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João Vieira

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João Paulo Garcia Vieira (born 20 February 1976) is a Portuguese racewalker. He placed tenth for Portugal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in the 20 km walk and third at the 2006 European Championships. At the 2012 Summer Olympics he finished in 11th in the 20 km walk. He became, at 43, the oldest medalist ever at the 2019 World Athletics Championships, finishing second at the 50 km race walk. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. João Vieira is the 3,284th most popular athlete (up from 3,857th in 2024), the 516th most popular biography from Portugal (up from 550th in 2019) and the 11th most popular Portuguese Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, João Vieira ranks 3,286 out of 6,025. Before him are Camelia Diaconescu, Anke von Seck, Laxmirani Majhi, Anvar Ibragimov, Helena Ekholm, Olga Zaitseva, Vitaliy Savin, and Mario Von Appen. After him are Chris Brasher, Angelo Taylor, Virginie Arnold, and David Broome.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1976, João Vieira ranks 633. Before him are André Bucher, Diana Haddad, Greg Henderson, Gabriel Iglesias, Kazuaki Hayashi, and Lucía Puenzo. After him are Hiroshi Sakai, Camille Guaty, Travis Kalanick, Zoé Félix, Wilson Oruma, and Gehad Grisha.

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In Portugal

Among people born in Portugal, João Vieira ranks 517 out of 633. Before him are Carla Sacramento (1971), Carlos Martins (1982), José Azevedo (1973), Zé Castro (1983), Catarina Furtado (1972), Nuno Frechaut (1977), and Renato Veiga (2003). After him are Rúben Micael (1986), Luísa Sobral (1987), Domingos Castro (1963), José Sá (1993), and Catarina Martins (1973).

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Among ATHLETES In Portugal

Among athletes born in Portugal, João Vieira ranks 11. Before him are Mário de Noronha (1885), Jonathan Jones (null), António Leitão (1960), Fernanda Ribeiro (1969), Manuela Machado (1963), and Carla Sacramento (1971). After him are Domingos Castro (1963), Rui Silva (1977), António Pinto (1966), Susana Feitor (1975), Patrícia Mamona (1988), and Inês Henriques (1980).

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