Carolina Duarte

Carolina Duarte
Personal information
NicknameCarol
NationalityPortuguese
Born (1990-01-08) 8 January 1990 (age 34)
WebsiteNo
Sport
CountryPortugal
SportSprints
ClubCS Maritimo
Achievements and titles
Regional finals2012 European Championships
Medal record
Women's para-athletics
Representing  Portugal
Paralympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2024 Paris 400 m T13[1]
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2023 Paris 400 m T13
Silver medal – second place 2024 Kobe 400 m T13
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2016 Grosseto 100 m T13
Silver medal – second place 2016 Grosseto 200 m T13
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Grosseto 400 m T13

Carolina Duarte (born 8 January 1990) is a track and field athlete from Portugal competing mainly sprint events.[2] Duarte has competed in both disabled and non-disabled sporting competitions. In disability sport she competes as a T13 athlete, a classification for athletes who are visually impaired.

Athletics career

As an athlete in non-disability events

Duarte began her athletics career competing in mainstream track and field events. Her early personal bests, set in 2010, were all in short distance sprints, setting a time of 12.17 in the 100 metres.[3] As her career progressed she gravitated towards the 400 metres event and also competed in the 400 metres hurdles.[3] In 2012, she was selected to join the Portugal team that competed at the 2012 European Athletics Championships, competing as part of the Women's 4 × 400 metres relay.

As a disability athlete

Due to reduced vision, Duarte was able to become classified as a T13 track and field athlete. In 2016, she was selected for the Portugal national team that competed at the IPC Athletics European Championships in Grosseto.[4] There she competed in three events, the T13 100m, 200m and 400m sprints. In her first event, the 200 metres, she was edged into second place by France's Nantenin Keïta, who set a championship record to take the gold medal.[5] Duarte followed this with a bronze in the 400 metres. On the penultimate day she competed in the 100 metres, and despite not running a personal best, Duarte set a championship record with a time of 12.87s.[6]

References

  1. ^ "Mais uma medalha para Portugal: Carolina Duarte é bronze nos 400 metros dos Jogos Paralímpicos". Record (in European Portuguese). 7 September 2024. Retrieved 20 September 2024.
  2. ^ "Carolina Duarte". european-athletics.org. Retrieved 16 July 2016.
  3. ^ a b "Carolina Duarte". all-athletics.com. Archived from the original on 4 January 2018. Retrieved 16 July 2016.
  4. ^ "Athlete Profile: Duarte, Carolina". paralympic.org. Retrieved 16 July 2016.
  5. ^ "World, European and championship records fall on day one at Grosseto 2016". paralympic.org. Retrieved 16 July 2016.
  6. ^ "Six more golds for Great Britain and Russia as Bulgaria's Ruzhdi Ruzhdi and Russia's Sofia Oksem throw new world records at Grosseto 2016". paralympic.org. 15 June 2016. Retrieved 16 July 2016.