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Nationality | Czech | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | 12 July 2005 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | Sprint | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Personal bests | 200m : 23.63 (Prague, 2024) 300m: 37.31 (Prague, 2024) AU20R 400m: 50.52 (Rome, 2024) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Lurdes Gloria Manuel (born 12 July 2005) is a Czech sprinter. In 2024, she became Czech national indoor champion over 200 metres and set a Eurorpean U20 indoor record over 300 metres. [1]
She was a silver medalist in the 400 metres at his 2022 European Athletics U18 Championships in Jerusalem. [2]
At the Czech Championships in 2023 she finished second with a personal best of 51.23, a Czech age-group record. [3] [4] She won gold in the 400 metres at the 2023 European Athletics U20 Championships in Jerusalem. [5] [6] At the same championships she was a bronze medalist in the women's 4x400 metres relay. [7]
In January 2024, she set a new European U20 indoor record over 300 metres in Prague. [8] [9] In February 2024, she became Czech national indoor champion over 200 metres in Ostrava. [10]
In May 2024, she lowered her own national under-20 record as she ran 50.59 for the 400 metres at the Ostrava Golden Spike event to meet the qualifying standard for the 2024 Paris Olympics. [11] [12] She lowered her personal best to 50.52 seconds in placing fourth overall in the final of the 2024 European Athletics Championships in Rome on 10 June 2024. [13]
She grew up in the Czech Republic, her father is from Angola and her mother is from Russia. She has a younger brother Christian Teca, and younger sister Angela Linda. She is a member of TJ VS Tábor. Her nickname is Lu. [14] [15]