RIBEIRO Joao

Olympic Games

Year	Location	K2 1000m	K4 1000m
2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	4	6

World Championships

Year	Location	K1 200m	K1 500m	K2 200m	K2 500m	K2 1000m	K4 500m	K4 1000m	K1 4x200m
2019	Szeged, HUN	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-
2018	Montemor-o-Velho, POR	-	4	-	-	-	9	-	-
2017	Racice, CZE	-	-	-	-	17	17	-	-
2015	Milan, ITA	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-
2014	Moscow, RUS	-	-	-	-	10	-	2	-
2013	Duisburg, GER	-	-	-	1	7	-	-	-
2011	Szeged, HUN	-	-	-	-	18	-	11	-
2010	Poznan, POL	17	-	-	2	7	-	-	15
2009	Dartmouth, NS, CAN	-	-	11	9	-	-	-	-

European Games

Year	Location	K4 500m
2019	Minsk, BLR	4

European Championships

Year	Location	K1 500m	K2 500m	K4 500m
2021	Poznan, POL	2	7	-
2018	Belgrade, SRB	-	-	9
2017	Plovdiv, BUL	-	11	6

World Cup overview - Three best ranks per season and event since 2017

Year	K2 1000m	K4 500m
2021	-	1 x 4th
2019	-	1 x 3rd, 1 x 6th
2018	1 x 16th	1 x 8th, 1 x 9th
2017	1 x 4th, 1 x 16th, 1 x 17th	1 x 2nd, 1 x 7th, 1 x 17th

World Cup - Ten best performances since 2017

Rank	Year	Event	Competition	Location	Result
2	2017	Kayak Four 500m	World Cup	Montemor-o-Velho, POR	1:20.942
3	2019	Kayak Four 500m	World Cup	Poznan, POL	1:21.014
4	2021	Kayak Four 500m	World Cup	Szeged, HUN	1:23.97
4	2017	Kayak Double 1000m	World Cup	Montemor-o-Velho, POR	3:13.687
6	2019	Kayak Four 500m	World Cup	Duisburg, GER	1:20.324
7	2017	Kayak Four 500m	World Cup	Szeged, HUN	1:21.271
8	2018	Kayak Four 500m	World Cup	Szeged, HUN	1:21.096
9	2018	Kayak Four 500m	World Championships	Montemor-o-Velho, POR	1:23.990
16	2018	Kayak Double 1000m	World Cup	Szeged, HUN	3:21.689
16	2017	Kayak Double 1000m	World Cup	Szeged, HUN	3:16.952

Legend
C - Canoe, K - Kayak, DNF - Did Not Finish, DNS - Did Not Start, DSQ - Disqualified

Russo (baku2015.com, 16 Jun 2015)

Watching movies, going for walks. (comiteolimpicoportugal.pt, 01 Sep 2019)

Athlete

Physical Education, Sports Science - University of Coimbra, Portugal

Partner Anabela

English, Portuguese, Spanish

Sport Lisboa e Benfica [Portugal]

Rui Fernandes [national], POR

He suffered a back injury in 2014 and was out of competition for two months. (marioffernandes.blogspot.com, 15 Jul 2015)

He began paddling in 2001 with the Gemeses Cultural, Sports and Recreational Group in Esposende, Portugal. (baku2015.com, 16 Jun 2015; Portuguese Canoe Federation Facebook page, 21 Apr 2020)

He was invited by a friend to try the sport at a summer camp. "When it was winter I didn't want to train and switched to football. But the canoe coach came to my house and convinced me to return to canoeing." (Portuguese Canoe Federation Facebook page, 21 Apr 2020; joao-ribeiro.com, 21 Apr 2016)

To compete at the 2020 and 2024 Olympic Games. (Portuguese Canoe Federation Facebook page, 21 Apr 2020)

He and fellow Portuguese paddlers Fernando Pimenta, Emanuel Silva and David Fernandes were named 2014 Male Athletes of the Year by the Portuguese Canoe Federation. (sporting.pt, 13 Feb 2015)

He and his men's K2 500m crewmate Emanuel Silva were named Team of the Year at the 2013 Portuguese Sports Confederation [CDP] Sports Gala. (ptradical.com, 15 Nov 2013)

In 2011 he was presented with a Sports Merit Award in the city of Esposende, Portugal. (marioffernandes.blogspot.com, 15 Jul 2015)