Euclides Varela (born 6 April 1982) is a

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Career

Varela first competed for Cape Verde at the

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where he placed 21st in heats of the

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in a time of 8:29.10. Seven months later at the 2003 All-Africa Games in

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, he finished 13th in the

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with a time of 14:53.83. In March 2004 at the World Indoor Championships in

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, Varela recorded his personal best time in the

with an 8:19.17, a then national record. Five months at the 2004 Ibero-American Championships in Athletics in

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, Varela finished 9th in the

with PB of 14:26.37. At the 2006 Lusophony Games in

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, he completed in the half marathon which was won by his fellow countryman Nelson Cruz. Some four years later, at the 2010 Ibero-American Championships in San Fernando,

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Varela place 10th in the

in 15:29.61. At the 2010 edition of the São Silvestre da Amadora in

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, Varela finished in 4th place in 10 km run recording a national record time of 29:27.

Personal bests

Below is Euclides Varela's personal-best times

References

1982 births Living people Cape Verdean male long-distance runners Athletes (track and field) at the 2003 All-Africa Games African Games competitors for Cape Verde {{CapeVerde-athletics-bio-stub