Sandra Zapata

Sandra Zapata
Personal information
Full name	Sandra Patricia Zapata Pórtela
Nationality	Colombia
Born	3 February 1977 (age 47); La Argentina, Huila, Colombia
Height	1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)
Weight	53 kg (117 lb)
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event	Race walking
Coached by	Olga Beatriz Ladino Romero
Achievements and titles
Personal best	20 km walk: 1:33:22 (2008)

Sandra Patricia Zapata Pórtela (born February 3, 1977, in La Argentina, Huila) is a female Colombian race walker.^[1] In 2008, Zapata had won a gold medal in the 20 km at the South American Race Walking Championships in Cuenca, Ecuador, and also, set both a national record and a personal best time of 1:33:22 at the IAAF World Race Walking Cup in Cheboksary, Russia.^[2]

Zapata made her official debut for the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, where she placed forty-sixth in the women's 20 km race walk, with a time of 1:42:22.

At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, Zapata competed for the second time in the 20 km race walk. She finished the race in thirty-fourth place by eight seconds ahead of Ecuador's Johana Ordóñez, with a time of 1:36:18.^[3]

Achievements[edit]

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing Colombia
1998	Central American and Caribbean Games	Maracaibo, Venezuela	6th	10,000 m walk	48:42.75
2002	Central American and Caribbean Games	San Salvador, El Salvador	4th	20 km walk	1:44:00

^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Sandra Zapata". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 12 January 2013.
^ "Squads from Colombia and Ecuador head for Cheboksary – South American Champs". IAAF. 19 March 2008. Retrieved 12 January 2013.
^ "Women's 20km Walk". NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 30 July 2012. Retrieved 12 January 2013.

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