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{{short description|Portuguese long-distance runner}}
{{Portuguese name|Fonseca|Moreira}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2021}}
{{MedalTableTop|Sara Moreira Barcelona2010.jpg|250px}}
{{MedalSport  | Women's [[Athletics (sport)|athletics]]}}
{{MedalCountry| {{POR}} }}
{{MedalCompetition|[[European Athletics Championships|European Championships]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[2016 European Athletics Championships|2016 Amsterdam]]|[[2016 European Athletics Championships – Women's half marathon|Half marathon]]}}
{{MedalSilver|[[2010 European Athletics Championships|2010 Barcelona]]|[[2010 European Athletics Championships – Women's 5000 metres|5000 m]]}}
{{MedalSilver|[[2012 European Athletics Championships|2012 Helsinki]]|[[2012 European Athletics Championships – Women's 5000 metres|5000 m]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[European Athletics Indoor Championships|European Indoor Championships]]}}
{{MedalGold |[[2013 European Athletics Indoor Championships|2013 Gothenburg]]|3000 m}}
{{MedalSilver |[[2009 European Athletics Indoor Championships|2009 Turin]]|3000 m}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[IAAF World Cross Country Championships]]}}
{{MedalBronze |[[2009 IAAF World Cross Country Championships|2009 Amman]]|Team}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[European Cross Country Championships]]}}
{{MedalGold |[[2008 European Cross Country Championships|2008 Brussels]]|Team}}
{{MedalGold |[[2009 European Cross Country Championships|2009 Dublin]]|Team}}
{{MedalGold |[[2010 European Cross Country Championships|2010 Albufeira]]|Team}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Universiade]]}}
{{MedalSilver| [[2011 Summer Universiade|2011 Shenzhen]] | [[Athletics at the 2011 Summer Universiade|5000 m]]}}
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'''Sara Isabel Fonseca Moreira'''<ref>[https://www.publico.pt/toquio-2020/portugueses Portugueses | Tóquio 2020 | PÚBLICO]</ref> {{small|[[Order of Merit (Portugal)|ComM]]}}<ref>[http://www.slbenfica.pt/30/news/info/Ypjva0fpK0CHujSECn0LGw?language=pt-PT Atletas condecorados com Ordem do Mérito] (in Portuguese)</ref> ({{IPA|pt|ˈsaɾɐ muˈɾɐjɾɐ}}; born 17 October 1985) is a Portuguese runner who competes in [[cross country running|cross country]], [[road running]] and in [[middle distance running|middle-distance]] and [[long-distance track event]]s. She represents [[Sporting Clube de Portugal (athletics)|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 debuting half marathon event.

==Career==
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Sara Isabel Fonseca Moreira was born in [[Santo Tirso]], Portugal,<ref>[http://www.cm-stirso.pt/index.php?option=com_noticias&Itemid=1&task=detalhe&id=387 Sara Moreira Campeã Mundial Universitária de Corta Mato]. Câmara Municipal de Santo Tirso (2010-04-12). Retrieved on 2011-02-07.</ref> Moreira's first international [[athletics (sport)|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 [[2009 European Indoor Championships|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 medal]]s in July, starting with a [[5000 metres]] and steeplechase double at the [[2009 Summer Universiade]] (which included a [[List of Universiade records in athletics|Universiade record]] in the steeplechase), followed by another 5000&nbsp;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&nbsp;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).<ref>[http://www.iaaf.org/wxc10/results/eventCode=4393/sex=W/discCode=XSE/combCode=hash/roundCode=f/results.html#det Senior Race - W Final]. [[IAAF]] (2010-03-28). Retrieved on 2010-03-30.</ref> 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]].<ref>Ramsak, Bob (2010-06-06). [http://www.iaaf.org/news/kind=100/newsid=56952.html Farah and Monteiro take European Cup 10,000m victories]. [[IAAF]]. Retrieved on 2010-06-06.</ref> She recorded a 3000&nbsp;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]].<ref>Valinete, Emeterio (2010-06-10). [http://www.iaaf.org/news/kind=100/newsid=57003.html 3000m World lead for Nuria Fernández in Huelva]. [[IAAF]]. Retrieved on 2010-06-14.</ref>

