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Teresa Cupertino de Miranda died this Monday, June 30, at the age of 78, a victim of prolonged illness.
ACP
Automobile Club de Portugal (ACP) reported, on Tuesday, that it died at the age of 78, Teresa Cupertino de Miranda, the first Portuguese woman to compete in Dakar and former member of the club’s management. To family and friends, the ACP addresses “felt condolences.”
“Daughter of Artur Cupertino de Miranda, founder of the extinct Portuguese Banco do Atlântico, whose family was one of the richest ten in Portugal until April 25, the course of Teresa Cupertino de Miranda could have been another, but her irreverence made her one of the most striking figures in the history of national motorsport.”
He was, Reminds the ACP“Pioneer in Motorized Women’s Sport”, highlighting 1992, in which he became in the “first Portuguese woman to participate in the Paris-Dakar Rally”.
At the wheel “of a Nissan Patrol and, forming a team with Berta Assunção and Manuel Caetano, concluded the race in 110th place,” recalls the ACP, adding that after it came Joana Lemos and Céu Pires de Lima, Elisabete Jacinto and Maria Luís Gameiro (the only Portuguese women to participate in Dakar).
Teresa Cupertino de Miranda died this Monday, June 30, at the age of 78, a victim of prolonged illness.
The funeral is scheduled for this Tuesday from 19h00 in the Church of Santo António, Estoril. The funeral takes place tomorrow, July 2, at 14h00.
