fullname event headercolor birth_place weight height pb sport birth_date article_title name
maría do carmo sánchez tavares de miranda middle-distance running lightblue lisbon , portugal 55 kg lb 0 on 1.65 0 on '' 2008 -rrb- ' 800 m '' ' : 2:01.14 -lrb- athletics 27 april 1974 carmo tavares
 carmo tavares
carmo tavares

maría do carmo sánchez tavares de miranda -lrb- born april 27 , 1974 in lisbon -rrb- is a portuguese middle-distance runner , who specialized in the 800 metres .
at age thirty-four , tavares made her official debut for the 2008 summer olympics in beijing , where she competed in the women 's 800 metres .
she ran in the sixth and final heat against six other athletes , including kenya 's janeth jepkosgei busienei , who eventually won the silver medal in the final .
she finished the race in sixth place by more than a second behind italy 's elisa cusma piccione , with a time of 2:01.91 .
tavares , however , failed to advance into the semi-finals , as she placed twenty-first overall , and was ranked farther below three mandatory slots for the next round .
