Naide Gomes

Enezaide[1] do Rosário da Vera Cruz Gomes OIH (born 20 November 1979) is a former Portuguese heptathlete and long jumper. She also competed in 100 metres hurdles at the 2000 Summer Olympics. At club level, she represented Sporting CP.

This name uses Portuguese naming customs: the first or maternal family name is Vera Cruz and the second or paternal family name is Gomes.

Naide Gomes

Medal record Women's athletics Representing  Portugal World Championships 2009 Berlin Long jump World Indoor Championships 2004 Budapest Pentathlon 2008 Valencia Long jump 2006 Moscow Long jump 2010 Doha Long jump European Indoor Championships 2005 Madrid Long jump 2007 Birmingham Long jump 2002 Vienna Pentathlon 2011 Paris Long jump European Championships 2006 Gothenburg Long jump 2010 Barcelona Long jump Universiade 2005 Izmir Long jump

Biography

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 won the gold medal for long jump at the 2007 European Athletics Indoor Championships, raising the national record to 6.89 m.

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	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

Retirement

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.[5][6] 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 Athletics, either as a coach or as physiotherapist. She also announced she's expecting her first child.[7]

See also

• List of eligibility transfers in athletics

Notes and references

• Naide Gomes at World Athletics

1. Enezaide and not Enezenaide as it often appears published. See decree granting Portuguese citizenship to Ms Gomes.
2. São Tomé and Príncipe athletics records Archived 2007-06-08 at the Wayback Machine
3. The decree granting Portuguese citizenship to Ms Gomes was signed on 4 May 2001 published in the Portuguese official gazette (Diário da República) on 22 May 2001. See here, page 8600, second column. Archived 2007-09-30 at the Wayback Machine
4. Fernandes, António Manuel (2009-07-14). Évora, another title in Lisbon. IAAF. Retrieved on 2009-07-23.
5. "Naide Gomes anuncia fim de carreira" (in Portuguese). Noticias ao Minuto. 26 March 2015. Retrieved 27 March 2015. Naide Gomes announces the end of career
6. "Naide Gomes anuncia final de carreira". Diario de Noticias newspaper (in Portuguese). 26 March 2015. Retrieved 27 March 2015. Naide Gomes announces end of career
7. "Naide Gomes anuncia final de carreira". Rádio Renascença (in Portuguese). 26 March 2015. Retrieved 27 March 2015. Naide Gomes announces end of career and reveals to be pregnant

Sporting positions
Preceded by Lyudmila Kolchanova	Women's Long Jump Best Year Year Performance 2008	Succeeded by Brittney Reese
Olympic Games
Preceded by Sortelina Pires	Flagbearer for  São Tomé and Príncipe Sydney 2000	Succeeded by Yazaldes Nascimento