# Inês Henriques

Inês Henriques (born 1 May 1980) is a Portuguese race walker. Internationally, she has won bronze medals at the 2010 IAAF World Race Walking Cup and the 2010 Ibero-American Championships in Athletics. She represented Portugal at the 2004 Summer Olympics and the 2012 Summer Olympics and has competed at the World Championships in Athletics on eight occasions from 2001 to 2017.
She won at the Chihuahua City meeting of the 2012 IAAF World Race Walking Challenge in March.
In 2017, in London, she won the gold medal in the 50km walk event, held for the first time during the World Championships in Athletics. With her time of 4:05:56, she also set the world record for the event.

## International competitions

| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
| Representing Portugal ||||||
| 1996 | World Junior Championships | Sydney, Australia | 22nd | 5000 m | 25:17.22 |
| 1998 | World Junior Championships | Annecy, France | 24th | 5000 m | 23:54.51 |
| 2000 | European Race Walking Cup | Eisenhüttenstadt, Germany | 42nd | 20 km | 1:41:19 |
| 2001 | European Race Walking Cup | Dudince, Slovakia | 25th | 20 km | 1:36:08 |
| 2001 | European U23 Championships | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 10th | 20 km | 1:34:49 |
| 2001 | World Championships | Edmonton, Canada | — | 20 km | DQ |
| 2002 | European Championships | Munich, Germany | 15th | 20 km | 1:35:07 |
| 2002 | World Race Walking Cup | Turin, Italy | 23rd | 20 km | 1:35:28 |
| 2004 | World Race Walking Cup | Naumburg, Germany | 34th | 20 km | 1:32:32 |
| 2004 | Olympic Games | Athens, Greece | 25th | 20 km | 1:33:53 |
| 2005 | European Race Walking Cup | Miskolc, Hungary | 17th | 20 km | 1:35:12 |
| 2005 | European Race Walking Cup | Miskolc, Hungary | 1st | Team - 20 km | 25 pts |
| 2005 | World Championships | Helsinki, Finland | 27th | 20 km | 1:35:44 |
| 2006 | European Championships | Gothenburg, Sweden | 12th | 20 km | 1:31:58 |
| 2006 | World Race Walking Cup | A Coruña, Spain | 13th | 20 km | 1:30:28 |
| 2007 | World Championships | Osaka, Japan | 7th | 20 km | 1:33:06 |
| 2008 | World Race Walking Cup | Cheboksary, Russia | 19th | 20 km | 1:32:35 |
| 2009 | European Race Walking Cup | Metz, France | — | 20 km | DQ |
| 2009 | World Championships | Berlin, Germany | 11th | 20 km | 1:32:51 |
| 2010 | World Race Walking Cup | Chihuahua City, Mexico | 3rd | 20 km | 1:33:28 |
| 2010 | Ibero-American Championships | San Fernando, Spain | 3rd | 10,000 m | 44:31.27 |
| 2010 | European Championships | Barcelona, Spain | 9th | 20 km | 1:32:26 |
| 2011 | European Race Walking Cup | Olhão, Portugal | 13th | 20 km | 1:34:11 |
| 2011 | World Championships | Daegu, South Korea | 10th | 20 km | 1:32:06 |
| 2012 | World Race Walking Cup | Saransk, Russia | 10th | 20 km | 1:31:43 |
| 2012 | Olympic Games | London, United Kingdom | 15th | 20 km | 1:29:54 |
| 2013 | European Race Walking Cup | Dudince, Slovakia | 8th | 20 km | 1:32:39 |
| 2013 | European Race Walking Cup | Dudince, Slovakia | 2nd | Team - 20 km | 23 pts |
| 2013 | World Championships | Moscow, Russia | 11th | 20 km | 1:30:28 |
| 2014 | World Race Walking Cup | Taicang, China | 22nd | 20 km | 1:29:33 |
| 2015 | European Race Walking Cup | Murcia, Spain | 16th | 20 km | 1:30:44 |
| 2015 | European Race Walking Cup | Murcia, Spain | 3rd | Team - 20 km | 38 pts |
| 2015 | World Championships | Beijing, China | 23rd | 20 km | 1:34:47 |
| 2017 | World Championships | London, United Kingdom | 1st | 50 km | 4:05:56 |
| 2018 | World Race Walking Team Championships | Taicang, China | — | 50 km | DNF |
| 2018 | European Championships | Berlin, Germany | 1st | 50 km | 4:09:21 |

## Awards

| Year | Award | Category | Result |
| 2018 | Golden Globes (Portugal) | Best Female Athlete | Won |