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Edmilsa Governo

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Edmilsa Governo
Headshot of a black woman wearing a baseball cap with a Mozambique flag on it, with a glass building and white car behind her
Governo on TV Surdo Mozambique in 2017
Personal information
Born (1998-02-28) 28 February 1998 (age 26)
Maputo, Mozambique
Sport
SportAthletics
Disability classT12, T13
Achievements and titles
Paralympic finals2016, 2020
Medal record
Para-athletics
Representing  Mozambique
African Games
Gold medal – first place 2015 Brazzaville 200 m T12
IPC Athletics World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Doha 400 m T12
Paralympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Rio de Janeiro 400 m T12

Edmilsa Governo (born 28 February 1998)[1] is a Mozambican athlete, who won a bronze medal in the women's 400 metres T12 event at the 2016 Summer Paralympics. She also won a gold medal in the 200 metres T12 event at the 2015 African Games, and a bronze medal in the 400 metres T12 event at the 2015 IPC Athletics World Championships.

Personal life

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Governo was born on 28 February 1998 in Maputo, Mozambique.[1] She started racing at the age of 8.[2] Governo has cited fellow Mozambican athlete Maria Mutola, who competed at six Olympic Games as an inspiration.[3]

Career

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In 2015, Governo won the 200 metres T12 event at the 2015 African Games,[2] and came third in the 400 metres T12 race at the 2015 IPC Athletics World Championships in Doha, Qatar.[2][3] In 2016, she won the 200 metres T12 event at the IPC Athletics Grand Prix in Tunis, Tunisia.[4]

At the age of 18,[2] Governo competed at the 2016 Summer Paralympics. She was the only Mozambican athlete at the Games,[5] and as such was the country's flag bearer at the Parade of Nations.[6] She competed in the women's 100 metres T12 and 400 metres T12 races.[5] In the semi-finals of the 400 metres T12 event, she set an African continental record time of 54.99 seconds.[7] Her time was the third quickest time of the round.[8] In the final, Governo broke the African continental record again, finishing third in a time of 53.89 seconds.[3][7] She lost to Ukrainian Oksana Boturchuk in a sprint finish; Boturshuk finished second in the race.[9] Governo was Mozambique's first medalist at a Paralympic Games.[7] In the 100 metres T12 event, Governo came third in her semi-final, in a national record time of 12.35.[10] She did not qualify for the final.[10] In 2017, Governo failed to qualify for the 2017 World Para Athletics Championships in London.[3]

Governo and Hilario Chavela were Mozambique's flag bearers at the 2020 Summer Paralympics Parade of Nations.[11] At the delayed Games, she came last in her heat in the 100 metres T13 event.[12] She won her 400 metres T13 heat in an African record time of 55.50 seconds,[13] and finished fifth in the final.[14]

Honours

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In 2015, Governo was named Mozambique's female sportsperson of the year, at the country's Gala Nacional do Desporto (National Sports Gala).[15]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Edmilsa e filipe volta a icar bandeira de mocambique num estadio olimpico e quebra novamente o recorde africano/". Verdade (in Portuguese). 19 September 2016. Archived from the original on 20 September 2021. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
  2. ^ a b c d "Maior atleta de Moçambique sonha com Paralímpiadas do Rio". Radio France Internationale (in Portuguese). 19 June 2016. Archived from the original on 20 September 2021. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
  3. ^ a b c d "Running brings out best in Governo". World Para Athletics. 28 June 2019. Archived from the original on 20 September 2021. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
  4. ^ "Tunisian athlete breaks world discus record on final day of IPC Athletics Grand Prix". Inside the Games. 26 March 2016. Archived from the original on 20 September 2021. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
  5. ^ a b "Mozambique's Edmilsa Governo has just left for the 2016 Rio Paralympics: Go Edmilsa, GO!". Club of Mozambique. 2 September 2016. Archived from the original on 20 September 2021. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
  6. ^ "Full list of flag bearers for opening ceremony of Rio 2016 Paralympic Games". Rio2016.com. International Paralympic Committee. 7 September 2016. Archived from the original on 15 September 2016. Retrieved 12 September 2016.
  7. ^ a b c "Moçambique conquista a sua primeira medalha nos jogos paralímpicos". Global Voices (in Portuguese). 18 September 2016. Archived from the original on 20 September 2021. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
  8. ^ "Mozambique's Edmilsa Governo qualifies for 400-metre finals @ Rio Paralympics". Club of Mozambique. 16 September 2016. Archived from the original on 20 September 2021. Retrieved 7 January 2020.
  9. ^ "Edmilsa Governo conquista a primeira medalha para Moçambique nas Paralimpíadas". Por dentro da África (in Portuguese). 18 September 2016. Archived from the original on 20 September 2021. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
  10. ^ a b "Results Book" (PDF) (pdf). International Paralympics Committee. 2016. pp. 252–254, 440. Archived (PDF) from the original on 20 September 2021. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
  11. ^ "Team Mozambique - Profile". Tokyo 2020 Paralympics. 24 August 2021. Archived from the original on 20 September 2021. Retrieved 3 September 2021.
  12. ^ "Heat 2 results" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 20 September 2021. Retrieved 30 August 2021.
  13. ^ "Heat 2 results" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 20 September 2021. Retrieved 2 September 2021.
  14. ^ "Final results" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 20 September 2021. Retrieved 2 September 2021.
  15. ^ "Pio Matos e Edmilsa Governo melhores atltetas de 2015". Folha de Maputo (in Portuguese). 11 December 2015. Archived from the original on 20 September 2021. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
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