João Vieira (racewalker) explained

João Vieira
Nationality:Portuguese
Birth Date:1976 2, df=yes
Birth Place:Portimão, Portugal
Height:1.75 m
Weight:59 kg
Country:Portugal
Sport:Athletics
Event:Racewalking

João Paulo Garcia Vieira (born 20 February 1976) is a Portuguese racewalker.

He placed tenth for Portugal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in the 20 km walk and third at the 2006 European Championships. At the 2012 Summer Olympics he finished in 11th in the 20 km walk.[1] He became, at 43, the oldest medalist ever at the 2019 World Athletics Championships, finishing second at the 50 km race walk. In 2021, he placed 5th at the 2020 Summer Olympics in the men's 50 kilometres walk and set a season best.[2]

His twin brother Sérgio Vieira is a race walker as well.[3]

Achievements

Representing
1994World Junior ChampionshipsLisboa, Portugal11th10,000 m42:26.17
1997World Race Walking CupPoděbrady, Czech Republic28th20 km1:20:59
European U23 ChampionshipsTurku, Finland—20 kmDNF
1998Budapest, Hungary20th20 km1:29.38
1999World Race Walking CupMézidon-Canon, France21st20 km1:24:25
Seville, Spain—20 kmDSQ
2000Ibero-American ChampionshipsRio de Janeiro, Brazil2nd20,000 m1:26:37.78
Sydney, Australia—20 kmDNS
2001Dudince, Slovakia15th20 km1:22:52
Edmonton, Canada—20 kmDSQ
2002World Race Walking CupTurin, Italy11th20 km1:24:13
European ChampionshipsMunich, Germany12th20 km1:21:55
2003World ChampionshipsParis, France17th20 km1:22:07
2004World Race Walking CupNaumburg, Germany17th20 km1:21:45
Olympic GamesAthens, Greece10th20 km1:22:19
2005World ChampionshipsHelsinki, Finland—20 kmDNF
2006World Race Walking CupA Coruña, Spain8th20 km1:20:33
European ChampionshipsGothenburg, Sweden3rd20 km1:20:09
2007World ChampionshipsOsaka, Japan25th20 km1:27:44
2008World Race Walking CupCheboksary, Russia15th20 km1:21:13
Olympic GamesBeijing, PR China32nd20 km1:25:05
2009European Race Walking CupMetz, France—20 kmDNF
World ChampionshipsBerlin, Germany10th20 km1:21:43
2010European ChampionshipsBarcelona, Spainbgcolor=silver2nd20 km1:20:49
2011European Race Walking CupOlhão, Portugal—20 kmDNF
World ChampionshipsDaegu, South Korea15th20 km1:23:26
2012World Race Walking CupSaransk, Russia19th20 km1:22:11
Olympic GamesLondon, United Kingdom11th20 km1:20:41
—50 kmDNF
2013European Race Walking CupDudince, Slovakia7th20 km1:23:03
World ChampionshipsMoscow, Russia3rd20 km1:22:05
2014World Race Walking CupTaicang, China—20 kmDNF
2015European Race Walking CupMurcia, Spain—20 kmDNF
Beijing, China36th20 km1:25:49
2016World Race Walking CupRome, Italy30th20 km1:22:39
Olympic GamesRio de Janeiro, Brazil—20 kmDNF
2017European Race Walking CupPoděbrady, Czech Republic 14th20 km1:22:42
London, United Kingdom11th50 km3:45:28
2021Olympic GamesTokyo, Japan5th50 km3:51:28

Notes and References

  1. Web site: London 2012 Men's 20 km race walk . . www.olympic.org. IOC . 10 September 2014.
  2. Web site: Athletics - Final Results. dead. 2021-08-06. Olympics. en-us. 22 July 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210722145536/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/athletics/result-men-s-50km-race-walk-fnl-000100-.htm.
  3. News: António Manuel . Fernandes . Portugal to send 25 athletes to Osaka . IAAF.org . 7 August 2007 . 10 August 2007 . https://archive.today/20120717233810/http://osaka2007.iaaf.org/news/kind=2/newsid=40172.html . 17 July 2012 . dead .

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