Carla Sacramento

Biographical information

Roles	Competed in Olympic Games • Other
Sex	Female
Full name	Carla Cristina•Paquete do Sacramento
Used name	Carla•Sacramento
Born	10 December 1971 in São Sebastião da Pedreira, Lisboa, Distrito de Lisboa (POR)
Measurements	173 cm / 58 kg
Affiliations	Sporting CP, Lisboa (POR) / Maratona, Maia (POR) / Maratona CP, Oeiras (POR)
NOC	Portugal

Biography

Carla Sacramento was a Portugese middle-distance runner who competed at four Olympic Games from 1992-2004. Sacramento was World Champion in the 1,500 metres in 1997, adding a bronze medal in that event in 1995. She was also a silver medalist at the 1993 World Indoor Championships.

Personal Bests: 800 – 1:58.54 (1997); 1500 – 3:57.71 (1998); Mile – 4:23.00i (2002).

Results

Games	Discipline (Sport) / Event	NOC / Team	Pos	As
1992 Summer Olympics	Athletics	POR		Carla Sacramento
	800 metres, Women (Olympic)		6 h2 r2/3
	1,500 metres, Women (Olympic)		9 h2 r2/3
1996 Summer Olympics	Athletics	POR		Carla Sacramento
	1,500 metres, Women (Olympic)		6
2000 Summer Olympics	Athletics	POR		Carla Sacramento
	1,500 metres, Women (Olympic)		10
2004 Summer Olympics	Athletics	POR		Carla Sacramento
	1,500 metres, Women (Olympic)		10 h2 r2/3

Other participations

Games	Role	NOC	As
1996 Summer Olympics	Flagbearer at the Closing Ceremony	POR	Carla Sacramento

Special Notes

Listed in Olympians Who Won a Medal at the Summer Universiade (0–1–0 1997 Catania ATH silver: 1500 m)
Listed in Olympians Who Won a Medal at the European Athletics Championships (0–1–0 1998 Budapest silver: 1500 m)
Listed in Olympians Who Won a Medal at the European Athletics Indoor Championships (1–1–1 1994 Paris bronze: 800 m; 1996 Stockholm gold: 1500 m; 2002 Wien silver: 3000 m)
Listed in Olympians Who Won a Medal at the World Athletics Championships (1–0–1 1995 Göteborg bronze: 1500 m; 1997 Athens gold: 1500 m)
Listed in Olympians Who Won a Medal at the World Athletics Indoor Championships (0–1–0 1995 Barcelona silver: 1500 m)