Lidiane Lopes

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Lidiane Lopes
Personal information
Nationality Cape Verdean
Born (1994-09-01) 1 September 1994 (age 29)
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) (2016) [1]
Weight70 kg (154 lb) (2016) [1]
Sport
Sport Track and field
Event(s) 100 metres
200 metres
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)100 metres: 12.38 [2]
200 metres: 25.53 [2]
Medal record
Representing Flag of Cape Verde.svg  Cape Verde
Lusophony Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2014 Goa 200 metres

Lidiane Lopes (born 1 September 1994) is a Cape Verdean sprinter who specialises in the 100 metres and 200 metres. [1] She is the current Cape Verdean record holder in the 100-metre sprint. [3] Lopes has competed at both the 2012 and 2016 Summer Olympics. [4] At both Olympics, she competed in the 100 metres. [1] [5] She has also competed in a World Championships, a World Junior Championships, a World Youth Championships, a Jeux de la Francophonie, a Lusophony Games, an African Games, and an Ibero-American Athletics Championships.

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Competition

2011–12

Lopes' debut at an international athletics competition was at the 2011 World Youth Championships, where she competed in the 200 metres. [6] She finished last in her heat and ran a personal best time of 26.69 seconds. [6] She did not progress to the semi-final round. [7] She then competed at the 2012 World Junior Championships in the 100 metres. [8] She was disqualified from her heat and therefore did not race again at the competition. [6]

2012 Summer Olympics

Lopes' next major competition was the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. [5] She qualified and competed in the 100 metres. [5] For the preliminary round, she was drawn in heat four. [9] In the heat of nine athletes, [9] Lopes finished fourth in a time of 12.72 seconds. [10] She was 1.12 seconds slower than the heat winner, Toea Wisil of Papua New Guinea. [9] Overall, Lopes' time was the 17th fastest in the preliminary round. [11] She did not progress to the heat round proper. [11] By competing at the 2012 Games, she became the youngest Cape Verdean to compete at an Olympic Games at an age of 17 years and 337 days. [12]

2013–16

At the 2013 Jeux de la Francophonie, Lopes competed in both the 100 metres and 200 metres. [13] In the 100 metres she ran a time of 12.85 seconds and finished second last overall with Dianne Audrey Nioze of Seychelles the only athlete slower than her. [13] Lopes did not progress to the final. [13] In the 200 metres, Lopes came last in a time of 26.17 seconds and did not qualify for the final. [13] At the 2014 Lusophony Games, Lopes finished fourth in the 100 metres; in a time of 12.49 seconds; and she won the silver medal in the 200 metres; in a time of 25.07 seconds. [14] [15] In her medal winning event, the 200 metres, she finished 0.07 seconds behind Indian Rengitha Chellah. [15] The 2015 World Championships was Lopes' first senior World Championships. [4] She competed in the 100 metres and finished last in her heat with a Cape Verdean national record time of 12.43 seconds. [16] Overall, she was the 49th fastest out of 53 athletes and she did not progress to the semi-final round. [17] At the 2015 African Games, Lopes finished 27th overall in the 100 metres in a time of 12.55 seconds and 29th overall in the 200 metres in a time of 25.53 seconds. [18] [19] Lopes' next major competition was the 2016 Ibero-American Athletics Championships. [20] She competed in the 100 metres and finished last overall in a time of 12.67 seconds. [20]

2016 Summer Olympics

At the 2016 Summer Olympics, Lopes competed in the 100 metres. [1] For the preliminary round, she was drawn in heat two, a heat containing seven other athletes alongside Lopes. [21] In the race on 12 August 2016, she ran a time of 12.38 seconds. [22] Lopes' time was a new Cape Verdean national record. [3] [22] After the race she told Ocean Press : "I have no words. I'm very happy". [3] Lopes' time was the 9th fastest out of 24 athletes in the preliminary round; [23] her time was 0.04 seconds slower than the slowest athlete to progress to the next round and, therefore, she was eliminated. [23]

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