Elsa Amaral

{{short description|Portuguese middle-distance runner}}

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1966|05|31|df=y}}

| birth_place = Porto, Portugal

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| sport = Athletics

| event = 800 m

| club = FC Porto

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Elsa Maria Meireles Amaral (born 31 May 1966 in Porto) is a retired Portuguese middle-distance runner who competed primarily in the 800 metres.{{World Athletics}} She represented her country at the 1992 Summer Olympics, as well as two outdoor and two indoor World Championships.

Competition record

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colspan="6"|Representing {{POR}}
rowspan=4|1990

|European Indoor Championships

|Glasgow, United Kingdom

|13th (h)

|800 m

|2:11.66

rowspan=2|Ibero-American Championships

|rowspan=2|Manaus, Brazil

|4th

|400 m

|54.32

bgcolor=cc9966|3rd

|800 m

|2:03.57

European Championships

|Split, Yugoslavia

|11th (sf)

|800 m

|2:01.49

rowspan=2|1991

|Universiade

|Sheffield, United Kingdom

|5th (sf)

|800 m

|2:03.71

World Championships

|Tokyo, Japan

|21st (h)

|800 m

|2:03.83

rowspan=2|1992

|Ibero-American Championships

|Seville, Spain

|bgcolor=cc9966|3rd

|800 m

|2:02.75

Olympic Games

|Barcelona, Spain

|8th

|4 × 400 m relay

|3:36.85

rowspan=4|1993

|World Indoor Championships

|Toronto, Canada

|12th (sf)

|800 m

|2:09.52

rowspan=2|Universiade

|rowspan=2|Buffalo, United States

|11th (h)

|800 m

|2:07.76

5th

|4 × 400 m relay

|3:37.47

World Championships

|Stuttgart, Germany

|11th (h)

|4 × 400 m relay

|3:34.76

1995

|World Indoor Championships

|Barcelona, Spain

|11th (h)

|800 m

|2:08.03

Personal bests

Outdoor

Indoor

References