Volta à cidade do Funchal

The Volta à cidade do Funchal (Tour of the city of Funchal in English) is an annual night road race of about 6 km which is celebrated around Saint Silvester's Day on December 31 in Funchal, Madeira since 1958, making it the oldest Saint Silvester Road Race in Portugal and one of the oldest in Europe.

It is based upon the Saint Silvester Marathon, a Brazilian race (held since 1925) which spawned numerous other New Year's Eve races. The Volta à cidade do Funchal is one of the city's foremost annual running events.

It has been organised by AARAM (Associação de Atletismo da Região Autónoma da Madeira) since 1997.

Past winners

Year Men's winner Country Women's winner Country
1958 Juvenal Freitas  Portugal
1959 Dias Santos  Portugal
1960 João de Freitas  Portugal
1961 João de Freitas  Portugal
1962 Joel Pinto  Portugal
1963 Joel Pinto  Portugal
1964 João Pinto  Portugal
1965 Joel Pinto  Portugal
1966 José Rodrigues  Portugal
1967 Joel Pinto  Portugal
1968 Alvarino Mendonça  Portugal
1969 António Timóteo  Portugal
1970 Joachim Heike  Germany
1971 Américo Barros  Portugal
1972 Banjt Nasde  Sweden
1973 Aniceto Simões  Portugal
1974 Banjt Nasde  Sweden
1975 Haven Spik  Finland
1976 Karl Fleschen  Germany
1977 Fernando Mamede  Portugal
1978 Jouni Kortelainen  Finland
1979 Seppo Liuttu  Finland
1980 Detlef Uhlemann  Germany
1981 Michael Spoettei  Germany K. Hildenson  Sweden
1982 Carlos Lopes  Portugal Aurora Cunha  Portugal
1983 Carlos Lopes  Portugal Conceição Ferreira  Portugal
1984 José Frias  Portugal Sílvia Abreu  Portugal
1985 José Frias  Portugal Sílvia Abreu  Portugal
1986 Nené Carreira  Portugal Maria José Pereira  Portugal
1987 José Teixeira  Portugal Amélia Araújo  Portugal
1988 José Teixeira  Portugal Amélia Araújo  Portugal
1989 José Regalo  Portugal Amélia Araújo  Portugal
1990 António Monteiro  Portugal Dores Leal  Portugal
1991 José Moreira  Portugal Dores Leal  Portugal
1992 Víctor Almeida  Portugal Carla Sacramento  Portugal
1993 Cândido Maia  Portugal Ana Dias  Portugal
1994 Carlos Monteiro  Portugal Carla Sacramento  Portugal
1995 Hélder Ornelas  Portugal Lúcia Subano  Kenya
1996 Rui Borges  Portugal Fernanda Marques  Portugal
1997 José Regalo  Portugal Fernanda Ribeiro  Portugal
1998 Rui Silva  Portugal Getenesh Urge  Ethiopia
1999 Rui Silva  Portugal Jeļena Prokopčuka  Latvia
2000 Rui Silva  Portugal Fernanda Ribeiro  Portugal
2001 Rui Silva  Portugal Fernanda Ribeiro  Portugal
2002 Rui Silva  Portugal Fernanda Ribeiro  Portugal
2003 Rui Silva  Portugal Jeļena Prokopčuka  Latvia
2004 Sergey Lebid  Ukraine Jeļena Prokopčuka  Latvia
2005 Kiprono Menjo  Kenya Fernanda Ribeiro  Portugal
2006 Kiprono Menjo  Kenya Jéssica Augusto  Portugal
2007 Rui Silva  Portugal Eunice Jepkorir  Kenya
2008 Kiprono Menjo  Kenya Jéssica Augusto  Portugal
2009 Rui Pedro Silva  Portugal Fernanda Ribeiro  Portugal
2010 Eduardo Mbengani  Portugal Jéssica Augusto  Portugal
2011 José Rocha  Portugal Rebecca Cheptegei  Uganda
2012 José Rocha  Portugal Nazret Weldu  Eritrea
2013[1] Antonio Abadía  Spain Joana Soares  Portugal
2014[2] Carlos Nieto  Spain Simret Restle  Germany
2015[3] Carlos Mayo  Spain Almensh Belete  Belgium

References

  1. ↑ 2013 results
  2. ↑ 2014 race report in Portuguese
  3. ↑ 2015 results

External links

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