At the [[2010 European Athletics Championships]] she secured a 5000&nbsp;m [[bronze medal]], setting a personal best of 14:54.71, but dropped out of the 10,000&nbsp;m mid-race.<ref>[http://www.sportresult.com/sports/la/ajax/user_files/2010/barcelona/pdf/re1170040.pdf 2010 European Championships - women's 5000 m final] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120612055442/http://www.sportresult.com/sports/la/ajax/user_files/2010/barcelona/pdf/re1170040.pdf |date=12 June 2012 }}. [[European Athletics]]. Retrieved on 2011-01-03.</ref> She was selected to run the 3000&nbsp;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]].<ref>[http://www.european-athletics.org/17th-spar-european-cross-country-championships/portugals-augusto-dominates-to-take-gold.html SENIOR WOMEN'S FINAL: Portugal’s Augusto dominates to take gold] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101215055236/http://www.european-athletics.org/17th-spar-european-cross-country-championships/portugals-augusto-dominates-to-take-gold.html |date=2010-12-15 }}. European Athletics (2010-12-12). Retrieved on 2011-01-03.</ref> She ended the year with a win at the [[São Silvestre da Amadora]] 10K race on New Year's Eve.<ref>Fernandes, Antonio Manuel (2011-01-02). [http://www.iaaf.org/news/kind=100/newsid=59004.html Moreira and Korir prevail in Amadora – Portuguese New Year race wrap]. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-01-03.</ref>

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.<ref>Sampaolo, Diego (2011-02-06). [https://www.iaaf.org/CROS11/news/newsid=59237.html Lamdassem and Bekele are triumphant in the Cinque Mulini]. [[IAAF]]. Retrieved on 2011-02-06.</ref> She came seventh over 1500&nbsp;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]].<ref>[http://www.european-athletics.org/15th-european-cup-10-000m/portugal-double-victory-at-the-european-cup-10000m.html Portugal double victory at the European Cup 10000m] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110608025107/http://www.european-athletics.org/15th-european-cup-10-000m/portugal-double-victory-at-the-european-cup-10000m.html |date=2011-06-08 }}. European Athletics (2011-06-04). Retrieved on 2011-06-05.</ref> Moreira tested positive for the prohibited stimulant, [[methylhexaneamine]] at the [[2011 World Championships in Athletics]].<ref>[http://daegu2011.iaaf.org/newslistdetail.aspx?id=62836 IAAF Anti-Doping programme Daegu 2011 – standard Urine tests completed]. IAAF (2011-11-04). Retrieved on 2012-03-31.</ref> Her result was annulled and she was banned for six months.<ref>[http://articles.boston.com/2012-02-01/sports/31013615_1_bans-lim-iaaf  IAAF confirms 6-month bans for Lim and Moreira]{{dead link|date=November 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}. Boston (2012-02-01). Retrieved on 2012-06-10.</ref>

Upon her return, she won the Douro Valley Half Marathon in May, the European Cup 10000m title in June,<ref>Ramsak, Bob (2012-06-04). [https://www.iaaf.org/news/newsid=65183.html Moreira and Kemboi Arikan take the European Cup 10,000m titles]. IAAF. Retrieved on 2012-06-10.</ref> then a bronze medal in the 5000&nbsp;m at the [[2012 European Athletics Championships]]. She gained selection for the [[Portugal at the 2012 Summer Olympics|Portuguese Olympic team]] and ran a personal best of 31:16.44 minutes to place fourteenth in the 10,000&nbsp;m Olympic final. She defeated [[Berhane Adere]] to win the [[Great Birmingham Run]] in October and placed twelfth at the [[2012 European Cross Country Championships]].<ref>Martin, David (2012-10-21). [https://www.iaaf.org/news/report/kogo-defeats-kuma-in-birmingham-thriller-re Kogo defeats Kuma in Birmingham thriller - REPORT]. IAAF. Retrieved on 2013-02-10.</ref>

