Leonor Odete Piuza (born 14 April 1978) is a Mozambican

runner Running is a method of terrestrial locomotion allowing humans and other animals to move rapidly on foot. Running is a type of gait characterized by an aerial phase in which all feet are above the ground (though there are exceptions). This is ...

, who specializes in the

800 metres The 800 metres, or meters ( US spelling), is a common track running event. It is the shortest commonly run middle-distance running event. The 800 metres is run over two laps of an outdoor (400-metre) track and has been an Olympic event since the ...

. Piuza won the

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at the 2007 All-Africa Games and finished sixth at the 2008 African Championships. She also competed at the

2006 Commonwealth Games The 2006 Commonwealth Games, officially the XVIII Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Melbourne 2006 (Boonwurrung/Woiwurrung: ''Narrm 2006'' or ''Naarm 2006''), was an international multi-sport event for members of the Commonwealth held ...

. Piuza's personal best time is 2:01.71 minutes, achieved in June 2007 in

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* 1978 births Living people Mozambican female middle-distance runners Commonwealth Games competitors for Mozambique Athletes (track and field) at the 2006 Commonwealth Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2010 Commonwealth Games African Games gold medalists for Mozambique African Games medalists in athletics (track and field) Athletes (track and field) at the 2003 All-Africa Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2007 All-Africa Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2011 All-Africa Games {{Mozambique-athletics-bio-stub