At the 2002 South American Games, in Belém, she won three gold medals in the 100-metre butterfly, 4×100-metre freestyle and 4×100-metre medley, and the bronze medal in the 200-metre butterfly.[2]
On May 9, 2004, she broke the South American record in the 4×100-metre medley, with a time of 4:12.90, along with Fabíola Molina, Mariana Katsuno and Rebeca Gusmão.[9] With this time, the Brazilian team was, at this time, qualifying for Athens 2004, but later, other countries obtained best marks, and took the Monteiro vacancy for the Olympics.[10]
She ended her career in late 2013, at the Open tournament, held in Porto Alegre, Brazil.[11]
References
^"Folha-UOL Profile". Folha de S.Paulo-UOL (in Portuguese). 2003. Retrieved June 2, 2013.