==Achievements==
{| {{AchievementTable|Event=yes}}
|-
!colspan="6"|Representing {{POR}}
|-
|rowspan=2|2007
|[[2007 European Athletics U23 Championships|European U23 Championships]] 
|[[Debrecen]], Hungary
|bgcolor="cc9966" | 3rd
|3000 m st.
|[[2007 European Athletics U23 Championships – Women's 3000 metres steeplechase|9:42.47]]
|-
|[[2007 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]] 
|[[Osaka]], Japan
|13th
|3000 m st.
|[[2007 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 3000 metres steeplechase|10:00.40]]
|-
|rowspan=3|2008
|rowspan=2|[[2008 IAAF World Cross Country Championships|World Cross Country Championships]]
|rowspan=2|[[Edinburgh]], United Kingdom
|50th
|Senior race (7.905&nbsp;km)
|[[2008 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race|27:50]]
|-
|8th
|Senior race - Team
|[[2008 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race#Teams|165 pts]]
|-
|[[Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]
|[[Beijing]], China
|22nd (h)
|3000 m st.
|[[Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 3000 metres steeplechase|9:34.39]]
|-
|rowspan=12|2009
|[[2009 European Indoor Championships in Athletics|European Indoor Championships]] 
|[[Turin]], Italy
|bgcolor="silver" | 2nd
|3000 m
|[[2009 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's 3000 metres|8:48.18]]
|-
|rowspan=2|[[2009 IAAF World Cross Country Championships|World Cross Country Championships]]
|rowspan=2|[[Amman]], Jordan
|16th
|Senior race (8&nbsp;km)
|[[2009 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race|27:54]]
|-
|bgcolor=cc9966|3rd
|Senior race - Team
|[[2009 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race#Teams|72 pts]]
|-
|rowspan=2|[[2009 European Team Championships|European Team Championships]]
|rowspan=2|[[Leiria]], Portugal
|7th
|1500 m
|4:12.94
|-
|4th
|3000 m st.
|9:43.99
|-
|rowspan=2|[[Athletics at the 2009 Summer Universiade|Universiade]] 
|rowspan=2|[[Belgrade]], Serbia
|bgcolor="gold" | 1st
|5000 m
|[[Athletics at the 2009 Summer Universiade – Women's 5000 metres|15:32.78]]
|-
|bgcolor="gold" | 1st
|3000 m st
|[[Athletics at the 2009 Summer Universiade – Women's 3000 metres steeplechase|9:32.62]]
|-
|[[Athletics at the 2009 Lusophony Games|Lusophony Games]]
|[[Lisbon]], Portugal
|bgcolor=gold|1st
|5000 m
|[[Athletics at the 2009 Lusophony Games – Results#5000 meters 2|15.45.05]]
|-
|rowspan=2|[[2009 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships in Athletics]]
|rowspan=2|[[Berlin]], Germany
|12th (h)
|3000 m st.
|[[2009 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 3000 metres steeplechase|9:28.64]]
|-
|10th
|5000 m
|[[2009 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 5000 metres|15:12.22]]
|-
|rowspan=2|[[2009 European Cross Country Championships|European Cross Country Championships]]
|rowspan=2|[[Dublin]], Ireland
|10th
|Senior race (8.018&nbsp;km)
|[[2009 European Cross Country Championships#Women's senior|28:32]]
|-
|bgcolor=gold|1st
|Team race
|[[2009 European Cross Country Championships#Women's senior|25 pts]]
|-
|rowspan=5|2010
|[[2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships|World Indoor Championships]]
|[[Doha]], Qatar
|6th
|3000 m
|[[2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 3000 metres|8:55.34]]
|-
|[[2010 IAAF World Cross Country Championships|World Cross Country Championships]]
|[[Bydgoszcz]], Poland
|27th
|Senior race (7.759&nbsp;km)
|[[2010 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race|26:22]]
|-
|[[2010 European Athletics Championships|European Championships]]
|[[Barcelona]], Spain
|bgcolor=cc9966|3rd
|5000 m
|[[2010 European Athletics Championships – Women's 5000 metres|14:54.71	]]
|-
|rowspan=2|[[2010 European Cross Country Championships|European Cross Country Championships]]
