Teresa Portela (Portuguese canoeist), Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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Place of Birth: Esposende, Braga District, Portugal
About Teresa Portela (Portuguese canoeist)
- Teresa do Rosário Afonso Portela (born 30 October 1987) is a Portuguese sprint canoer who has competed since the late 2000s.
- She won a bronze medal in the K-4 200 m event at the 2009 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Dartmouth.
- At club level, she competes for S.L.
- Benfica. Portela also competed in the K-1 500 m event at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China, but she was eliminated in the semifinals.
- In 2010, Portela won the gold in the K1 200m World Cup at Szeged, Hungary.
- In 2011, she won a bronze medal at the European Championships in Belgrade and also won the World Cup II meet, both in the K1 200 discipline.
- That year, Portela won her 50th national title, having won a total of 52. Portela qualified for London 2012 in K4 500, K1 500 and K1 200 at the World Championships in Szeged 2011.
- After a year off, Portela was back racing in 2014 winning a medal at the World Cup in Szeged and double bronze in the Europeans, finishing with a 5th place in the K1 500 m in the World Championships in Moscow, Russia.
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