Marta Pen
Personal information | |
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Full name | Marta Filipa Pen Freitas Pires |
Nationality | Portuguese |
Born | Lisbon, Portugal[1] | 31 July 1993
Alma mater | Mississippi State Bulldogs |
Occupation | Professional Runner[2] |
Height | 1.53 m (5 ft 0 in)[1] |
Weight | 46 kg (101 lb)[1] |
Sport | |
Country | Portugal |
Sport | Athletics |
Event(s) | 800 metres 1500 metres |
Club | Benfica |
Coached by | Houston Franks - Mississippi State & Ana Oliveira[1] |
Achievements and titles | |
National finals | 1 x European Champs finalist |
Personal best(s) | 1500 metres 4:03.99 Birmingham (2018)[3] |
Marta Filipa Pen Oliveira Freitas (born 31 July 1993), commonly referred to as Marta Pen, is a Portuguese athlete who competes in middle-distance running events,[4] holding the national record in the mile run, with a time of 4:22.45.[5] At club level, she represents S.L. Benfica.[6][7]
Freitas won the 2016 U.S. NCAA Championship in the 1500m competing for Mississippi State University in Eugene, Oregon. Moreover, she won a bronze medal in 800 metres at the 2014 Ibero-American Championships.[8] On 10 July 2016, she competed in the final of the 1500 m at the European Athletics Championships, finishing in fifth position with 4:34.41 minutes.[9]
Freitas competed for Portugal at the 2016 Summer Olympics.[10] She placed 36th in Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's 1500 metres in 4:18.53.
References[]
- ^ a b c d http://comiteolimpicoportugal.pt/atletas/marta-pen/
- ^ "Marta Pen Freitas Pires | Brooks Athletes | Brooks Running".
- ^ "Marta PEN FREITAS | Profile | World Athletics".
- ^ "Marta Pen FREITAS". all-athletics.com. Retrieved 10 July 2016.[dead link]
- ^ Dores, Márcia (2 September 2018). "Marta Pen breaks the national record in the one mile". S.L. Benfica. Retrieved 13 September 2018.
- ^ "1/2 Fundo". slbenfica.pt (in Portuguese). S.L. Benfica. Retrieved 10 July 2016.
- ^ "MARTA PEN COM MÍNIMOS OLÍMPICOS" [Marta Pen with Olympic minimums]. slbenfica.pt (in Portuguese). S.L. Benfica. 1 July 2016. Retrieved 10 July 2016.
- ^ "4 MEDALHAS PARA OS PORTUGUESES EM SÃO PAULO" [4 medals for Portuguese in São Paulo]. fpatletismo.pt (in Portuguese). Portuguese Athletics Federation. 4 August 2014. Archived from the original on 15 June 2016. Retrieved 10 July 2016.
- ^ "Europeus: Marta Pen quinta nos 1500 metros".
- ^ https://desporto.sapo.pt/atletismo/artigo/2016/06/30/marta-pen-faz-minimos-olimpicos-nos-1-500-metros-em-barcelona
External links[]
- Marta Pen at World Athletics
- Profile at Olympic Committee of Portugal (in Portuguese)
- Profile of Marta Freitas - 2016 Track & Field Roster - Mississippi State Athletics
- 1993 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Lisbon
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Mississippi State Bulldogs women's track and field athletes
- Olympic athletes of Portugal
- Portuguese female middle-distance runners
- Portuguese people of Chinese descent
- S.L. Benfica athletes
- Portuguese athletics biography stubs