Tânia Regina Spindler de Oliveira (born April 10, 1977 in Palotina, Paraná) is a female Brazilian race walker.[1] She set both a personal best and a national record-breaking time of 1:33:23 by finishing twenty-third at the 2008 IAAF World Race Walking Cup in Cheboksary, Russia.[2] She also claimed the nation's first ever title for the women's 20 km event at the 2009 Pan American Race Walking Cup in San Salvador, El Salvador, with a time of 1:38:53.[3]
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Tânia Regina Spindler de Oliveira |
| Nationality |  Brazil |
| Born | 10 April 1977 Palotina, Paraná, Brazil |
| Height | 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in) |
| Weight | 56 kg (123 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Athletics |
| Event | Race walking |
| Club | Clube de Atletismo BM&F |
| Coached by | Irineu de Oliveira |
| Achievements and titles | |
| Personal best | 20 km walk: 1:33:23 (2008) |
Spindler represented Brazil at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where she competed for the women's 20 km race walk. Despite the tumultuous weather, she finished the race in thirty-seventh place, twenty seconds behind Ecuador's Johana Ordóñez, outside her personal best of 1:36:26.[4]
Spindler is a full-time member of Clube de Atletismo BM&F in São Paulo, being coached and trained by her husband Irineu de Oliveira.
References
edit- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Tânia Spindler". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 15 December 2012.
- ^ "Tânia Spindler bate duas vezes o recorde brasileiro e vai a Pequim" [Tania Spindler hits twice and the Brazilian record to Beijing] (in Portuguese). Goio News. 15 May 2008. Retrieved 15 December 2012.
- ^ Clavelo Robinson, Javier (3 May 2009). "Mexico dominates Pan American Race Walking Cup". IAAF. Retrieved 15 December 2012.
- ^ "Women's 20km Race Walk". NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 30 July 2012. Retrieved 15 December 2012.
External links
edit- Tânia Spindler at World Athletics
- Profile – UOL Esporte (in Portuguese)
- Profile – Clube de Atletismo BM&F (in Portuguese)
- NBC 2008 Olympics profile
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