Elisabete Ribeiro Tavares Ansel (born 7 March 1980 in Palencia, Spain) is a Portuguese athlete specialising in the pole vault. Born to Portuguese parents of Cape Verdean descent, she has two younger sisters who also compete in the pole vault, Sandra-Helena Tavares and Maria Leonor Tavares.
She has personal bests of 4.35 metres outdoors (Albi 2008) and 4.40 metres indoors (Pombal 2008).
Competition record Representing 1997European Junior ChampionshipsLjubljana, Slovenia17th (q)3.30 m1998Ibero-American ChampionshipsLisbon, Portugal8th3.40 mWorld Junior ChampionshipsAnnecy, France19th (q)3.65 m1999European Junior ChampionshipsRiga, Latvia18th (q)3.40 m2000European Indoor ChampionshipsGhent, Belgium –NMIbero-American ChampionshipsRio de Janeiro, Brazil3rd3.90 m2001European U23 ChampionshipsAmsterdam, Netherlands16th (q)3.80 m2003UniversiadeDaegu, South Korea4th4.25 m2004Ibero-American ChampionshipsHuelva, Spain11th3.80 m2005European Indoor ChampionshipsMadrid, Spain15th (q)4.30 mWorld ChampionshipsHelsinki, Finland25th (q)4.00 m2006European ChampionshipsGothenburg, Sweden21st (q)4.00 m2007World ChampionshipsOsaka, Japan33rd (q)4.05 m2008World Indoor ChampionshipsValencia, Spain12th (q)4.25 m2009European Indoor ChampionshipsTurin, Italy16th (q)4.05 m
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