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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 different languages on Wikipedia. João Vieira is the 3,219th most popular athlete (up from 3,902nd in 2019), the 502nd 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 3,219 out of 6,025Before him are Tigst Assefa, Laxmirani Majhi, Anvar Ibragimov, Helena Ekholm, Olga Zaitseva, and Vitaliy Savin. After him are Chris Brasher, Angelo Taylor, Virginie Arnold, David Broome, Tegla Loroupe, and Jesús Rollán.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1976, João Vieira ranks 609Before him are André Bucher, Diana Haddad, Greg Henderson, Gabriel Iglesias, Kazuaki Hayashi, and Lucía Puenzo. After him are Hiroshi Sakai, Camille Guaty, Travis Kalanick, Wilson Oruma, Gehad Grisha, and Diana Vishneva.

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In Portugal

Among people born in Portugal, João Vieira ranks 502 out of 633Before him are Carla Sacramento (1971), Carlos Martins (1982), José Azevedo (1973), Zé Castro (1983), Catarina Furtado (1972), and Nuno Frechaut (1977). After him are Rúben Micael (1986), Luísa Sobral (1987), José Sá (1993), Catarina Martins (1973), Nélson Oliveira (1991), and Nuno Assis (1977).

Among ATHLETES In Portugal

Among athletes born in Portugal, João Vieira ranks 11Before 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 Rui Silva (1977), Susana Feitor (1975), Patrícia Mamona (1988), Inês Henriques (1980), Vanessa Fernandes (1985), and Telma Monteiro (1985).