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In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Vera Cruz and the second or paternal family name is Gomes.

Naide Gomes
OIH
Gomes at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics, in Berlin, Germany
Personal information
Full nameEnezaide do Rosário da Vera Cruz Gomes
NationalityPortugal (since 2001)
Born (1979-11-20) 20 November 1979 (age 44)
São Tomé and Príncipe
Sport
SportAthletics
ClubSporting CP
Turned pro18 July 1998
Coached byAbreu Matos
Retired26 March 2015
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  São Tomé and Príncipe
Ibero-American Championships
Silver medal – second place 2000 Rio de Janeiro Heptathlon
Representing  Portugal
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2009 Berlin Long jump
World Indoor Championships
Gold medal – first place 2004 Budapest Pentathlon
Gold medal – first place 2008 Valencia Long jump
Silver medal – second place 2006 Moscow Long jump
Silver medal – second place 2010 Doha Long jump
European Championships
Silver medal – second place 2006 Gothenburg Long jump
Silver medal – second place 2010 Barcelona Long jump
European Indoor Championships
Gold medal – first place 2005 Madrid Long jump
Gold medal – first place 2007 Birmingham Long jump
Silver medal – second place 2002 Vienna Pentathlon
Silver medal – second place 2011 Paris Long jump
Universiade
Silver medal – second place 2005 Izmir Long jump

Enezaide do Rosário da Vera Cruz Gomes OIH (born 20 November 1979) is a Portuguese retired athlete. Born in São Tomé and Príncipe, she moved to Lisbon when she was 11 and began formally practicing athletics when she was 13. She initially competed at international events as a representative of São Tomé and Príncipe before becoming a naturalised citizen of Portugal in 2001. Prior to changing her nationality, she set a São Toméan national record in every type of event she competed in at the international level, including 100 metres hurdles, long jump, high jump, triple jump, shot put, javelin throw, pentathlon, and heptathlon. At the club level, she represented Sporting CP.

Early life and education

Enezaide do Rosário da Vera Cruz Gomes was born on 20 November 1979 in São Tomé and Príncipe.[1][2] She grew up in the capital São Tomé with her family, which she later described as having been, during her childhood, "[not] wealthy ... but never lack[ing] anything either."[2] When Gomes was five, her mother moved to Lisbon, Portugal, due to health problems. She consequently lived with her grandmother for a few years before joining her mother in Lisbon when she was 11.[2] She adapted well to life in Lisbon, as her family already spoke Portuguese natively, and her grandfather was from Portugal.[2] She later said that she "had quite a good education in São Tomé", which was "quite strict" in comparison to her education in Lisbon.[2]

Gomes began formally practicing athletics at the age of 13 but quickly stopped, believing her training to be interfering with her studies. However, about a year later, while living in the parish of Fernão Ferro, across the Tagus Estuary from Lisbon, a physical education teacher convinced Gomes of her talent and encouraged her to resume training.[2] When she was 17, she joined Sporting CP and met Abreu Matos, who would become her longtime coach. According to Gomes, by that time she "was among the best heptathletes and high jumpers in Portugal", and had begun to seriously consider becoming a Portuguese citizen.[2]

Career

Gomes at the 2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships in Doha, Qatar

Gomes began competing internationally as a representative of her birth country São Tomé and Príncipe. Her first competition was the 1998 Ibero-American Championships in Athletics, held in Lisbon from 17 to 19 July, in which she placed sixth in the high jump event with a distance of 1.75 metres.[3] At the 1999 All-Africa Games in Johannesburg, South Africa, she finished fifth in the women's heptathlon event with a score of 4974 points.[4] She improved her standing at the 2000 Ibero-American Championships, winning her first silver medal in the women's heptathlon event with a score of 5463 points.[5] Gomes made her Olympic debut at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia, and was given the honour of being São Tomé and Príncipe's flag bearer in the opening ceremony.[6] She competed in the women's 100 metres hurdles event and was assigned to lane seven of heat six for the first round. She finished last in her heat at eighth place, with a time of 14.43 seconds, and was eliminated from the competition.[7] During her time representing São Tomé and Príncipe, Gomes set national records in 100 metres hurdles, long jump, high jump, triple jump, shot put, javelin throw, pentathlon, and heptathlon.[8]

