Portugal will present itself with a record 49 representatives at the 2024 European Athletics Championships, in Rome, with Pedro Pablo Pichardo defending the title, but without the injured Auriol Dongmo and Patrícia Mamona.
The triple jump Olympic champion returns to represent Portugal, after absences from the outdoor World Championships in Budapest'2023 and the indoor world championships in Glasgow'2024, to try to revalidate the title won in Munich2022.
Portugal has 38 medals in European athletics, 16 of which are gold, by Rosa Mota, in the marathon, in Athens1982, Stuttgart'1986 and Split'1990, by Manuela Machado, in the marathon, in Helsinki'1994 and Budapest'1998, by Fernanda Ribeiro, in the 10,000 meters, in Helsinki'1994, by António Pinto, in the 10,000 meters, in Helsinki'1994.
In the 21st century, by Francis Obikwelu, in the 100 meters, in Munich'2002 and Gothenburg'2006, and in the 200 meters, in Gothenburg'2006, by Dulce Félix, in the 10,000 meters, in Helsinki'2012, by Patrícia Mamona, in triple jump, in Amsterdam'2016, by Sara Moreira, in the half marathon, in Amsterdam'2016, by Nelson Évora, in the triple jump, in Berlin'2018, by Inês Henriques, in the 50 kilometer walk, in Berlin'2018, and by Pedro Pichardo, in the triple, in Munich'2022.
In their 24 appearances - Portugal had no athletes in Oslo'1946 - they also climbed the podium 24 times, winning 14 silver medals and eight bronze medals.
List of the 49 Portuguese athletes called up for Rome'2024:
Femininos:
- 100 metros: Arialis Martínez (Benfica), Lorene Bazolo (Sporting) e Rosalina Santos (Sporting).
- 200 metros: Lorene Bazolo (Sporting).
- 400 metros: Cátia Azevedo (Sporting).
- 400 metros barreiras: Fatoumata Diallo (Benfica) e Vera Barbosa (Sporting).
- 1.500 metros: Salomé Afonso (Individual).
- 4x100 metros: Arialis Martínez (Benfica), Íris Silva (Benfica), Lorene Bazolo (Sporting), Lurdes Oliveira (Sporting) e Rosalina Santos (Sporting).
- 4x400 metros: Carina Vanessa (Sporting), Cátia Azevedo (Sporting), Fatoumata Diallo (Benfica), Sofia Lavreshina (Sporting) e Vera Barbosa (Sporting).
- 5.000 metros: Mariana Machado (Sporting de Braga).
- Meia maratona: Carla Salomé Rocha (Sporting), Solange Jesus (Sporting de Braga), Susana Godinho (Recreio de Águeda) e Vanessa Carvalho (Sporting de Braga).
- Lançamento do disco: Irina Rodrigues (Individual) e Liliana Cá (Sporting).
- Lançamento do peso: Eliana Bandeira (Benfica) e Jessica Inchude (Sporting).
- Salto em comprimento: Agate Sousa (Benfica) e Evelise Veiga (Sporting).
- 20 quilómetros marcha: Carolina Costa (Sporting), Inês Mendes (Benfica) e Vitória Oliveira (Benfica).
Masculinos:
- 100 metros: Carlos Nascimento (Sporting).
- 400 metros: João Coelho (Sporting) e Omar Elkhatib (Sporting).
- 400 metros barreiras: Mikael Jesus (Benfica).
- 1.500 metros: Isaac Nader (Benfica).
- 3.000 metros obstáculos: Etson Barros (Benfica).
- 4x100 metros: André Prazeres (Benfica), Carlos Nascimento (Sporting), Delvis Santos (Sporting), Gabriel Maia (Jardim da Serra) e Rafael Jorge (ADRAP).
- 4x400 metros: Ericsson Tavares (Benfica), João Coelho (Sporting), Omar Elkhatib (Sporting), Rafael Jorge (ADRAP) e Ricardo dos Santos (Benfica).
- 10.000 metros: Samuel Barata (Benfica).
- Meia maratona: Hélio Gomes (Sporting), Miguel Borges (Sporting de Braga), Rui Pinto (Sporting) e Samuel Barata (Benfica).
- Lançamento do disco: Emanuel Sousa (Benfica).
- Lançamento do peso: Francisco Belo (Benfica) e Tsanko Arnaudov (Torreense).
- Lançamento do dardo: Leandro Ramos (Benfica).
- Salto em comprimento: Gerson Baldé (Benfica).
- Salto com vara: Pedro Buaró (Benfica).
- Triplo salto: Pedro Pablo Pichardo (Benfica) e Tiago Luís Pereira (Sporting).
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