Joana Vasconcelos (canoeist)

Joana Vasconcelos (born February 22, 1991) is a Portuguese sprint canoer who has competed since the 2010s.[1]

Joana Vasconcelos
Personal information
Full nameJoana Sofia Barbosa Vasconcelos
Nationality Portugal
Born (1991-02-22) 22 February 1991
Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal
Height1.69 m (5 ft 6 1⁄2 in)
Weight65 kg (143 lb)
Sport
SportCanoeing
Event(s)Sprint canoe
ClubBenfica
Medal record
Women's canoe sprint
European Championships
2018 BelgradeK-2 200 m
2017 PlovdivK-2 200 m
2012 ZagrebK-2 200 m
U23 World Championships
2013 NiagaraK-1 200 m
U23 European Championships
2014 SzegedK-1 200 m

Career

Born in Vila Nova de Gaia, Vasconcelos started canoeing in Clube Náutico de Crestuma, where she won the ICF Canoe Kayak Sprint Junior World Championships in K-1 1000m class that took place in Moscow in 2009.[2] The 18-year-old then moved to Benfica in 2010, and currently studies and practises at the Center for High Performance in Montemor-o-Velho.[3]

She won a bronze medal in the K-2 200 m event at the 2012 Canoe Sprint European Championships in Zagreb.

Vasconcelos qualified for London 2012 in K4 500, K2 500 and K2 200 in the 2011 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships. In the 2012 Summer Olympics, she ended 6th in Women's K-2 500 metres race along Beatriz Gomes and also 6th in the Women's K-4 500 metres along with Teresa Portela, Helena Rodrigues and Beatriz Gomes.[4][5]

References
  1. "Joana Vasconcelos" (in Portuguese). Olympic Committee of Portugal. Retrieved 22 June 2015.
  2. "Joana Vasconcelos campeã mundial júnior de canoagem" [Joana Vasconcelos, Junior World Champion in Canoeing]. Jornal de Noticias (in Portuguese). 2 August 2008. Retrieved 22 June 2015.
  3. "Canoagem: Benfica contrata campeã da Europa e do Mundo" [Benfica signs with World and European Champion]. TVI 24 (in Portuguese). 3 January 2010. Archived from the original on 22 June 2015. Retrieved 22 June 2015.
  4. "Canoe / Kayak Flatwater,K-2 500m (kayak double) women". London 2012. Retrieved 22 June 2015.
  5. "Canoe / Kayak Flatwater,K-4 500m (kayak four) women Final". London 2012. Retrieved 22 June 2015.
Awards
Preceded by
Miguel Arraiolos		 Portuguese Young Promise
2009–2010		 Succeeded by
Francisca Laia
Preceded by
1000 meter K2 team
(Emanuel Silva and Fernando Pimenta)		 Portuguese Team of the Year
2013
(500 meter K2 team with Beatriz Gomes)		 Succeeded by
Portugal national table tennis team


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