João Junqueira, Date of Birth

    

João Junqueira

Portuguese long-distance runner

Date of Birth: 24-Jun-1965

Profession: athletics competitor

Nationality: Portugal

Zodiac Sign: Cancer


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About João Junqueira

  • João Manuel Perera Junqueira (born 24 June 1965 in Chaves, Alto Trás-os-Montes) is a retired Portuguese runner who specialized in the 3000 metres steeplechase. He competed in his special event at the 1991, 1993 and 1999 World Championships and sixth-placed in 10,000 m in 1994 European Athletics Championships as well as the 1992 Summer Olympics. At the 1993 World Cross Country Championships he earned the distinction of a bronze medal in the team competition, having finished 41st in the individual long race.
  • He then recorded his best placing with a 23rd place in the 1998 short race, the team finishing fifth.
  • He was also a part of the sixth-placed Portuguese team at the 2001 World Cross Country Championships.

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