Juventina Napoleão
East Timorese long-distance runner
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Juventina Napoleão (born 22 December 1988 in Assalaino, East Timor, Indonesia) is an East Timorese long-distance runner. She represented her country in the marathon event at the 2012 Summer Olympics and finished the race with a time of 3:05:07.[1]
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Timor-LesteJuventina Napoleão in the marathon event at the 2012 Summer Olympics | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | December 22, 1988 Assalaino, East Timor, Indonesia |
| Height | 1.54 m (5 ft 1⁄2 in) |
| Weight | 48 kg (106 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Country | Timor-Leste |
| Sport | Athletics |
Event | Marathon |
Athletics career
The 154 cm tall athlete is a member of the Association Lautém sports club in Lospalos.
At the first Dili Marathon (2010) she finished second in the women's race in a time of 3.13:05. In the following year, she was first, in a time of 3:08.28.[2] In 2012, she came first in the Dili half marathon.
At the 2010 Asian Games, she was unable to finish the marathon.[3] She finished the 2012 Tokyo Marathon in 48th place, in a time of 3:05.15.[4]
At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she was the penultimate runner to finish the women's marathon, finishing in 106th place. She finished in a time of 3:05.07, a new personal best.[5]
For the 2012 Olympics, her trainer was the East Timorese coach, António Dacosta.[6] In the build up to the 2013 Dili Marathon, she trained with Calisto Da Costa, who himself ran for East Timor at the 2000 Olympics.[7]
She competed in the South East Asian Games in 2013, achieving a time of 3:06:55[8]
