João Junqueira

Who is João Junqueira?

João Manuel Perera Junqueira is a retired Portuguese runner who specialized in the 3000 metres steeplechase.

He competed in his special event at the 1991, 1993 and 1999 World Championships and sixth-placed in 10,000 m in 1994 European Athletics Championships as well as the 1992 Summer Olympics without ever reaching the final.

At the 1993 World Cross Country Championships he earned the distinction of a bronze medal in the team competition, having finished 41st in the individual long race. He then recorded his best placing with a 23rd place in the 1998 short race, the team finishing fifth. He was also a part of the sixth-placed Portuguese team at the 2001 World Cross Country Championships.