Vera Santos

Vera Santos ( born December 3, 1981 in Santarém ) is a Portuguese athlete, who in 2009 reached the fifth place at the World Championships in the 20 - km walk.

Vera Santos finished 2003 ranked second in the U23 European Championships behind the Greek Athanasia Tsoumeleka and before the German Sabine Zimmer. At the 2003 World Championships Santos reached the 15th place, the same position two years later succeeded her at the World Championships in 2005. During the Universiade 2005 Santos finished second behind the Chinese Jiang Qiuyan. After Vera Santos had occupied 17th place in 2002 at the European Championships in 2002, she reached four years later at the European Championships in 2006 to eighth place. With an eleventh place finish at the 2007 World Championships and a ninth place finish at the 2008 Olympic Games Santos reach more respectable performance. Your best ever position they reached at the 2009 World Championships with fifth place.

Your personal best over 20 km is 1:28:14 hours, situated at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing. At a height of 1.64 meters to her competition weight is 57 kilograms.