Rivinilda Mentai
Rivinilda Correia Mentai (born 1 April 1994, Bissau)[1] is a Portuguese sprinter who specializes in the 400 metres.
She competed at the 2012 World Junior Championships,[2] the 2015 European U23 Championships (200 m) and the 2018 Mediterranean Games without reaching the final.
Mentai has also won a national 200 m title in 2015 and national indoor titles in 2016, 2017 and 2018.[3]
In the 4 × 400 metres relay she won a gold medal at the 2018 Ibero-American Championships[3] and finished fifth at the 2018 Mediterranean Games.[4] She also competed at the 2015 European U23 Championships (4 × 100 m relay), the 2016 European Championships, the 2018 World Indoor Championships and the 2018 European Championships without reaching the final. At the 2018 World Indoor Championships the team did however set a new Portuguese indoor record of 3:35.43 minutes.
Her personal best time is 53.65 seconds, achieved in May 2018 in Lisboa.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ "1 de Abril: Aniversário de Rivinilda Mentai/Campeã nacional e especialista dos 200 e 400 metros". Revista Atletismo (in European Portuguese). 2021-04-01. Retrieved 2023-04-27.
- ^ IAAF results
- ^ a b c Rivinilda Mentai at World Athletics
- ^ Full results
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- Athletes (track and field) at the 2018 Mediterranean Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2019 European Games
- European Games bronze medalists for Portugal
- European Games medalists in athletics
- Ibero-American Championships in Athletics winners
- Mediterranean Games competitors for Portugal
- Portuguese female sprinters
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- Portuguese sportspeople of Bissau-Guinean descent