Lurdes Gloria Manuel

Lurdes Gloria Manuel

Lurdes Gloria Manuel during the 2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's 400 metres
Personal information
Nationality	Czech
Born	(2005-07-12) 12 July 2005 (age 20) Ostrava, Czech Republic
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event	Sprint
Achievements and titles
Personal bests	200m : 23.63 (Prague, 2024) 300m: 37.31 (Prague, 2024) AU20R 400m: 50.52 (Rome, 2024) Indoors 400m: 51.15 (Toruń, 2025)
Medal record Women's athletics Representing   Czech Republic European Indoor Championships 2025 Apeldoorn 4x400 m relay World U20 Championships 2024 Lima 400 m European U20 Championships 2023 Jerusalem 400m 2023 Jerusalem 4x400m relay European U18 Championships 2022 Jerusalem 400m

Lurdes Gloria Manuel (born 12 July 2005) is a Czech sprinter. In 2024, she became Czech national indoor champion over 200 metres and set a European U20 indoor record over 300 metres. ^[1]

Career

She was a silver medalist in the 400 metres at the 2022 European Athletics U18 Championships in Jerusalem. ^[2]

At the Czech Championships in 2023 she finished second with a personal best of 51.23, a Czech age-group record. ^{[3] [4]} She won gold in the 400 metres at the 2023 European Athletics U20 Championships in Jerusalem. ^{[5] [6]} At the same championships she was a bronze medalist in the women's 4x400 metres relay. ^[7]

2024

In January 2024, she set a new European U20 indoor record over 300 metres in Prague. ^{[8] [9]} In February 2024, she became Czech national indoor champion over 200 metres in Ostrava. ^[10]

In May 2024, she lowered her own national under-20 record as she ran 50.59 for the 400 metres at the Ostrava Golden Spike event to meet the qualifying standard for the 2024 Paris Olympics. ^{[11] [12]} She lowered her personal best to 50.52 seconds in placing fourth overall in the final of the 2024 European Athletics Championships in Rome on 10 June 2024. ^[13]

She competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics over 400 metres in August 2024, reaching the semi-final. ^[14]

She qualified fastest for the final of the 400 metres at the 2024 World Athletics U20 Championships in Lima, Peru and went on to win gold in the final with a time of 51.29 seconds. ^{[15] [16]}

2025

Manuel finishing in third place in the women's 4 × 400 metres relay at the 2025 European Indoor Championship

She ran an indoor personal best of 51.19 at the Copernicus Cup on 16 February 2025. ^[17] She was selected for the 2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships in Appeldoorn, Netherlands. ^[18] She won a bronze medal with the Czech women's 4 x 400 metres relay team at the Championships. ^[19]

Personal life

Manuel was born and grew up in the Czech Republic; her father is from Angola and her mother is from Russia. She has a younger brother, Christian Teca, and younger sister, Angela Linda. She is a member of TJ VS Tábor. Her nickname is Lu. ^{[20] [21]}

References

1. "Lurdes Gloria Manuel". World Athletics. Retrieved 24 May 2024.
2. Tucker, Craig (15 July 2022). "Charlotte Henrich from Canterbury defies odds to win European Under-18 400m title in Jerusalem". Kent online. Retrieved 24 May 2024.
3. Novotný, Milan (24 January 2024). "Lu se pokusí o olympijský limit. Jsem na sebe zvědavá, říká česká rekordmanka". Deník (in Czech). Vltava Labe Media . Retrieved 28 May 2024.
4. "Ten storylines to follow at Jerusalem 2023". European Athletics. 7 August 2023. Retrieved 24 May 2024.
5. "Angelina Topic wins an unprecedented high jump/long jump double at Jerusalem 2023 European Athletics U20 Championships". Africasport.net. 7 August 2023. Retrieved 24 May 2024.
6. "Rising Stars: Five Outstanding Athletes Who Shined at the European Athletics U20 Championships". Watch Athletics. 12 August 2023. Retrieved 24 May 2024.
7. "European Athletics U20 Championships". World Athletics. 7 August 2023. Retrieved 24 May 2024.
8. "Open public competition Atletická hala Otakara Jandery, Praha". World Athletics. 23 January 2024. Retrieved 28 May 2024.
9. "Úterní mládežnické zápisy v českých halách". Atletika.cz (in Czech). 24 January 2024. Retrieved 28 May 2024.
10. "Czech Indoor Championships". World Athletics. 17 February 2024. Retrieved 24 May 2024.
11. "Ostrava results 400m". Results.onlinesystem.cz. 28 May 2024. Retrieved 28 May 2024.
12. "Duplantis and Caudery defy conditions, De Grasse does double in Ostrava". World Athletics. 28 May 2024. Retrieved 28 May 2024.
13. "Women 400m Results - European Athletics Championships 2024". Watch Athletics. 10 June 2024. Retrieved 10 June 2024.
14. "Women's 400m Hurdles Results - Paris Olympic Games 2024 Athletics". Watch Athletics. 8 August 2024. Retrieved 29 August 2024.
15. "Reid and Walaza win world U20 100m titles in Lima". World Athletics. 29 August 2024. Retrieved 29 August 2024.
16. "Almayew sets steeplechase championship record to win world U20 title in Lima". World Athletics. 30 August 2024. Retrieved 30 August 2024.
17. "Tsegay rebounds with No.2 all time indoor 1500m in Torun". World Athletics. 16 February 2025. Retrieved 16 February 2025.
18. "Defending medalists and promising debutants. The Czech nomination for the European Indoor Championships includes 26 athletes". Idnesit. 26 February 2025. Retrieved 26 February 2025.
19. Broadbent, Chris (Mar 9, 2025). "Five gold medals! Super Sunday as Dutch close Apeldoorn 2025 with glorious finale". European Athletics. Retrieved 9 March 2025.
20. "Čas je víc než výsledek, olympiádu bere osmnáctiletá běžkyně jako sen". iDNES.cz (in Czech). Mafra. 8 January 2024. Retrieved 28 May 2024.
21. Hašek, Martin. "Zázrak Lu! Česká čtvrtkařka (16) s krví z Angoly rychle dohání hvězdy". Blesk (in Czech). Czech News Center . Retrieved 28 May 2024.