Érica de Sena

Érica de Sena
Personal information
Full name Érica Rocha de Sena
Born (1985-05-30) 30 May 1985
Camaragibe, Pernambuco
Sport
Country  Brazil
Sport Track and field
Medal record
Pan American Games
2015 Toronto 20 km walk
IAAF World Race Walking Team Championships
2016 Rome 20 km walk
Updated on 21 March 2016.

Érica Rocha de Sena (born 30 May 1985) is a female racewalker from Brazil. She is the only Brazilian to win a medal at the IAAF World Race Walking Team Championships, after inheriting the 20 km race bronze in the 2016 race, held in Rome.[1] In the same event, Sena also has the country's best racewalking performance by a woman at the Olympic Games, with a seventh place in the 2016 Rio de Janeiro games,[2] and the World Championships in Athletics, a sixth place in 2015, held in Beijing, China.[3]

Personal life

She is married to an Ecuadorian race walker, Andrés Chocho.[4]

References

  1. ↑
  2. ↑ Report: women's 20km race walk – Rio 2016 Olympic Games
  3. ↑ "Women's 20 kilometres walk heats results" (PDF). IAAF. Retrieved 29 August 2015.
  4. ↑ Eduardo Biscayart (2016-07-03). "Murer soars over South American record of 4.87m at Brazilian Championships". IAAF. Retrieved 2016-07-05.
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