|rowspan=2|[[Albufeira]], Portugal
|9th
|Senior race (8.170&nbsp;km)
|[[2010 European Cross Country Championships#Senior women|27:26]]
|-
|bgcolor=gold|1st
|Senior race - Team
|[[2010 European Cross Country Championships#Senior women|19 pts]]
|-
|rowspan=3|2011
|[[2011 European Athletics Indoor Championships|European Indoor Championships]]
|[[Paris]], France
|7th
|1500 m
|[[2011 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's 1500 metres|4:16.67]]
|-
|[[Athletics at the 2011 Summer Universiade|Universiade]]
|[[Shenzhen]], China
|bgcolor=silver|2nd
|5000 m
|[[Athletics at the 2011 Summer Universiade – Women's 5000 metres|15:45.83]]
|-
|[[2011 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]
|[[Daegu]], South Korea
| –
|3000 m st.
|[[2011 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 3000 metres steeplechase|DQ]]
|-
|2012
|[[Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]
|[[London]], United Kingdom
|14th
|10,000 m
|[[Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's 10,000 metres|31:16.44]]
|-
|2013
|[[2013 European Athletics Indoor Championships|European Indoor Championships]]
|[[Gothenburg]], Sweden
|bgcolor=gold|1st
|3000 m
|[[2013 European Athletics Indoor Championships#Track 2|8:58.50]]
|-
|rowspan=2|2014
|[[2014 European Athletics Championships|European Championships]]
|[[Zürich]], Switzerland
|6th
|5000 m
|[[2014 European Athletics Championships – Women's 5000 metres|15:38.13]]
|-
|[[New York City Marathon]]
|[[New York City]], USA
|bgcolor=cc9966|3rd
|Marathon
| 2:25:59
|-
|2015
|[[2015 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]
|[[Beijing]], China
|12th
|10,000 m
|[[2015 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 10,000 metres|32:06.14]]
|-
|2016
|[[2016 European Athletics Championships|European Championships]]
|[[Amsterdam, Netherlands]]
|bgcolor=gold|1st
|Half marathon
|[[2016 European Athletics Championships – Women's half marathon|1:10:19]]
|-
|2018
|[[2018 European Athletics Championships|European Championships]]
|[[Berlin, Germany]]
| –
|10,000 m
|[[2018 European Athletics Championships – Women's 10,000 metres|DNF]]
|-
|2021
|[[Athletics at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]
|[[Sapporo, Japan]]
| –
|Marathon
|[[Athletics at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's marathon|DNF]]
|}

==See also==
* [[List of doping cases in sport]]

==References==
{{Reflist|30em}}

==External links==
{{Commons category|Sara Moreira}}
*{{World Athletics}}

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{{succession box |
  | before = [[Jéssica Augusto]]
  | after = [[Telma Monteiro]]
  | title = [[CDP Awards|Portuguese Sportswoman of the Year]]
  | years = 2013
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[[Category:1985 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from Santo Tirso]]
[[Category:Portuguese female middle-distance runners]]
[[Category:Portuguese female long-distance runners]]
[[Category:Portuguese female steeplechase runners]]
[[Category:Olympic athletes for Portugal]]
[[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:European Athletics Championships medalists]]
[[Category:World Athletics Championships athletes for Portugal]]
[[Category:Doping cases in athletics]]
[[Category:Portuguese sportspeople in doping cases]]
[[Category:Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field)]]
[[Category:FISU World University Games gold medalists for Portugal]]
[[Category:FISU World University Games silver medalists for Portugal]]
[[Category:Golden Globes (Portugal) winners]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 2011 Summer Universiade]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 2009 Summer Universiade]]
[[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:21st-century Portuguese sportswomen]]