Vera Barbosa (born 13 January 1989 in Vila Franca de Xira) is a Portuguese track and field athlete. She initially competed for Cape Verde, switching to represent Portugal after 2008. At the 400 metres hurdles event at the 2012 Summer Olympics, in the heats she set a new national record with 55.22 seconds.
Competition record Representing 2007World ChampionshipsOsaka, Japan42nd (h)400 m58.562008World Indoor ChampionshipsValencia, Spain16th (h)400 m57.55Representing 2009Lusophony GamesLisbon, Portugal5th400 m54.892nd4 × 400 m relay3:37.90European U23 ChampionshipsKaunas, Lithuania17th (h)400 m54.842010Ibero-American ChampionshipsSan Fernando, Spain7th400 m55.506th4 × 400 m relay3:39.372011European U23 ChampionshipsOstrava, Czech Republic4th400 m hurdles55.816th4 × 400 m relay3:37.28World ChampionshipsDaegu, South Korea24th (sf)400 m hurdles57.702012European ChampionshipsHelsinki, Finland11th (sf)400 m hurdles56.5814th (h)4 × 400 m relay3:40.79Olympic GamesLondon, United Kingdom21st (sf)400 m hurdles56.272014European ChampionshipsZürich, Switzerland10th (sf)400 m hurdles56.3310th (h)4 × 400 m relay3:35.412016European ChampionshipsAmsterdam, Netherlands24th (sf)400 m hurdles57.92Olympic GamesRio de Janeiro, Brazil33rd (h)400 m hurdles57.282022Mediterranean GamesOran, Algeria5th400 m hurdles56.82World ChampionshipsEugene, United States30th (h)400 m hurdles56.79European ChampionshipsMunich, Germany16th (h)400 m hurdles57.102024World Indoor ChampionshipsGlasgow, United Kingdom9th (h)4 × 400 m relay3:31.93Ibero-American ChampionshipsCuiabá, Brazil4th400 m hurdles56.37European ChampionshipsRome, Italy17th (h)400 m hurdles56.8113th (h)4 × 400 m relay3:29.50
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