| Year |
Competition |
Venue |
Position |
Event |
Notes
|
Representing  Portugal
|
| 1990
|
World Junior Championships
|
Plovdiv, Bulgaria
|
1st
|
5000 m
|
21:44.30
|
| 1991
|
World Championships
|
Tokyo, Japan
|
17th
|
10 km
|
45:37
|
| 1992
|
Olympic Games
|
Barcelona, Spain
|
—
|
10 km
|
DSQ
|
| World Junior Championships
|
Seoul, South Korea
|
—
|
5000 m
|
DQ
|
| 1993
|
World Race Walking Cup
|
Monterrey, Mexico
|
8th
|
10 km
|
46:28
|
| World Championships
|
Stuttgart, Germany
|
11th
|
10 km
|
45:06
|
| 1994
|
World Junior Championships
|
Lisbon, Portugal
|
2nd
|
5000 m
|
21:12.87
|
| European Championships
|
Helsinki, Finland
|
8th
|
10 km
|
43:47
|
| 1995
|
World Championships
|
Gothenburg, Sweden
|
17th
|
10 km
|
44:25
|
| World Race Walking Cup
|
Beijing, China
|
16th
|
10 km
|
44:25
|
| 1996
|
European Race Walking Cup
|
A Coruña, Spain
|
3rd
|
10 km
|
43:41
|
| Olympic Games
|
Atlanta, United States
|
13th
|
10 km
|
44:24
|
| 1997
|
World Race Walking Cup
|
Poděbrady, Czech Republic
|
—
|
10 km
|
DNF
|
| European U23 Championships
|
Turku, Finland
|
3rd
|
10 km
|
44:26
|
| World Championships
|
Athens, Greece
|
22nd (h)
|
10,000 m
|
45:00.77
|
| 1998
|
European Championships
|
Budapest, Hungary
|
3rd
|
10 km
|
42:55
|
| 1999
|
World Championships
|
Seville, Spain
|
4th
|
20 km
|
1:31:23
|
| World Race Walking Cup
|
Mézidon-Canon, France
|
9th
|
20 km
|
1:30:13
|
| 2000
|
European Race Walking Cup
|
Eisenhüttenstadt, Germany
|
—
|
20 km
|
DNF
|
| Olympic Games
|
Sydney, Australia
|
14th
|
20 km
|
1:33:53
|
| 2001
|
European Race Walking Cup
|
Dudince, Slovakia
|
—
|
20 km
|
DSQ
|
| World Championships
|
Edmonton, Canada
|
—
|
20 km
|
DSQ
|
| 2002
|
European Championships
|
Munich, Germany
|
—
|
20 km
|
DNF
|
| World Race Walking Cup
|
Turin, Italy
|
14th
|
20 km
|
1:32:57
|
| 2003
|
World Championships
|
Paris, France
|
9th
|
20 km
|
1:30:15
|
| 2004
|
Olympic Games
|
Athens, Greece
|
20th
|
20 km
|
1:32:47
|
| 2005
|
European Race Walking Cup
|
Miskolc, Hungary
|
2nd
|
20 km
|
1:29:01
|
| 1st
|
Team - 20 km
|
25 pts
|
| World Championships
|
Helsinki, Finland
|
3rd
|
20 km
|
1:28:44
|
| 2006
|
World Race Walking Cup
|
A Coruña, Spain
|
—
|
20 km
|
DNF
|
| European Championships
|
Gothenburg, Sweden
|
14th
|
20 km
|
1:32:19
|
| 2007
|
World Championships
|
Osaka, Japan
|
5th
|
20 km
|
1:32:01
|
| 2008
|
World Race Walking Cup
|
Cheboksary, Russia
|
10th
|
20 km
|
1:29:38
|
| Olympic Games
|
Beijing, China
|
—
|
20 km
|
DNF
|
| 2009
|
European Race Walking Cup
|
Metz, France
|
—
|
20 km
|
DNF
|
| World Championships
|
Berlin, Germany
|
10th
|
20 km
|
1:32:42
|
| 2010
|
World Race Walking Cup
|
Chihuahua, Mexico
|
16th
|
20 km
|
1:37:58
|
| 2011
|
European Race Walking Cup
|
Olhão, Portugal
|
9th
|
20 km
|
1:32:43
|
| World Championships
|
Daegu, South Korea
|
6th
|
20 km
|
1:31:26
|
| 2012
|
World Race Walking Cup
|
Saransk, Russia
|
65th
|
20 km
|
1:42:48
|
| 2013
|
European Race Walking Cup
|
Dudince, Slovakia
|
31st
|
20 km
|
1:39:22
|
| 2nd
|
Team - 20 km
|
23 pts
|
| 2014
|
World Race Walking Cup
|
Taicang, China
|
17th
|
20 km
|
1:28:51
|
| 2015
|
European Race Walking Cup
|
Murcia, Spain
|
19th
|
20 km
|
1:31:58
|
| 3rd
|
Team - 20 km
|
38 pts
|
