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Medal record | ||
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Women's athletics | ||
Representing Portugal | ||
European Championships | ||
2016 Amsterdam | Half marathon | |
2010 Barcelona | 5000 m | |
2012 Helsinki | 5000 m | |
European Indoor Championships | ||
2013 Gothenburg | 3000 m | |
2009 Turin | 3000 m | |
IAAF World Cross Country Championships | ||
2009 Amman | Team | |
European Cross Country Championships | ||
2008 Brussels | Team | |
2009 Dublin | Team | |
2010 Albufeira | Team | |
Universiade | ||
2011 Shenzhen | 5000 m |
Sara Moreira ComM (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈsaɾɐ muˈɾejɾɐ]; born 17 October 1985) is a Portuguese runner who competes in cross country, road running and in middle-distance and long-distance track events. She represents Sporting CP at club level.
After contributing for three collective European cross-country titles and winning individual silver and bronze medals in other championships, she secured her first individual senior title with the 3000 metres gold medal at the 2013 European Athletics Indoor Championships in Gothenburg. At the 2016 European Athletics Championships, Moreira won her first major outdoor individual title by taking the gold medal in the debutting half marathon event.
Born Sara Isabel Fonseca Moreira in Santo Tirso, Portugal, 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.