Adelina da Costa | |
Adelina da Costa (aged 108) in March 2019. | |
Birth: | 10 March 1910? Portuguese Cape Verde (now Cape Verde) |
Age: | 114 years, 242 days? |
Country: | CPV |
Unvalidated |
Adelina da Costa (born 10 March 1910) is a Cape Verdean supercentenarian whose age is currently unvalidated by the Gerontology Research Group (GRG). She is currently the oldest known living person in Cape Verde.
Biography[]
Adelina da Costa was born in Cape Verde (then Portuguese Cape Verde) on 10 March 1910. She had only one child, whom she gave birth to at the age of 44.
In March 2020, she celebrated her 110th birthday and became a supercentenarian. At that time, she had six grandchildren, 16 great-grandchildren, and six great-great-grandchildren. She is known as "Nha Leska".
On 7 April 2021 at the age of 111, she received her first dose of the Oxford–AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine.
She may have become the oldest known living person in Cape Verde, following the death of 111-year-old Maria Francisca Goraz on 24 July 2021.
Adelina da Costa currently lives in Praia, Cape Verde at the age of 114 years, 242 days.
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- Essa caboverdiana fez 109 anos... Dexam Sabi Cabo Verde, 10 March 2019
- Nha Leska completa hoje 110 anos Jornal O País, 10 March 2020
- Testemunho do ato de vacinação da Sra Adelina da Costa de 111 anos de idade Organização Mundial da Saúde - OMS Cabo Verde on Facebook, 8 April 2021
- MULHER COMPLETA 112 ANOS DE VIDA Record TV Cabo Verde on YouTube, 11 March 2022
- MUDJER MAS GRANDE DE CABO VERDE DONA LESKA 113 ANO Bem ri bem on YouTube, 10 March 2023
- Mulher Mais Velha de Cabo Verde Comemorou 114 Anos Onda Kriolu, 18 March 2024