Inês Henriques (born 1 May 1980) is a Portuguese race walker. Internationally, she has won bronze medals at the 2010 IAAF World Race Walking Cup and the 2010 Ibero-American Championships in Athletics. She represented Portugal at the 2004 Summer Olympics and the 2012 Summer Olympics and has competed at the World Championships in Athletics on eight occasions from 2001 to 2017.
She won at the Chihuahua City meeting of the 2012 IAAF World Race Walking Challenge in March.Robinson, Javier Clavelo (2012-03-04). Sanchez and Henriques repeat, Zepeda completes Mexican party in Chihuahua. IAAF. Retrieved on 2012-04-06.
In 2017, in London, she won the gold medal in the 50km walk event, held for the first time during the World Championships in Athletics. With her time of 4:05:56, she also set the world record for the event.
International competitions Representing 1996World Junior ChampionshipsSydney, Australia22nd5000 m25:17.221998World Junior ChampionshipsAnnecy, France24th5000 m23:54.512000European Race Walking CupEisenhüttenstadt, Germany42nd20 km1:41:192001European Race Walking CupDudince, Slovakia25th20 km1:36:08European U23 ChampionshipsAmsterdam, Netherlands10th20 km1:34:49World ChampionshipsEdmonton, Canada —20 kmDQ2002European ChampionshipsMunich, Germany15th20 km1:35:07World Race Walking CupTurin, Italy23rd20 km1:35:282004World Race Walking CupNaumburg, Germany34th20 km1:32:32Olympic GamesAthens, Greece 25th20 km1:33:532005European Race Walking CupMiskolc, Hungary17th20 km1:35:121stTeam - 20 km25 ptsWorld ChampionshipsHelsinki, Finland27th20 km1:35:442006European ChampionshipsGothenburg, Sweden12th20 km1:31:58World Race Walking CupA Coruña, Spain 13th20 km1:30:282007World ChampionshipsOsaka, Japan 7th20 km1:33:062008World Race Walking CupCheboksary, Russia19th20 km1:32:352009European Race Walking CupMetz, France —20 kmDQWorld ChampionshipsBerlin, Germany11th20 km1:32:512010World Race Walking CupChihuahua, Mexico3rd20 km1:33:28Ibero-American ChampionshipsSan Fernando, Spain 3rd10,000 m44:31.27European ChampionshipsBarcelona, Spain9th20 km1:32:262011European Race Walking CupOlhão, Portugal13th20 km1:34:11World ChampionshipsDaegu, South Korea10th20 km1:32:062012World Race Walking CupSaransk, Russia10th20 km1:31:43Olympic GamesLondon, United Kingdom 15th20 km1:29:542013European Race Walking CupDudince, Slovakia8th20 km1:32:392ndTeam - 20 km23 ptsWorld ChampionshipsMoscow, Russia11th20 km1:30:282014World Race Walking CupTaicang, China22nd20 km1:29:332015European Race Walking CupMurcia, Spain16th20 km1:30:443rdTeam - 20 km38 ptsWorld Championships Beijing, China23rd20 km1:34:472017World ChampionshipsLondon, United Kingdom1st50 km4:05:562018World Race Walking Team ChampionshipsTaicang, China —50 kmDNFEuropean ChampionshipsBerlin, Germany1st50 km4:09:21
Awards YearAwardCategoryResult2018Golden Globes (Portugal) Best Female Athlete
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