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Medal record 
Naide GomesWomen's athletics Competitor for 
PortugalWorld Indoor Championships Gold 2004 Budapest Pentathlon Gold 2008 Valencia Long jump Silver 2010 Doha Long jump Bronze 2006 Moscow Long jump European Indoor Championships Gold 2005 Madrid Long jump Gold 2007 Birmingham Long jump Silver 2002 Vienna Pentathlon Silver 2011 Paris Long jump European Championships Silver 2006 Gothenburg Long jump Silver 2010 Barcelona Long jump Universiade Silver 2005 Izmir Long jump Enezaide[1] do Rosário da Vera Cruz Gomes, OIH, (born 20 November 1979) is a Portuguese heptathlete, born in São Tomé and Príncipe. She is also a top-class competitor in the long jump, and she competed in 100 metres hurdles at the 2000 Summer Olympics. She represents Sporting Clube de Portugal.
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Career
Naide Gomes started competing under the flag of her birth country São Tomé and Príncipe and represented it at the Sydney 2000 Olympics, though she has lived in Portugal since she was 11 years old. At the Sydney Olympics, Gomes was the São-Tomé flag carrier in the opening ceremony. Before changing nationality she set the current São Tomé and Príncipe records in 100 metres hurdles, long jump, high jump, triple jump, shot put, javelin throw and heptathlon.[2]
She gained Portuguese citizenship in 2001,[3] and has since represented Portugal at major international events.
Gomes has recently won gold medals for long jump at the 2006 European Athletics Championships and the 2007 European Athletics Indoor Championships, raising the national record to 6.89 m at the latter.
In Madrid, she became the first Portuguese athlete ever to reach the seven metres distance in the long jump, by jumping 7.01m. In Valencia she won gold at the World Athletics Indoor Championships 2008, by jumping 7.00m.
On 22 July, Naide Gomes was the winner of the IAAF Super Grand Prix DN Galan, Stockholm, Sweden, with a new national record of 7.04 m.
On 29 July, at the IAAF Super Grand Prix Herculis, Monte-Carlo, Monaco, she jumped 7.12 m, a new national record and 2008 world's best mark.
On 19 August, at the 2008 Summer Olympics held in Beijing, China, a top-favorite for the gold medal, in peak physical condition and having dominated the season, Gomes unexpectedly fouled on her first two attempts and then stutter-stepped on her final try jumping a mere 6.29 m, thus failing to qualify to the final.
She won the long jump gold medal at the 2009 Lusophony Games with a jump of 6.74 m.[4]
Achievements
Year Competition Venue Position Notes Representing 
São Tomé and Príncipe1999 All-Africa Games Johannesburg, South Africa 5th Heptathlon Representing Portugal2002 European Indoor Championships Vienna, Austria 2nd Pentathlon European Championships Munich, Germany 10th Long jump 2003 World Indoor Championships Birmingham, England 5th Pentathlon Hypo-Meeting Götzis, Austria 4th Heptathlon 2004 World Indoor Championships Budapest, Hungary 1st Pentathlon 2005 European Indoor Championships Madrid, Spain 1st Long jump World Championships Helsinki, Finland 5th Long jump Universiade İzmir, Turkey 2nd Long jump 2006 World Indoor Championships Moscow, Russia 3rd Long jump, 6.76 NRi European Championships Gothenburg, Sweden 2nd Long jump 2007 European Indoor Championships Birmingham, England 1st Long jump, 6.89 NRi 2008 World Indoor Championships Valencia, Spain 1st Long jump, 7.00 NRi 2008 6th World Athletics Final Stuttgart, Germany 1st Long jump, 6.71 2009 Lusophony Games Lisbon, Portugal 1st Long jump, 6.74 2009 1st European Team Championships Leiria, Portugal 1st Long jump, 6.83 2009 London Grand Prix London, UK 1st Long jump, 6.99 2010 World Indoor Championships Doha, Qatar 2nd Long jump 2011 European Indoor Championships Paris, France 2nd Long jump, 6.79 2011 World Championships Daegu, Korea 10ª Long Jump 6.26 Notes and references
- IAAF profile for Naide Gomes
- ^ Enezaide and not Enezenaide as it often appears published. See decree granting Portuguese citizenship to Ms Gomes.
- ^ São Tomé and Príncipe athletics records
- ^ The decree granting Portuguese citizenship to Ms Gomes was signed on 4 May 2001 published in the Portuguese officil gazette (Diário da República) on 22 May 2001. See here, page 8600, second column.
- ^ Fernandes, António Manuel (2009-07-14). Évora, another title in Lisbon. IAAF. Retrieved on 2009-07-23.
Sporting positions Preceded by
Lyudmila KolchanovaWomen's Long Jump Best Year Year Performance
2008Succeeded by
Brittney ReeseSee also
World Indoor Champions in Women's Long Jump 1985: Helga Radtke (GDR) • 1987: Heike Drechsler (GDR) • 1989: Galina Chistyakova (URS) • 1991: Larysa Berezhna (URS) • 1993: Marieta Ilcu (ROM) • 1995: Lyudmila Galkina (RUS) • 1997: Fiona May (ITA) • 1999: Tatyana Kotova (RUS) • 2001: Dawn Burrell (USA) • 2003: Tatyana Kotova (RUS) • 2004: Tatyana Lebedeva (RUS) • 2006: Tatyana Kotova (RUS) • 2008: Naide Gomes (POR) • 2010: Brittney Reese (USA)
World Indoor Champions in Women's Pentathlon 1993: Liliana Năstase (ROM) • 1995: Svetlana Moskalets (RUS) • 1997: Sabine Braun (GER) • 1999: DeDee Nathan (USA) • 2001: Natallia Sazanovich (BLR) • 2003: Carolina Klüft (SWE) • 2004: Naide Gomes (POR) • 2006: Lyudmyla Blonska (UKR) • 2008: Tia Hellebaut (BEL) • 2010: Jessica Ennis (GBR)
Categories:- Heptathletes
- Long jumpers
- Hurdlers
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Olympic athletes of São Tomé and Príncipe
- Portuguese athletes
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Olympic athletes of Portugal
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- São Tomé and Príncipe athletes
- 1979 births
- Living people
- Portuguese people of São Tomé and Príncipe descent
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