Augusto Cardoso
Portuguese race walker
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Augusto Manuel Ferreira Cardoso Pereira (born December 13, 1972) is a Portuguese race walker.[1] He set a personal best time of 3:55:14, by finishing sixteenth for the men's 50 km at the 2007 European Race Walking Cup in Royal Leamington Spa, England.[2]
FullnameAugusto Manuel Ferreira
Cardoso Pereira
Cardoso Pereira
Nationality
Portugal
PortugalBorn13 December 1972
Height1.72 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in)
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Augusto Manuel Ferreira Cardoso Pereira |
| Nationality | Portugal |
| Born | 13 December 1972 |
| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in) |
| Weight | 65 kg (143 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Athletics |
Event | Race walking |
| Club | FC Porto |
| Achievements and titles | |
| Personal bests | 20 km walk: 1:22:40 (1999) 50 km walk: 3:55:14 (2007) |
Cardoso represented Portugal at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where he competed for the men's 50 km race walk, along with his teammate António Pereira. He successfully finished the race in fortieth place by twenty-eight seconds behind United States' Philip Dunn, with a time of 4:09:00.[3]
