Fumilay Fonseca (born 24 May 1988) is a São Toméan race walker.

At the age of sixteen, she appeared at the 2004 Summer Olympics finishing at 52nd place with a time of 2:04.54 hours.[1] It was described as "one of the worst times on record" and was about 15 minutes behind the next-to-last finisher.[2] She was also the flag bearer for her country at the opening ceremony.[3]

The next year she placed 24th at the 2005 World Youth Championships.

References

  1. ↑ "The Boston Globe from Boston, Massachusetts on August 24, 2004 · 43".
  2. ↑ "7 Olympic Failures Who Captured Our Hearts". 14 February 2020.
  3. ↑ "Participating Countries Olympic Games 2004 Athens".


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