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President of the Cape Verdean Olympic Committee | |||||||||||||||||
Assumed office 2014 | |||||||||||||||||
President of the Handball Federation of Cape Verde | |||||||||||||||||
In office 2014–2017 | |||||||||||||||||
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Born | Luanda, Portuguese Angola | 10 April 1966||||||||||||||||
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Filomena Maria Spencer Africano Fortes (born 10 April 1966) is a Cape Verdean sports administrator and former handball player. Originally a handball player for C.D. Primeiro de Agosto and Clube Ferroviário de Luanda, she worked in sports education including as the University of Cape Verde's coordinator of the physical education and sports courses. She later became president of the Cape Verdean Olympic Committee and the Handball Federation of Cape Verde, as well as the first International Olympic Committee permanent member from Cape Verde.