Jéssica Augusto
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Jéssica de Barros Augusto, ComM is a Portuguese runner who competes in cross country, road running and in middle-distance and long-distance track events. At club level, she represents Sporting CP.
Augusto after winning bronze at the 2010 European Championship
Jéssica Augusto at the 2010 Golden Spike Ostrava
The 2009 European Cross Country Championships was a continental cross country running competition that was held on 13 December 2009 near Dublin city, Fingal in Ireland. Dublin was selected as the host
Jéssica Augusto
…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 Country Championships meant she missed out on an individual medal, although she again headed Portugal to the women's team gold. She became the 1500 m champion of the 2009…
The championship course was next to Morton Stadium.
The reigning women's champion, Hilda Kibet, did not defend her title.
Hayley Yelling, the 2004 champion, won the women's senior race.
Alemayehu Bezabeh became the first Spanish man to win at the championships.