Sandra-Helena Tavares

Sandra-Helena Tavares
Personal information
Full name Sandra-Helena Ribeiro
Tavares
Nationality  Portugal
Born (1982-05-29) 29 May 1982
Height 1.66 m (5 ft 5 1⁄2 in)
Weight 60 kg (132 lb)
Sport
Sport Athletics
Event(s) Pole vault
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s) Pole vault: 4.35 m (2009)

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]

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

Competition record

Year Competition Venue Position Notes
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. "Sandra-Helena Tavares". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. 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. ↑ http://www.wjah.co.uk/wojc/EUJC/EUJC2001.html#21073
  6. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20031214104716/http://www.european-athletics.org/eve/echu23/result03/re1820040.PDF


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