Sónia Lopes

{{Short description|Cape Verdean middle distance and long-distance runner}}

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Sónia Lopes (born 6 April 1975) is a Cape Verdean middle distance and long-distance runner.

Career

Almeida first competed for Cape Verde at the 2000 IAAF World Cross Country Championships in Vilamoura, Portugal where she placed 118th in the Women's short race in a time of 18:33. The following year at the 2001 IAAF World Indoor Championships in Lisbon, Almeida recorded a personal best and national record time of 11:37.38 in the heats of the 3000 metres. Five months later at the World Outdoor Championships in Edmonton, Lopes placed 35th in the 1500 metres with a time of 5:13.80. The following year at the 2002 African Championships in Athletics in Radès, Tunisia, she finished last in the 1500 metres but with an improved time of 4:56.92. In 2003, Lopes competed in the 2003 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships in Vilamoura, finishing in 59th in 1:24:59 and in the marathon at the 2003 World Championships, finishing in last place in 3:21:59. Two years later she was back on track running the 1500 metres in 4:51.29 at the 2005 World Championships in Helsinki.

=Personal bests=

Below is Euclides Lopes' personal best times.{{cite web|title=Profile of Sonia Lopes|url=http://www.all-athletics.com/node/110293|accessdate=3 January 2014}}

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Event !Time !Venue !Date !Records !Notes
800 metres \|2:29.73 \|Macerata, Italy \|25 September 2011 \| \|
1500 metres \|4:33.81 \|Villafranca di Verona, Italy \|30 June 2007 \|NR \|
3000 metres \|9:43.83 \|Bussolengo, Italy \|6 June 2009 \| \|
3000 metres (indoor) \|11:37.38 \|Lisbon, Portugal \|9 March 2001 \|NR \|
5000 metres \|17:13.49 \|Rovereto, Italy \|29 June 2012 \| \|
10,000 metres \|36:34.13 \|Treviso, Italy \|18 April 2010 \| \|
3000 metres steeplechase \|10:45.75 \|Pordenone, Italy \|4 July 2009 \| \|
5 km (road) \|17:54 \|Bolzano, Italy \|31 December 2011 \| \|
10 km (road) \|36:45 \|Gualtieri, Italy \|12 April 2004 \| \|
10 mi (road) \|1:00:01 \|San Giovanni Lupatoto, Italy \|7 February 2010 \| \|
Half marathon \|1:17:55 \|Brugnera, Italy \|21 March 2010 \| \|
Marathon \|2:57:30 \|Verona, Italy \|6 October 2013 \| \|

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800 metres

|2:29.73

|Macerata, Italy

|25 September 2011

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