Juventina Napoleão
Juventina Napoleão in the marathon event at the 2012 Summer Olympics | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | December 22, 1988 Assalaino, East Timor, Indonesia |
| Height | 1.54 m (5 ft 1⁄2 in) |
| Weight | 48 kg (106 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Country | Timor-Leste |
| Sport | Athletics |
| Event | Marathon |
Juventina Napoleão (born 22 December 1988 in Assalaino, East Timor, Indonesia) is an East Timorese long-distance runner. She represented her country in the marathon event at the 2012 Summer Olympics and finished the race with a time of 3:05:07.[1]
Athletics career
The 154 cm tall athlete is a member of the Association Lautém sports club in Lospalos.
At the first Dili Marathon (2010) she finished second in the women's race in a time of 3.13:05. In the following year, she was first, in a time of 3:08.28.[2] In 2012, she came first in the Dili half marathon.
At the 2010 Asian Games, she was unable to finish the marathon.[3] She finished the 2012 Tokyo Marathon in 48th place, in a time of 3:05.15.[4]
At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she was the penultimate runner to finish the women's marathon, finishing in 106th place. She finished in a time of 3:05.07, a new personal best.[5]
For the 2012 Olympics, her trainer was the East Timorese coach, António Dacosta.[6] In the build up to the 2013 Dili Marathon, she trained with Calisto Da Costa, who himself ran for East Timor at the 2000 Olympics.[7]
She competed in the South East Asian Games in 2013, achieving a time of 3:06:55[8]
References
- ^ Profile Archived 2012-07-22 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Dili Marathon 2011 // Results // eventdirector results". 18 June 2011. Archived from the original on 14 August 2014. Retrieved 2017-10-15.
- ^ "Women Marathon Athletics Asian Games 2010 Guangzhou (CHN) - Saturday 27.11". 27 November 2010. Archived from the original on 29 July 2014. Retrieved 2017-10-15.
- ^ "2012 Tokyo Marathon". 2016-02-14. Retrieved 2017-10-15.
- ^ "IAAF: Marathon Result | The XXX Olympic Games | iaaf.org". iaaf.org. Retrieved 2017-10-15.
- ^ "Juventina Napoleao - Athletics - Olympic Athlete | London 2012". 2012-07-22. Archived from the original on 22 July 2012. Retrieved 2017-10-15.
- ^ "Preparasaun Dili Marathona 2013 TT Haruka Atleta Elite Nain 2 Tri Out ‹ Suara Timor Lorosae". jornal.suara-timor-lorosae.com. 17 June 2013. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 2017-10-15.
- ^ "World Athletics". World Athletics. Archived from the original on 21 April 2024.
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