After a lengthy naturalisation process, Gomes was granted Portuguese citizenship by the Ministry of Internal Administration on 4 May 2001.[9] She made her international debut as a Portuguese athlete the following year, at the 2002 European Athletics Indoor Championships in Vienna, Austria. She won silver in the women's pentathlon event with a score of 4759 points.[10] At the 2002 European Athletics Championships, she competed in the women's long jump and heptathlon events. She placed tenth in the long jump event with a best distance of 6.23 metres, and eighteenth in the heptathlon with a score of 5142 points. She was unable to complete the 800 metre race in the heptathlon event.[11]

Gomes participated in three international competitions in 2003. She competed in that year's IAAF World Indoor Championships in Birmingham, United Kingdom, in the women's pentathlon event on 14 March. She placed fifth with 4476 points.[12] At the 2003 Hypo-Meeting, held in Götzis, Austria, from 31 May to 1 June, she placed fourth in the women's heptathlon event with a score of 6,120 points.[13] She made her Universiade debut at the 2003 Summer Universiade in Daegu, South Korea. On 26 August, she finished sixteenth in the women's long jump event with a distance of 5.86 metres, failing to advance to the final.[14]

She earned her first gold medal at the 2004 IAAF World Indoor Championships in Budapest, Hungary, in the women's pentathlon event held on 5 March.[1] She ended the event with a score of 4,759 points, the lowest ever total for a first-place finish in the IAAF World Indoor Championships.[15] At the 2004 Ibero-American Championships in Athletics, held in Huelva, Spain, from 6 to 8 August, Gomes competed in three events: long jump, shot put, and javelin throw. She placed fourth in the long jump event with a distance of 6.36 metres, and eleventh in both the shot put and javelin throw events, with distances of 13.8 metres and 38.46 metres, respectively.[16] She competed in the women's heptathlon event at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. She finished thirteenth with a score of 6151 points.[17]

In 2005, she won her first gold medal in a European competition, accomplishing the feat in that year's European Athletics Indoor Championships in Madrid, Spain. She placed first in the women's long jump event, held from 4 to 5 March, with a final distance of 6.6 metres, setting a new record for Portugal.[18] At the 2005 World Championships in Athletics in Helsinki, Finland, Gomes competed in the heptathlon and long jump events. She placed seventh in the heptathlon event, held from 6 to 7 August, with a score of 6,189 points.[19] For the qualification round of the long jump event, held on 9 August, Gomes was placed in the first heat. She placed eighth in her heat with a distance of 6.42 metres and failed to advance to the final.[20] Gomes saw better results at the the women's long jump event of the 2005 Summer Universiade, held in İzmir, Turkey, from 15 to 16 August. She advanced to the final after finishing first in the qualification round with a distance of 6.52 metres.[21] She went on to win silver in the final with a distance of 6.56 metres.[22]

Gomes won silver in the 2006 IAAF World Indoor Championships and 2006 European Athletics Championships. At the World Indoor Championships held in Moscow, Russia, from 11 to 12 March, she finished the women's long jump event with a final distance of 6.73 metres, surpassing her previous record.[23] At the European Championships held in Gothenburg, Sweden, she finished the women's long jump event with a final distance of 6.84 metres.[24]

Gomes won her third gold medal in the women's long jump event at the 2007 European Athletics Indoor Championships in Birmingham, United Kingdom. She finished first in the qualification round and final with distances of 6.68 metres and 6.89 metres, respectively. The latter result surpassed Gomes' personal best and once again raised the Portuguese national record.[25] In the women's long jump event at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics, held in Osaka, Japan, Gomes finished fourth with a final distance of 6.87 metres.[26]

