Vera Barbosa

Vera Barbosa (born 13 January 1989 in Vila Franca de Xira) is a Portuguese track and field athlete.^[2] 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.

Vera Barbosa

Barbosa at the 2014 European Athletics Championships
Personal information
Born	(1989-01-13) January 13, 1989 (age 36)
Height	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Weight	58 kg (128 lb)
Sport
Country	Portugal
Sport	Athletics
Event	400m Hurdles
Club	Sporting Clube de Portugal[1]
Coached by	Carlos Silva

Competition record

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing  Cape Verde
2007	World Championships	Osaka, Japan	42nd (h)	400 m	58.56
2008	World Indoor Championships	Valencia, Spain	16th (h)	400 m	57.55
Representing  Portugal
2009	Lusophony Games	Lisbon, Portugal	5th	400 m	54.89
			2nd	4 × 400 m relay	3:37.90
	European U23 Championships	Kaunas, Lithuania	17th (h)	400 m	54.84
2010	Ibero-American Championships	San Fernando, Spain	7th	400 m	55.50
			6th	4 × 400 m relay	3:39.37
2011	European U23 Championships	Ostrava, Czech Republic	4th	400 m hurdles	55.81
			6th	4 × 400 m relay	3:37.28
	World Championships	Daegu, South Korea	24th (sf)	400 m hurdles	57.70
2012	European Championships	Helsinki, Finland	11th (sf)	400 m hurdles	56.58
			14th (h)	4 × 400 m relay	3:40.79
	Olympic Games	London, United Kingdom	21st (sf)	400 m hurdles	56.27
2014	European Championships	Zürich, Switzerland	10th (sf)	400 m hurdles	56.33
			10th (h)	4 × 400 m relay	3:35.41
2016	European Championships	Amsterdam, Netherlands	24th (sf)	400 m hurdles	57.92
	Olympic Games	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	33rd (h)	400 m hurdles	57.28
2022	Mediterranean Games	Oran, Algeria	5th	400 m hurdles	56.82
	World Championships	Eugene, United States	30th (h)	400 m hurdles	56.79
	European Championships	Munich, Germany	16th (h)	400 m hurdles	57.10
2024	World Indoor Championships	Glasgow, United Kingdom	9th (h)	4 × 400 m relay	3:31.93
	Ibero-American Championships	Cuiabá, Brazil	4th	400 m hurdles	56.37
	European Championships	Rome, Italy	17th (h)	400 m hurdles	56.81
			13th (h)	4 × 400 m relay	3:29.50