Portugal wins more than one Olympic medal again after 13 years

Since the 2008 Beijing Olympics, where Nelson Evora has been enshrined as the fourth and last Portuguese Olympic champion, in the triple jump on Sunday honored by Mamona, Vanessa Fernandez has won the silver medal in the triathlon, in which Portugal has not seen multiple medals. same edition.

Today’s triple jump silver medalist Patricia Mamona is joined by bronze Jorge Fonseca in judo, with a “repeat” at Tokyo 2020 putting an end to a 13-year wait for more than one medal for Portugal.

Since the 2008 Beijing Olympics, where Nelson Evora has been enshrined as the fourth and last Portuguese Olympic champion, in the triple jump on Sunday honored by Mamona, Vanessa Fernandez has won the silver medal in the triathlon, in which Portugal has not seen multiple medals. same edition.

In the Japanese capital, Jorge Fonseca was the first to reach the podium, taking his third judo medal, after Nuno Delgado and Thelma Montero, where the Lisbon athlete took silver today with a jump of 15.01 metres, a new national record.

Portugal came from two games with just one metal: the silver medal at London 2012 for boaters Emmanuel Silva and Fernando Pimenta, first, and bronze for Thelma Monteiro at Rio 2016, later.

Moreover, “Bis” allows the implementation of what is stipulated in the program contract between the Portuguese Olympic Committee (COP) and the government, at least with regard to the podium, as two were specifically contracted.

Prior to that, 2004 Atenas had achieved three medals, which is the second and last hat-trick for the Portuguese delegation.

Sergio Paulinho stunned the cycling world with a silver medal in the long-distance race, while Francis Obicuelo established himself as one of the fastest men ever in the 100 metres, with a silver torn by “iron”, and the nation could still “suffer” with Rui Silva reaching bronze in the 1500 metres.

Prior to that, Los Angeles 1984 brought the first gold medal in national history at the Games, in the marathon victorious for Carlos Lopez, with Antonio Litao, in the 5000 meters, and Rosa Motta, in the marathon, getting bronze, the only time they had achieved three ” metals”.

After his first “repeat” in London in 1948, Portugal “used” at least two medals between Atlanta 1996 and Beijing 2008: Fernanda Ribeiro’s (10,000m) gold and bronze by Vitor Hugo Rocha and Nuno Barreto, at 470, launching the trend.

This was followed by two bronze medals at Sydney 2000, by Fernanda Ribeiro and Nuno Delgado (Judo), a hat-trick from the Games’ birthplace and two medals from the Chinese capital, a custom that has now resumed, with more medals still to come. Portuguese horizon.