- Sara Moreira
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Medal record 
Sara MoreiraWomen's athletics Competitor for 
PortugalEuropean Championships Bronze 2010 Barcelona 5,000 m European Indoor Championships Silver 2009 Turin 3,000 m IAAF World Cross Country Championships Bronze 2009 Amman Team European Cross Country Championships Gold 2008 Brussels Team Gold 2009 Dublin Team Gold 2010 Albufeira Team Universiade Silver 2011 Shenzhen 5,000 m Sara Moreira (born October 17, 1985) is a Portuguese female long-distance runner who specializes in the 3000 metres steeplechase and 5000 metres. She reached finals at the World Championships in Athletics in 2007 and 2009. She represented Portugal at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. She was the 5000 m bronze medallist at the 2010 European Athletics Championships.
Career
Born Sara Isabel Fonseca Moreira in Santo Tirso, Portugal,[1] Moreira's first international athletics competition was the 2007 European Athletics U23 Championships, where she took the bronze medal in the steeplechase. She attended the 2007 World Championships in Athletics the following year and finished in thirteenth place in the final. The following year she took part in two major competitions: the IAAF World Cross Country Championships where she finished 50th in the senior race, and then the 2008 Summer Olympics later that year, where she failed to get past the heats of the steeplechase competition.
The 2009 saw Moreira take on an extensive competitive schedule. In March 2009, she won the silver medal at the European Indoor Championships with a new personal best of 8:48.18 – her first senior medal. A sixteenth place finish at the 2009 IAAF World Cross Country Championships saw her help the Portuguese women to a team bronze, along with Ana Dulce Félix. She scored a series of gold medals in July, starting with a 5000 metres and steeplechase double at the 2009 Summer Universiade (which included a Universiade record in the steeplechase), followed by another 5000 m gold at the 2009 Lusophony Games. At the 2009 World Championships in Athletics she missed out on the steeplechase final but managed to finish tenth in the women's 5000 m contest. Having competed extensively from March to August, Moreira's final competition of 2009 was the 2009 European Cross Country Championships in December, where she finished tenth and won the team gold with Portugal.
Moreira started her 2010 campaign at the 2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships in Doha and she finished sixth in the final of the 3000 metres, the second best European performer after Ethiopian-born Alemitu Bekele Degfa, who competed for Turkey. Later that month she ran at the 2010 IAAF World Cross Country Championships and finished in 27th place (the fifth best European performer).[2] She took third place at the European Cup 10000m in June 2010, making her debut over 10,000 metres, and also helped win the women's team title for Portugal with Inês Monteiro and Fernanda Ribeiro.[3] She recorded a 3000 m personal best shortly after at the Gran Premio de Andalucía, where her time of 8:42.69 brought her third place behind Nuria Fernández.[4]
At the 2010 European Athletics Championships she secured a 5000 m bronze medal, setting a personal best of 14:54.71, but dropped out of the 10,000 m mid-race.[5] She was selected to run the 3000 m for Europe at the 2010 IAAF Continental Cup, but she finished in seventh place. A ninth place finish at the 2010 European Cross Country Championships helped Portugal to the team gold medal.[6] She ended the year with a win at the São Silvestre da Amadora 10K race on New Year's Eve.[7]
Her 2011 began with a third place finish at the European Cross Country Club Championships, hosted at the Cinque Mulini, where her club, Maratona Clube de Portugal, came second in the women's team race.[8] She came seventh over 1500 m at the 2011 European Athletics Indoor Championships and was twentieth in the senior race at the 2011 IAAF World Cross Country Championships later that year. After fellow Portuguese Augusto dropped out of the European Cup 10000m, she took on the favourite role and won the title, five seconds clear of Christelle Daunay.[9]
Doping charges In 2011 Sara Moreira tested positive for the prohibited stimulant, methylhexaneamine. Sample B analysis also confirmed the finding and she has been suspended pending the outcome of her disciplinary hearing according to the IAAF rules.[10]
Achievements
Year Competition Venue Position Notes Representing Portugal2007 European U23 Championships Debrecen, Hungary 3rd 3000 m st. World Championships Osaka, Japan 13th 3000 m st. 2008 World Cross Country Championships Edinburgh, Scotland 50th Senior race Olympic Games Beijing, China 10th (heats) 3000 m st. 2009 European Indoor Championships Turin, Italy 2nd 3000 m World Cross Country Championships Amman, Jordan 16th Senior race 3rd Team race European Team Championships Leiria, Portugal 7th 1500 m 4th 3000 m st. World Student Games Belgrade, Serbia 1st 3000 m st 1st 5000 m Lusophony Games Lisbon, Portugal 1st 5000 m World Championships in Athletics Berlin, Germany 6th (heats) 3000 m st. 10th 5000 m European Cross Country Championships Dublin, Ireland 10th Senior race 1st Team race 2010 World Indoor Championships Doha, Qatar 6th 3000 m World Cross Country Championships Bydgoszcz, Poland 27th Senior race European Championships Barcelona, Spain 3rd 5000 m European Cross Country Championships Albufeira, Portugal 9th Senior race 1st Team race 2011 European Indoor Championships Paris, France 7th 1500 m References
- ^ Sara Moreira Campeã Mundial Universitária de Corta Mato. Câmara Municipal de Santo Tirso (2010-04-12). Retrieved on 2011-02-07.
- ^ Senior Race - W Final. IAAF (2010-03-28). Retrieved on 2010-03-30.
- ^ Ramsak, Bob (2010-06-06). Farah and Monteiro take European Cup 10,000m victories. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-06-06.
- ^ Valinete, Emeterio (2010-06-10). 3000m World lead for Nuria Fernández in Huelva. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-06-14.
- ^ 2010 European Championships - women's 5000 m final. European Athletics. Retrieved on 2011-01-03.
- ^ SENIOR WOMEN'S FINAL: Portugal’s Augusto dominates to take gold. European Athletics (2010-12-12). Retrieved on 2011-01-03.
- ^ Fernandes, Antonio Manuel (2011-01-02). Moreira and Korir prevail in Amadora – Portuguese New Year race wrap. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-01-03.
- ^ Sampaolo, Diego (2011-02-06). Lamdassem and Bekele are triumphant in the Cinque Mulini. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-02-06.
- ^ Portugal double victory at the European Cup 10000m. European Athletics (2011-06-04). Retrieved on 2011-06-05.
- ^ http://daegu2011.iaaf.org/newslistdetail.aspx?id=62836
- IAAF profile for Sara Moreira
Summer Universiade Champions in Women's 3000 and 5000 m 1975 – 1993: 3.000 metres • 1995 – present: 5.000 metres1975: Natalia Andrei (ROM) • 1977 – 1979: Not Held • 1981: Breda Pergar (YUG) • 1983: Maria Radu (ROM) • 1985: Cathy Branta (USA) • 1987 – 1989: Paula Ivan (ROM) • 1991: Iulia Besliu (ROM) • 1993: Clare Eichner (USA) • 1995: Gabriela Szabo (ROM) • 1997: Nnenna Lynch (USA) • 1999: Rie Ueno (JPN) • 2001: Dong Yanmei (CHN) • 2003: Eloise Poppett (AUS) • 2005: Kimberley Smith (NZL) • 2007: Jéssica Augusto (POR) • 2009: Sara Moreira (POR) • 2011: Binnaz Uslu (TUR)
Categories:- 1985 births
- Living people
- Middle distance runners
- Portuguese long-distance runners
- Olympic athletes of Portugal
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics
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