António Carlos Pina Zeferino (born 17 January 1966) is a Cape Verdean athlete, specializing in long-distance running, marathon and half marathon. Zeferino, a three-time Olympian, first competed for Cape Verde in a meet in Maia, Portugal setting a national record in the 3000 metres steeplechase which still stands today. The following year at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Zeferino made history along with Henry Andrade and Isménia do Frederico by becoming the first athletes to represent the tiny African nation at the Olympic Games. In the men's marathon he finished 94th in a time of 2:34:13. The following year he competed in the 1997 World Championships, finishing 37th in the marathon with a time of 2:25:56. Two years later in February 1999, Zeferino recorded his best ever time in the