She won her second gold at the World Indoor Championships and fourth gold overall in 2008. The championships that year were held in Valencia, Spain, from 7 to 9 March. Gomes finished the women's long jump event with a final distance of 7 metres.[27] Gomes went on to finish first in two IAAF World Athletics Tour women's long jump events, in DN Galan, held in Stockholm, Sweden, on 22 July, and Herculis, held in Monte-Carlo, Monaco, on 29 July.[28] She ultimately won gold in that year's IAAF World Athletics Final for women's long jump, held in Stuttgart, Germany, on 13 September. She had a final distance of 6.71 metres.[29] Gomes' strong performances throughout the year led analysts to view her as a favourite to win gold in the women's long jump event at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China. A month before the games, she had set a season's best of 7.12 metres. However, Gomes fouled on her first two attempts at the Olympic event, before stutter-stepping on her final attempt and ending with a distance of of 6.29 metres, placing her 32nd overall.[30]

She won the long jump gold medal at the 2009 Lusophony Games with a jump of 6.74 m.[31]

On 26 March 2015, Naide Gomes announced her retirement in a special news conference with close friends and the long term coach, at age 35.[32][33] Main reasons appointed the prolonged injuries she is suffering since 2013, that took her away from the tracks, and the need of another surgery. She said to be very proud of her career, after winning 11 international medals, though failing at Olympic level, and wants to continue to be close to athletes, either as a coach or as physiotherapist. She also announced she's expecting her first child.[34]

International results

Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
Representing  São Tomé and Príncipe
1998 Ibero-American Championships Lisbon, Portugal 6th High jump 1.75 m
1999 All-Africa Games Johannesburg, South Africa 5th Heptathlon 4974 pts
2000 Ibero-American Championships Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 2nd Heptathlon 5463 pts
Olympic Games Sydney, Australia 36th (h) 100 m H 14.43 s
Representing  Portugal
2002 European Indoor Championships Vienna, Austria 2nd Pentathlon 4595 pts
European Championships Munich, Germany 10th Long jump 6.23 m
18th Heptathlon 5142 pts
2003 World Indoor Championships Birmingham, United Kingdom 5th Pentathlon 4476 pts
Hypo-Meeting Götzis, Austria 4th Heptathlon 6120 pts
Universiade Daegu, South Korea 16th (q) Long jump 5.86 m
2004 World Indoor Championships Budapest, Hungary 1st Pentathlon 4759 pts
Ibero-American Championships Huelva, Spain 4th Long jump 6.36 m
11th Shot put 13.80 m
11th Javelin throw 38.46 m
Olympic Games Athens, Greece 13th Heptathlon 6151 pts
2005 European Indoor Championships Madrid, Spain 1st Long jump 6.70 m
World Championships Helsinki, Finland 17th (q) Long jump 6.42 m
7th Heptathlon 6189 pts
Universiade İzmir, Turkey 2nd Long jump 6.56 m
2006 World Indoor Championships Moscow, Russia 2nd Long jump 6.76 m
European Championships Gothenburg, Sweden 2nd Long jump 6.84 m
2007 European Indoor Championships Birmingham, United Kingdom 1st Long jump 6.89 m
World Championships Osaka, Japan 4th Long jump 6.87 m
2008 World Indoor Championships Valencia, Spain 1st Long jump 7.00 m
Olympic Games Beijing, China 31st (q) Long jump 6.29 m
2009 Lusophony Games Lisbon, Portugal 1st Long jump 6.74 m (w)
European Team Championships Superleague Leiria, Portugal 1st Long jump 6.83 m
World Championships Berlin, Germany 3rd Long jump 6.77 m
2010 World Indoor Championships Doha, Qatar 2nd Long jump 6.67 m
European Championships Barcelona, Spain 2nd Long jump 6.92 m
2011 European Indoor Championships Paris, France 2nd Long jump 6.79 m
World Championships Daegu, South Korea 10th Long jump 6.26 m

Honours

Portuguese President Jorge Sampaio made Gomes an Officer of the Order of Prince Henry on 8 March 2005.[35]

See also

References

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Sporting positions
Preceded by Women's Long Jump Best Year Performance
2008 		Succeeded by
Olympic Games
Preceded by Flag bearer for  São Tomé and Príncipe
Sydney 2000 		Succeeded by
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