Viviane Lyra

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Viviane Lyra
Personal information
Full nameViviane Santana Lyra
Born (1993-07-29) 29 July 1993 (age 31)
Rio de Janeiro
Sport
CountryBrazil
Event Racewalking
Medal record
Women's racewalking
Representing Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
Pan American Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2023 Santiago Mixed race walk
Pan American Race Walking Cup
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2023 Managua 35 km walk
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2021 Guayaquil 20 km walk
South American Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2022 Asunción 35 km walk
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2022 Asunción 20 km walk

Viviane Santana Lyra (born 29 July 1993 in Rio de Janeiro) [1] is a Brazilian racewalker. She competed in the women's 20 kilometres walk event at the 2019 World Athletics Championships held in Doha, Qatar. [1] She did not finish her race. [1] She also competed in the same event at the 2022 World Athletics Championships held in Eugene, Oregon, United States. [2] [3]

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In 2019, she competed in the women's 50 kilometres walk event at the Pan American Games held in Lima, Peru. [4] She finished in 4th place with a personal best of 4:22:46. [4]

In 2022, she broke the Brazilian record of 35 km twice, once in April, with a time of 2:49:12, and another at the 2022 World Athletics Championships, with the mark of 2:45:02, where she finished in 8th place. [5]

At the 2023 Pan American Race Walking Cup held in Managua, she won a gold medal in the 20 km walk. [6]

Lyra had hepatitis in June 2023, diagnosed during the La Coruña GP and had to stop training for 2 weeks. Despite this, at the 2023 World Athletics Championships, held in August in Budapest, she finished 4th in the 35 km walk race, breaking the Brazilian record, with a time of 2:44.40. [7]

At the 2023 Pan American Games, in the debut of the Race walk mixed team, Lyra and Caio Bonfim obtained the bronze medal. [8]

Personal bests

Her best times are: [9]

Road walk

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Women's 20 kilometres walk" (PDF). IAAF – 2019 World Athletics Championships. Archived (PDF) from the original on 30 September 2019. Retrieved 23 June 2020.
  2. "Women's 20 kilometres walk" (PDF). 2022 World Athletics Championships. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 July 2022. Retrieved 16 July 2022.
  3. Viviane Lyra conquista ouro para o Brasil na marcha atletica no Campeonato Pan-Americano
  4. 1 2 "Women's 50 kilometres walk – Results" (PDF). Lima Organizing Committee for the 2019 Pan and Parapan American Games (COPAL). Archived (PDF) from the original on 12 August 2019. Retrieved 11 Aug 2019.
  5. Viviane Lyra fica em 8º na prova dos 35km da marcha atlética no Mundial de Atletismo; Peruana fatura o segundo ouro
  6. Viviane Lyra conquista ouro para o Brasil na marcha atletica no Campeonato Pan-Americano
  7. Brasileira belisca pódio na marcha atlética do Mundial após hepatite
  8. Caio Bonfim e Viviane Lyra ficam com bronze em prova inédita do revezamento misto da marcha atlética no Pan
  9. Viviane Lyra profile by World Athletics