Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 38. Chapters: Albertina Dias, Alberto Chaica, Alberto Paulo, Ana Cabecinha, Ana Dulce Felix, Antonio Leitao, Antonio Pereira (athlete), Antonio Pinto, Arnaldo Abrantes, Aurora Cunha, Carla Sacramento, Carlos Calado, Carlos Lopes, Carlos Patricio, Carlos Silva (hurdler), Clarisse Cruz, Conceicao Ferreira, Dionisio Castro, Domingos Castro, Edivaldo Monteiro, Eduardo Henriques, Fernanda Ribeiro, Fernando Mamede, Francisco Lazaro, Francis Obikwelu, Gaspar Araujo, Helder Ornelas, Helena Sampaio, Ines Henriques, Ines Monteiro, Irina Rodrigues, Jessica Augusto, Joao Campos, Joao Carlos Almeida, Joao Junqueira, Joao Vieira (athlete), Joaquim Pinheiro, Joaquim Silva, Jorge Costa (athlete), Jorge Paula, Jose Pinto (athlete), Jose Ramos (athlete), Jose Urbano, Lucrecia Jardim, Luis Feiteira, Luis Jesus, Luis Novo, Manuela Machado, Manuel Dias (athlete), Manuel Matias, Marcos Chuva, Marco Fortes, Maria Leonor Tavares, Mario Anibal, Mario Silva (athlete), Marisa Barros, Naide Gomes, Nelson Evora, Patricia Mamona, Paulo Guerra, Pedro Isidro, Pedro Martins (athlete), Pedro Rodrigues, Rosa Mota, Rui Pedro Silva, Rui Silva, Sara Moreira, Sergio Vieira, Susana Feitor, Teresa Machado, Vania Silva, Vera Barbosa, Vera Santos, Vitor Costa. Excerpt: Jessica Augusto (born 8 November 1981 in Paris, France) is a Portuguese runner who competes in cross country, road running and in middle-distance and long-distance track events. Augusto has enjoyed much success at the European Cross Country Championships. She won the event in 2010, was the runner-up in 2008, and shared in the team gold on three occasions. She was the first European-born runner to finish at the 2010 IAAF World Cross Country Championships, although she was 21st overall. She has represented Portugal in three World Championships in Athletics and at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. She has won medals on the track at minor championships, including golds at the 2007 Summer Universiade and 2009 Lusophony Games. In road running, her greatest achievement is a win at the 2009 Great North Run, where she set a half marathon best of 1:09:08. She has also won at the Cursa Bombers, and finished second at both the Sao Silvestre de Lisboa and Great South Run. Starting out in cross country running, she took gold in the junior race at the 2000 European Cross Country Championships. Her first appearance on the world stage on the track came in the 5000 metres at the 2005 World Championships, but she finished last in her heat. She enjoyed success at the Ibero American Championships however, taking gold in the 3000 m in 2004 and 2006. She led the Portuguese women to the team gold at the 2006 European Cross Country Championships. Competing at the Athletics at the 2007 Summer Universiade, Augusto set Universiade record on the way to winning the 5000 metres. She was the 2008 Portuguese cross country champion and went on to take the silver medal at the 2008 European Cross Country Championships. She began to apply herself to the steeplechase and set the Portuguese record in 2008. She competed in two disciplines at the 2008 Beijing Olympics (5000 m and steeplechase) but failed to reach the final of either event. In the following season, a fourth place finish at the 2009 European Cross