Tânia Regina Spindler de Oliveira (born April 10, 1977 in Palotina, Paraná) is a female Brazilian race walker.[1] She set both a personal best and a national record-breaking time of 1:33:23 by finishing twenty-third at the 2008 IAAF World Race Walking Cup in Cheboksary, Russia.[2] She also claimed the nation's first ever title for the women's 20 km event at the 2009 Pan American Race Walking Cup in San Salvador, El Salvador, with a time of 1:38:53.[3]

Tânia Spindler
Personal information
Full nameTânia Regina Spindler de Oliveira
Nationality Brazil
Born (1977-04-10) 10 April 1977 (age 47)
Palotina, Paraná, Brazil
Height1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
Weight56 kg (123 lb)
Sport
SportAthletics
EventRace walking
ClubClube de Atletismo BM&F
Coached byIrineu de Oliveira
Achievements and titles
Personal best20 km walk: 1:33:23 (2008)

Spindler represented Brazil at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where she competed for the women's 20 km race walk. Despite the tumultuous weather, she finished the race in thirty-seventh place, twenty seconds behind Ecuador's Johana Ordóñez, outside her personal best of 1:36:26.[4]

Spindler is a full-time member of Clube de Atletismo BM&F in São Paulo, being coached and trained by her husband Irineu de Oliveira.

References

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  1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Tânia Spindler". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 15 December 2012.
  2. ^ "Tânia Spindler bate duas vezes o recorde brasileiro e vai a Pequim" [Tania Spindler hits twice and the Brazilian record to Beijing] (in Portuguese). Goio News. 15 May 2008. Retrieved 15 December 2012.
  3. ^ Clavelo Robinson, Javier (3 May 2009). "Mexico dominates Pan American Race Walking Cup". IAAF. Retrieved 15 December 2012.
  4. ^ "Women's 20km Race Walk". NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 30 July 2012. Retrieved 15 December 2012.
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