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Place of Birth: Lisbon, Lisbon District, Portugal
About Carmo Tavares
- MarÃa do Carmo Sánchez Tavares de Miranda (born April 27, 1974 in Lisbon) is a Portuguese middle-distance runner, who specialized in the 800 metres.
- At age thirty-four, Tavares made her official debut for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where she competed in the women's 800 metres.
- She ran in the sixth and final heat against six other athletes, including Kenya's Janeth Jepkosgei Busienei, who eventually won the silver medal in the final.
- She finished the race in sixth place by more than a second behind Italy's Elisa Cusma Piccione, with a time of 2:01.91.
- Tavares, however, failed to advance into the semi-finals, as she placed twenty-first overall, and was ranked farther below three mandatory slots for the next round.
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