Sandra-Helena Tavares

Sandra-Helena Ribeiro Tavares Homo (born May 29, 1982) is a Portuguese pole vaulter.[1] Tavares represented Portugal at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where she competed for the women's pole vault. She successfully cleared a height of 4.30 metres, finishing nineteenth overall in the qualifying rounds, and tying her position with Greece's Afroditi Skafida, and Poland's Joanna Piwowarska.[2]

Sandra-Helena Tavares
Personal information
Full nameSandra-Helena Ribeiro
Tavares
Nationality Portugal
Born (1982-05-29) 29 May 1982
Height1.66 m (5 ft 5 12 in)
Weight60 kg (132 lb)
Sport
SportAthletics
Event(s)Pole vault
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)Pole vault: 4.35 m (2009)

Her two sisters, Maria Leonor Tavares and Elisabete Tavares Ansel also competed in the pole vault.[3]

Competition record

YearCompetitionVenuePositionNotes
Representing  Portugal
1999 European Junior Championships Riga, Latvia 14th (q) 3.55 m[4]
2001 European Junior Championships Grosseto, Italy 6th 3.90 m[5]
2003 European U23 Championships Bydgoszcz, Poland 9th 3.80 m[6]
Universiade Daegu, South Korea 8th 4.10 m
2004 Ibero-American Championships Huelva, Spain 5th 4.10 m
2005 European Indoor Championships Madrid, Spain 18th (q) 4.15 m
Universiade Izmir, Turkey NM
2007 Universiade Bangkok, Thailand 11th 4.10 m
2008 Olympic Games Beijing, China 19th (q) 4.30 m
2009 World Championships Berlin, Germany 26th (q) 4.25 m
2010 European Championships Barcelona, Spain 24th (q) 3.95 m

References

  1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Sandra-Helena Tavares". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 16 January 2013.
  2. "Women's Pole Vault Qualification". NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 30 July 2012. Retrieved 16 January 2013.
  3. "Grioo.com : Maria Ribeiro Tavares : j'espère entrer en finale aux Jeux Olympiques de Londres".
  4. http://www.wjah.co.uk/wojc/EUJC/EUJC1999.html#21073 Archived 2011-10-23 at the Wayback Machine
  5. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-05-21. Retrieved 2013-06-20.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  6. https://web.archive.org/web/20031214104716/http://www.european-athletics.org/eve/echu23/result03/re1820040.PDF


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