.33 |
10th (h) | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:35.41 | |||
2016 | European Championships | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 24th (sf) | 400 m hurdles | 57.92 |
Olympic Games | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 33rd (h) | 400 m hurdles | 57.28 | |
2022 | Mediterranean Games | Oran, Algeria | 5th | 400 m hurdles | 56.82 |
World Championships | Eugene, United States | 30th (h) | 400 m hurdles | 56.79 | |
European Championships | Munich, Germany | 16th (h) | 400 m hurdles | 57.10 | |
2024 | World Indoor Championships | Glasgow, United Kingdom | 9th (h) | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:31.93 |
Ibero-American Championships | Cuiabá, Brazil | 4th | 400 m hurdles | 56.37 | |
European Championships | Rome, Italy | 17th (h) | 400 m hurdles | 56.81 | |
13th (h) | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:29.50 |