Sandra-Helena Tavares
Portuguese pole vaulter / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For the Mexican Olympic hurdler, see Sandra Taváres (hurdler).
Sandra-Helena Ribeiro Tavares Homo (born May 29, 1982) is a Portuguese pole vaulter.[1] Tavares represented Portugal at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where she competed for the women's pole vault. She successfully cleared a height of 4.30 metres, finishing nineteenth overall in the qualifying rounds, and tying her position with Greece's Afroditi Skafida, and Poland's Joanna Piwowarska.[2]
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Full name | Sandra-Helena Ribeiro Tavares |
Nationality | Portugal |
Born | (1982-05-29) 29 May 1982 (age 41) |
Height | 1.66 m (5 ft 5+1⁄2 in) |
Weight | 60 kg (132 lb) |
Sport | |
Sport | Athletics |
Event | Pole vault |
Achievements and titles | |
Personal best | Pole vault: 4.35 m (2009) |
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Her two sisters, Maria Leonor Tavares and Elisabete Tavares Ansel also competed in the pole vault.[3]