João Paulo Garcia Vieira (born 20 February 1976) is a Portuguese racewalker.
He placed tenth for Portugal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in the 20 km walk and third at the 2006 European Championships. At the 2012 Summer Olympics he finished in 11th in the 20 km walk. He became, at 43, the oldest medalist ever at the 2019 World Athletics Championships, finishing second at the 50 km race walk. In 2021, he placed 5th at the 2020 Summer Olympics in the men's 50 kilometres walk and set a season best.
His twin brother Sérgio Vieira is a race walker as well.
Achievements Representing 1994World Junior ChampionshipsLisbon, Portugal11th10,000 m42:26.171997World Race Walking CupPoděbrady, Czech Republic28th20 km1:20:59European U23 ChampionshipsTurku, Finland —20 kmDNF1998European Championships Budapest, Hungary20th20 km1:29.381999World Race Walking CupMézidon-Canon, France21st20 km1:24:25World Championships Seville, Spain —20 kmDSQ2000Ibero-American ChampionshipsRio de Janeiro, Brazil 2nd20,000 m1:26:37.78Olympic Games Sydney, Australia —20 kmDNS2001European Race Walking Cup Dudince, Slovakia15th20 km1:22:52World Championships Edmonton, Canada —20 kmDSQ2002World Race Walking CupTurin, Italy11th20 km1:24:13European ChampionshipsMunich, Germany12th20 km1:21:552003World ChampionshipsParis, France17th20 km1:22:072004World Race Walking CupNaumburg, Germany17th20 km1:21:45Olympic GamesAthens, Greece10th20 km1:22:192005World ChampionshipsHelsinki, Finland —20 kmDNF2006World Race Walking CupA Coruña, Spain8th20 km1:20:33European ChampionshipsGothenburg, Sweden 3rd20 km1:20:092007World ChampionshipsOsaka, Japan25th20 km1:27:442008World Race Walking CupCheboksary, Russia15th20 km1:21:13Olympic GamesBeijing, China32nd20 km1:25:052009European Race Walking CupMetz, France —20 kmDNFWorld ChampionshipsBerlin, Germany10th20 km1:21:432010European ChampionshipsBarcelona, Spain2nd20 km1:20:492011European Race Walking CupOlhão, Portugal —20 kmDNFWorld ChampionshipsDaegu, South Korea15th20 km1:23:262012World Race Walking CupSaransk, Russia19th20 km1:22:11Olympic GamesLondon, United Kingdom11th20 km1:20:41 —50 kmDNF2013European Race Walking CupDudince, Slovakia7th20 km1:23:03World ChampionshipsMoscow, Russia 3rd20 km1:22:052014World Race Walking CupTaicang, China —20 kmDNF2015European Race Walking CupMurcia, Spain —20 kmDNFWorld Championships Beijing, China36th20 km1:25:492016World Race Walking CupRome, Italy30th20 km1:22:39Olympic GamesRio de Janeiro, Brazil —20 kmDNF2017European Race Walking CupPoděbrady, Czech Republic 14th20 km1:22:42World Championships London, United Kingdom11th50 km3:45:282021Olympic GamesTokyo, Japan5th50 km3:51:28
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