Lucrécia Jardim
Maria Lucrécia Jardim (born January 28, 1971 in Caconga , Angola ) is a former Portuguese athlete who was a successful 100 and 200 meter runner in the 1990s . She is the only sprinter in her country who has ever reached a final at the European Athletics Championships (1994: 7th place in the 200-meter run).
Career
Lucrécia Jardim won bronze over 100 meters and over 200 meters at the Junior World Championships in 1990. At the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona, she reached the quarter-finals over 100 meters and over 200 meters. With the 4 x 400 meter relay consisting of Marta Moreira , Lucrécia Jardim, Elsa Amaral and Eduarda Coelho , she reached the final with a Portuguese national record of 3: 29.38 minutes. There, however, the season could not improve and took eighth and last place. In 1993 at the World Championships in Stuttgart, Jardim again reached the quarter-finals on both sprint courses. The following year she was eliminated from the European Championships in Helsinki in 1994 over 100 meters in the run. She reached the final over 200 meters, with 23.28 seconds she finished seventh. At the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta she reached the semifinals over 100 meters, over 200 meters she was eliminated in the quarter-finals with a national record of 22.88 seconds as the fifth of her run. The following year, she set her last Portuguese national record over 100 meters when she ran 11.30 seconds ahead of the 1997 World Championships in Athens. In 1998 she became the Ibero-American champion over 200 meters.
Lucrécia Jardim won eight Portuguese outdoor championships and nine Portuguese indoor titles. She is 1.59 m tall and had a competition weight of 49 kg.
Personal best
- 100-meter run : 11.30 seconds (1997) national record
- 200-meter run : 22.88 seconds (1996) national record
- 400-meter run : 52.68 seconds (1995)
literature
- Ekkehard zur Megede: The Modern Olympic Century 1896-1996 Track and Field Athletics . Berlin 1999, published by the German Society for Athletics Documentation eV
Web links
- Lucrécia Jardim in the database of World Athletics (English)
- Lucrécia Jardim in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
- Portuguese Championships
- Portuguese national records
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Jardim, Lucrécia |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Jardim, Maria Lucrécia (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Portuguese athlete |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 28, 1971 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Caconga , Angola |