Luís Cunha (athlete)

Luís Cunha

Personal information
Full name	Luís Filipe Vítorino Cunha
Born	(1964-12-05) 5 December 1964 Lisbon, Portugal
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	68 kg (150 lb)
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event(s)	100 m, 200 m
Club	Benfica Lisbon

Luís Filipe Vítorino Cunha (born 5 December 1964 in Lisbon) is a former Portuguese sprinter. He represented his country at the 1988, 1992, and 1996 Summer Olympics as well as one outdoor and two indoor World Championships. In addition, he won two medals in the 200 metres at the Ibero-American Championships.

He later worked as the sprints and hurdles head coach for the Singapore athletics team.

International competitions

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing Portugal
1983	Ibero-American Championships	Barcelona, Spain	4th	200 m	21.74
			4th	4x400 m relay	3:15.74
1985	European Indoor Championships	Piraeus, Greece	24th (h)	60 m	7.08
			23rd (h)	200 m	22.34
1986	European Indoor Championships	Madrid, Spain	19th (h)	60 m	6.92
			13th (h)	200 m	22.02
	European Championships	Stuttgart, West Germany	25th (h)	100 m	10.74
			16th (h)	200 m	21.31
			8th	4x100 m relay	39.74
	Ibero-American Championships	Havana, Cuba	6th	100 m	10.63
			2nd	200 m	21.08
1987	European Indoor Championships	Liévin, France	14th (h)	200 m	21.83
	World Championships	Rome, Italy	16th (sf)	4x100 m relay	40.24
1988	European Indoor Championships	Budapest, Hungary	18th (h)	60 m	7.00
			17th (h)	200 m	21.67
	Ibero-American Championships	Mexico City, Mexico	9th (h)	100 m	10.36
			3rd	4x100 m relay	39.63
	Olympic Games	Seoul, South Korea	69th (h)	100 m	10.80
			44th (h)	200 m	21.72
1989	European Indoor Championships	The Hague, Netherlands	21st (h)	60 m	6.92
			12th (sf)	200 m	22.18
	World Indoor Championships	Budapest, Hungary	29th (h)	60 m	6.90
			13th (h)	200 m	21.93
	Universiade	Duisburg, West Germany	31st (qf)	100 m	10.78
			22nd (qf)	200 m	21.37
1990	European Indoor Championships	Genoa, Italy	11th (h)	200 m	21.60
	Ibero-American Championships	Manaus, Brazil	3rd	200 m	21.45
			3rd	4x100 m relay	40.82
1991	Universiade	Sheffield, United Kingdom	28th (h)	100 m	10.75
			22nd (h)	200 m	21.98
1992	European Indoor Championships	Genoa, Italy	26th (h)	60 m	7.03
			18th (h)	200 m	21.62
	Ibero-American Championships	Seville, Spain	9th (h)	200 m	21.52
	Olympic Games	Barcelona, Spain	18th (h)	4x100 m relay	40.30
1994	Ibero-American Championships	Mar del Plata, Argentina	6th	100 m	10.73 (w)
			7th	200 m	21.18
1995	World Indoor Championships	Barcelona, Spain	24th (h)	60 m	6.78
1996	Ibero-American Championships	Medellín, Colombia	6th	100 m	10.47
			8th (h)	200 m	21.521
	Olympic Games	Atlanta, United States	72nd (h)	100 m	10.65
1998	Ibero-American Championships	Lisbon, Portugal	13th (h)	100 m	10.68

¹Did not finish in the final

Personal bests

Outdoor

• 100 metres – 10.34 (+1.0 m/s, Maia 1996)
• 200 metres – 20.71 (Mexico City 1988)

Indoor

• 60 metres – 6.78 (Barcelona 1995)
• 200 metres – 21.50 (Hague 1989)

References

• All-Athletics