Olympic triple jump champion Pedro Pichardo leads the Portugal squad, released today, for the Krakow 2023 European Games, which begin in Poland on June 21 and award the European team athletics title.
A total of 43 athletes will compete in Poland against Portugal between June 23 and June 25, in a championship in which the events count towards a final score through selections, in addition to division by divisions for the following tournaments.
Portugal is currently part of the first division, with 16 teams, the most important in European athletics.
Pichardo, Olympic champion in Tokyo 2020, is the main name on the list and had already accepted his desire to compete to win the “missing title” for the country, after European and world titles and Olympic gold, as there are no more in this group event are also individual medals for each discipline.
With team Europeans, the 29-year-old ‘triplist’ won the competition in 2019, when Portugal played in the second division, and came second in 2021, with Portugal already promoted to the highest level.
The Portuguese squad consists of several top athletes, with participation in the Olympic Games and medals in European and World Cups, such as Auriol Dongmo, in the shot put, and Liliana Cá, in the discus throw.
Carlos Nascimento, Arialis Martinez, Catia Azevedo, Evelise Veiga, Francisco Belo, Isaac Nader, Lorene Bazolo and Marta Pen are other highlights on the list, dominated by Benfica and Sporting.
Portugal will be represented by 210 athletes in 23 sports at the third edition of the European Games, from June 21 to July 2 in Krakow and in the Malopolska region.
43-man squad
Men (23):
André Prazeres (4x100m), Carlos Nascimento (100m and 4x100m), Décio Andrade (hammer throw), Delvis Santos (200m and 4x100m), Emanuel Sousa (discus throw), Etson Barros (3,000m hurdles), Francisco Belo (shot put) , Frederico Curvelo (4x100m), Gabriel Maia (4x100m), Gerson Baldé (high jump), Isaac Nader (1,500m), Ivo Tavares (long jump), João Coelho (400m and mixed 4x400m), José Carlos Pinto (800m), Leandro Ramos (javelin throw), Mauro Pereira (mixed 4x400m), Pedro Buaró (pole vault), Pedro Pichardo (triple jump), Ricardo dos Santos (mixed 4x400m), Rúben Amaral (5,000m), Sisínio Ambriz (110m hurdles and 4x100m), Tiago Luís Pereira (alternative) and Yuben Munary (400m hurdles).
Females (20):
Anabela Neto (high jump), Arialis Martinez (100m, 200m and 4x100m), Auriol Dongmo (shot put), Beatriz Andrade (4x100m), Carina Vanessa (4x400m mixed), Catarina Queirós (100m hurdles), Cátia Azevedo (400m 4x400m mixed), Cláudia Ferreira (javelin throw), Evelise Veiga (long jump and triple jump), Fatoumata Diallo (400m hurdles and 4x400m mixed), Íris Silva (4x100m), Laura Taborda (3,000m hurdles), Liliana Cá (discus throw), Lorene Bazolo (4x100m), Mariana Machado (5,000m), Mariana Pestana (hammer throw), Marta Onofre (pole vault), Marta Pen (1,500m), Patrícia Silva (800m) and Rosalina Santos (4x100m).
Source: DN
