Érica de Sena

Érica Rocha de Sena (born 3 May 1985) is a female racewalker from Brazil. She is the only Brazilian to win a medal at the IAAF World Race Walking Team Championships, after inheriting the 20 km race bronze in the 2016 race, held in Rome.[2]

Érica de Sena

Personal information
Full name	Érica Rocha de Sena
Born	3 May 1985 Camaragibe, Pernambuco[1]
Sport
Country	Brazil
Sport	Track and field
Medal record Pan American Games 2015 Toronto 20 km walk 2019 Lima 20 km walk World Team Championships 2016 Rome 20 km walk
Updated on 21 March 2016.

Career

In the same event, Sena also has the country's best racewalking performance by a woman at the Olympic Games, with a seventh place in the 2016 Rio de Janeiro games,[3] and the World Championships in Athletics, a sixth place in 2015, held in Beijing, China.[4]

Personal life

She is married to an Ecuadorian race walker, Andrés Chocho.[5]

Personal bests

Road walk

• 10 km: 43:03 min – Suzhou, 25 Sep 2017
• 20 km: 1:26:59 hrs – London, 13 Aug 2017

Track walk

• 5000 m: 23:10.59 min – Campinas, 7 Nov 2011
• 10,000 m: 43:41.30 min – São Paulo, 1 Aug 2014
• 20,000 m: 1:35:29.6 h – São Paulo, 5 Aug 2011

References

1. Olimpíadas: Érica Sena, Cisiane Dutra, Keila Costa e Montanha representam o estado (in Portuguese). (2016-08-05). Retrieved on 2017-02-12.
3. Report: women's 20km race walk – Rio 2016 Olympic Games
4. "Women's 20 kilometres walk heats results" (PDF). IAAF. Retrieved 29 August 2015.
5. Eduardo Biscayart (3 July 2016). "Murer soars over South American record of 4.87m at Brazilian Championships". IAAF. Retrieved 5 July 2016.

External links

• Érica de Sena at World Athletics