Monteiro competed at the
2001 World Championships, and two years later, she competed at the
2003 World Championships, where she finished in 106th place. At the
2004 African Championships, Monteiro placed third in the all-around and also won gold in the hoop final. The Cape Verdean team placed second in the team competition. Monteiro received a tripartite invitation to
represent her country at the
2004 Summer Olympics in
Athens, and she was Cape Verde's flag bearer during the Games's opening ceremony. She was also the first gymnast from Cape Verde to compete in the Olympic Games. She said of the experience, "I'm here to show that in Cape Verde we don't have conditions to train, but maybe if we had more conditions, we would have better gymnastics." In 2006, she won four medals at the African Gymnastics Championships, three bronze and one gold. In 2007, she competed at the
World Championships, where she finished in 108th place. Monteiro again received a tripartite invitation to
compete at the
2008 Summer Olympics in
Beijing, She finished 24th, with an all-around score of 49.050 points. In 2019, Monteiro represented Cape Verdean athletes during a visit from the president of the
International Olympic Committee,
Thomas Bach. ==References==