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Beatriz Gomes (born 31 December 1979) is a Portuguese
sprint canoer Canoe sprint is a water sport in which athletes race in specially designed sprint canoes or sprint kayaks on calm water over a short distance. Prior to November 2008, canoe sprint was known as flatwater racing. The term is still in use today ...
and marathon canoeist who has competed since the late first decade of the 21st century. She won a bronze medal in the K-4 200 m event at the
2009 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships The 2009 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships were held 12–16 August 2009 in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada, on Lake Banook. The competition was organized by the International Canoe Federation (ICF). The Canadian city was selected to host the ...
in Dartmouth. She was World Champion in the K1 Marathon event in 2009. Gomes also competed in the K-2 500 m event at the
2008 Summer Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and officially branded as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes fro ...
in
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, but was eliminated in the semifinals. At the
2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012, were an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...
, Gomes and her teammate Joana Vasconcelos reached the final of K-2 500 m, as did Gomes and the Portuguese K-4 500 m team.


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1979 births Canoeists at the 2008 Summer Olympics Canoeists at the 2012 Summer Olympics Living people Olympic canoeists for Portugal Portuguese female canoeists ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medalists in kayak Canoeists at the 2015 European Games European Games competitors for Portugal {{Portugal-canoe-bio-stub