Sónia Lopes (born 6 April 1975) is a Cape Verdean middle distance and long-distance runner.

Sónia Lopes
Personal information
Full nameSónia Lopes
NationalityCape Verdean
Born (1975-04-06) April 6, 1975 (age 49)[1]
Sport
CountryCape Verde
SportAthletics
Eventlong-distances
Updated on 3 January 2014.

Career edit

Almeida first competed for Cape Verde at the 2000 IAAF World Cross Country Championships in Vilamoura, Portugal where she placed 118th in the Women's short race in a time of 18:33. The following year at the 2001 IAAF World Indoor Championships in Lisbon, Almeida recorded a personal best and national record time of 11:37.38 in the heats of the 3000 metres. Five months later at the World Outdoor Championships in Edmonton, Lopes placed 35th in the 1500 metres with a time of 5:13.80. The following year at the 2002 African Championships in Athletics in Radès, Tunisia, she finished last in the 1500 metres but with an improved time of 4:56.92. In 2003, Lopes competed in the 2003 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships in Vilamoura, finishing in 59th in 1:24:59 and in the marathon at the 2003 World Championships, finishing in last place in 3:21:59. Two years later she was back on track running the 1500 metres in 4:51.29 at the 2005 World Championships in Helsinki.

Personal bests edit

Below is Euclides Lopes' personal best times.[2]

Event Time Venue Date Records Notes
800 metres 2:29.73 Macerata, Italy 25 September 2011
1500 metres 4:33.81 Villafranca di Verona, Italy 30 June 2007 NR
3000 metres 9:43.83 Bussolengo, Italy 6 June 2009
3000 metres (indoor) 11:37.38 Lisbon, Portugal 9 March 2001 NR
5000 metres 17:13.49 Rovereto, Italy 29 June 2012
10,000 metres 36:34.13 Treviso, Italy 18 April 2010
3000 metres steeplechase 10:45.75 Pordenone, Italy 4 July 2009
5 km (road) 17:54 Bolzano, Italy 31 December 2011
10 km (road) 36:45 Gualtieri, Italy 12 April 2004
10 mi (road) 1:00:01 San Giovanni Lupatoto, Italy 7 February 2010
Half marathon 1:17:55 Brugnera, Italy 21 March 2010
Marathon 2:57:30 Verona, Italy 6 October 2013

References edit

  1. ^ "Profile of Sonia Lopes". IAAF. Retrieved 3 January 2014.
  2. ^ "Profile of Sonia Lopes". Retrieved 3 January 2014.