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Érica de Sena
Personal information
Full nameÉrica Rocha de Sena
Born (1985-05-03) 3 May 1985 (age 39)
Camaragibe, Pernambuco[1]
Sport
Country Brazil
SportTrack and field
Medal record
Pan American Games
Silver medal – second place 2015 Toronto 20 km walk
IAAF World Race Walking Team Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Rome 20 km walk
Updated on 21 March 2016

Érica Rocha de Sena (born 3 May 1985) is a female racewalker from Brazil. She is the only Brazilian to win a medal at the IAAF World Race Walking Team Championships, after inheriting the 20 km race bronze in the 2016 race, held in Rome.[2]

Career

In the same event, Sena also has the country's best racewalking performance by a woman at the Olympic Games, with a seventh place in the 2016 Rio de Janeiro games,[3] and the World Championships in Athletics, a sixth place in 2015, held in Beijing, China.[4]

Personal life

She is married to an Ecuadorian race walker, Andrés Chocho.[5]

References

  1. ^ Olimpíadas: Érica Sena, Cisiane Dutra, Keila Costa e Montanha representam o estado Template:Pt icon. (2016-08-05). Retrieved on 2017-02-12.
  2. ^ [1]
  3. ^ Report: women's 20km race walk – Rio 2016 Olympic Games
  4. ^ "Women's 20 kilometres walk heats results" (PDF). IAAF. Retrieved 29 August 2015.
  5. ^ Eduardo Biscayart (3 July 2016). "Murer soars over South American record of 4.87m at Brazilian Championships". IAAF. Retrieved 5 July 2016.

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