Filipe Marques
Portuguese paratriathlete (born 1998)
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Filipe Marques (born 9 July 1999) is a Portuguese paratriathlete. He represented Portugal at the 2024 Summer Paralympics.
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| Born | 9 July 1998[1] Amora, Portugal | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Portugal | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Paratriathlon | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Disability class | PTS5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Career
Marques made his international debut for Portugal at the 2021 European Triathlon Championships and won a bronze medal in the PTS5 event.[2] He again competed at the European Championships in 2022 and finished in fourth place with a time of 47:59, and won a silver medal in 2023 with a time of 55:18.[1][3]
In September 2024, he represented Portugal at the 2024 Summer Paralympics, where he was the first person from Portugal to compete in the Paratriathlon at the Summer Paralympics.[4] He competed in the PTS5 event and finished in fourth place, finishing 40 seconds behind bronze medalist Martin Schulz.[5][6][7] Weeks later he then competed at the 2024 European Triathlon Championships and won a silver medal in the PTS5 event.[8] In October, he then competed at the 2024 World Triathlon Para Championships and won a bronze medal in the PTS5 event with a time of 1:00.43.[9][10]