Teresa Portela (Spanish canoeist)

Teresa Portela
Personal information
Full name María Teresa Pórtela Rivas
Born 5 May 1982 (1982-05-05) (age 36)
Cangas do Morrazo, Pontevedra, Spain
Height 172 cm (5 ft 8 in)
Weight 69 kg (152 lb)
Medal record
Women's canoe sprint
Representing  Spain
World Championships
2002 SevilleK-1 200 m
2005 ZagrebK-1 200 m
2001 PoznańK-4 200 m
2002 SevilleK-4 200 m
2003 GainesvilleK-1 200 m
2003 GainesvilleK-2 200 m
2003 GainesvilleK-4 200 m
2005 ZagrebK-2 200 m
2001 PoznańK-4 500 m
2002 SevilleK-4 500 m
2003 GainesvilleK-4 500 m
2005 ZagrebK-4 200 m
2009 DartmouthK-4 500 m
2015 MilanK-1 200 m
European Championships
2011 BelgradeK-1 200 m
2013 Montemor-o-VelhoK-1 200 m

María Teresa Pórtela Rivas (born 5 May 1982 in Cangas do Morrazo) is a Spanish sprint canoer who has competed since the early 2000s. She won thirteen medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with two golds (K-1 200 m: 2002, 2005) six silvers (K-1 200 m: 2003, K-2 200 m: 2003, 2005; K-4 200 m: 2001, 2002, 2003) and five bronzes (K-4 200 m: 2005, K-4 500 m: 2001, 2002, 2003, 2009).[1]

Portela also competed in three Summer Olympics, earning her best finish of fourth at the 2012 Summer Olympics in Women's K-1 200 m. In her previous attempts she had been fifth on three occasions (2004: K-2 500 m, K-4 500 m; 2008: K-4 500 m).

References

  1. ↑ Tiempo de hoy - 1144-1152 p108 2004 -"... k-4, se espera mucho del equipo formado por Beatriz Marchena, Teresa Pórtela, María José García y Belén Sánchez. "
  • "Teresa Portela (ESP) at Canoe09.ca". Archived from the original on 2009-08-18.
  • Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill. "Teresa Portela (full name: María Teresa Portela Rivas)". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2016-12-03.
  • ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 1: flatwater (now sprint): 1936–2007 at WebCite (archived 2009-01-21). Additional archives: Wayback Machine.
  • ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 2: rest of flatwater (now sprint) and remaining canoeing disciplines: 1936–2007 at WebCite (archived 2009-11-09)


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