Beatriz Gomes (born 31 December 1979) is a

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sprint canoer 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

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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 in

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, but was eliminated in the semifinals. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, 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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