Salome Afonso

Salome Afonso
nation	Portugal
birthday	19th November 1997 (age 22)
Career
discipline	Middle distance run
status	active
last change: April 30, 2020

Salomé Afonso (born November 19, 1997 ) is a Portuguese middle-distance runner .

Athletic career

Salomé Afonso gained her first international experience in 2013 when she was eliminated in the first round of the European Youth Olympic Festival in Utrecht in the 400-meter run with 58.27 seconds. Two years later she took part in the European Junior Championships in Eskilstuna over 800 meters , but also failed there with 2: 07.72 minutes in the lead. In 2016 she reached the semi-finals at the U20 World Championships in Bydgoszcz in the 800-meter run , where she was eliminated with 2: 08.09 min, while she was eliminated in the preliminary round over 1500 meters with 4: 22.68 min. In the following year she failed at the European Athletics U23 Championships 2017 in Bydgoszcz over 800 meters with 2: 07.10 min in the first round. In 2019 she won the U23 Mediterranean Indoor Championships in Miramas over 800 meters in 2: 08.18 minutes and then came fifth in the 1500 meter run at the U23 European Championships in Gävle with 4: 25.78 minutes . In December she reached sixth place with the mixed relay at the European Cross Country Championships in Lisbon after 18:29 min.

From 2015 to 2018 Afonso was Portuguese champion in the 800-meter run outdoors and in 2019 over 1500 meters. In the hall she won over 800 meters from 2015 to 2017 and in 2019 in the 1500 meter run.

Personal bests

• 800 meters: 2: 04.90 min, June 8, 2018 in Huelva
  • 800 meters (hall): 2: 07.40 min, February 19, 2017 in Pombal
• 1500 meters: 4: 11.62 min, June 20, 2019 in Huelva
  • 1500 meters (hall): 4: 25.74 min, February 9, 2019 in Pombal

Web links

• Salomé Afonso in the database of World Athletics (English)