At the
2021 European Championships, Martins became the first Portuguese gymnast to qualify to a European Championships event final, earning a spot in the uneven bars final. She also debuted a new skill, a
Hindorff to mixed-grip, making her the first Portuguese gymnast to get a skill named after them in the
Code of Points.[4][5] She will represent
Portugal at the 2024 Summer Olympics.
Career
Martins competed at the
2012 European Championships, and the Portuguese team finished twenty-first in the qualification round.[6]
2013
Martins competed at the
Cottbus World Cup and finished seventh on the uneven bars, sixth on the balance beam, and tied for seventh on the floor exercise.[7] She then went to the
European Championships in Moscow and qualified for the all-around final where she finished fifteenth.[8] At the Ljubljana World Cup, she finished fourth on the uneven bars and seventh on the balance beam, and she won the bronze medal on the floor exercise behind
Ellie Black and
Noémi Makra.[9] Then at the Anadia Challenge Cup, she finished sixth on the balance beam.[10] She then competed at the
World Championships where she finished twenty-seventh in the all-around during the qualification round, and she was the second reserve for the all-around final.[11]
2014
Martins competed at the
Cottbus World Cup where she finished sixth on the uneven bars.[12] She then went to the
Osijek Challenge Cup and finished fourth on the uneven bars and floor exercise and eighth on the balance beam.[13] At the
European Championships in
Sofia, she finished twelfth in the all-around.[14] Then at the Anadia Challenge Cup, she won the bronze medal on vault behind
Teja Belak and
Elisa Hämmerle, the silver medal on the uneven bars behind
Jessica López, and finished fifth on the balance beam. She won the gold medal on the floor exercise, and this was the first gold medal won by a Portuguese gymnast on the World Cup Circuit.[15] At the
World Championships, she qualified for the all-around final and finished sixteenth.[16] She then went to the Medellín Challenge Cup where she won the gold medal on the uneven bars.[17] She finished fifth on the balance beam, and she won the bronze medal on the floor exercise behind
Mariana Chiarella and
Saša Golob.[18] At the
Joaquin Blume Memorial, she won the bronze medal in the all-around behind
Roxana Popa and
Marta Pihan-Kulesza.[19]
2015
Martins began her season at the
Cottbus World Cup where she won the bronze medal on both the uneven bars and the floor exercise. Additionally, she tied for sixth place on the balance beam.[20] Then, she went to the Doha World Cup where she finished eighth on the uneven bars, sixth on the balance beam, and fourth on the floor exercise.[21] At the
European Championships, she qualified for the all-around final and finished eighth with a total score of 54.699.[22] She won the all-around at the Portuguese Championships with a total score of 52.900- over eight points higher than the second-place finisher.[23] Then at the Anadia World Cup, she won the silver medal on the uneven bars behind Jessica López.[24] She then competed at the
2015 Summer Universiade and qualified for
the all-around final where she finished fourth. She placed fifth in
the uneven bars final and eighth in
the floor exercise final. In
the balance beam final, she won the bronze medal behind
Yu Minobe and
Polina Fedorova.[25] At the
World Championships, she finished thirty-sixth in the all-around during
the qualification round.[26] This result earned Portugal a spot at the
2016 Olympic Test Event.[27]
2016
Martins competed at the
Doha World Challenge Cup where she won the bronze medal in the uneven bars and the balance beam.[28] She then competed at the
Olympic Test Event and finished thirtieth in the all-around.[29] This result earned her an individual spot at the Olympic Games.[30] She competed at the
European Championships and the Portuguese team finished sixteenth in the qualification round.[31] She competed at the
2016 Olympic Games and finished thirty-seventh in the all-around during the
qualification round.[32] This was the best-ever result for a Portuguese gymnast at the Olympic Games.[33]
Martins competed as a guest of the Egiba Club at the 2nd Spanish League, and the club won the bronze medal.[40] At the International GymSport in her hometown Porto, she only competed on the uneven bars but won the gold medal on that event.[41] She then won the gold medal in the all-around at the Portuguese Championships.[42] At the
Guimarães Challenge Cup, she won the silver medal on the uneven bars behind
Ahtziri Sandoval, and she placed fourth on the balance beam.[43] She then only competed on the uneven bars and the balance beam at the
European Championships, but she did not qualify for either event final, and the Portuguese team finished fourteenth in the qualification round.[44] At the Szombathely Challenge Cup, she finished eighth on the uneven bars and fifth on the balance beam.[45] At the
World Championships, the Portuguese team finished twenty-eighth in the qualification round.[46]
Due to the
COVID-19 pandemic in Portugal, Martins only competed in one competition in 2020- the Portuguese Open in November. She won the gold medal on vault, uneven bars, and balance beam.[54]
She then competed at the
2021 European Championships. She made history by becoming the first Portuguese gymnast to qualify for a European event final after qualifying fourth into the uneven bars final.[55] She also became the first Portuguese gymnast to have a skill added to the
Code of Points- a Hindorff release with a half turn to mixed grip.[4] She explained on the Portuguese radio show
TSF that she learned the move during the COVID pandemic while there were no competitions.[56] She also qualified for the all-around final where she finished eleventh.[57] In the uneven bars final, she fell and finished eighth.[58] She then represented
Portugal at the 2020 Summer Olympics but did not advance past the
qualification round.[59] After the Olympics, she competed at the
World Championships in
Kitakyushu, Japan. She qualified for the all-around final and finished in seventh place.[60] She also qualified for the uneven bars final where she finished eighth. She was the first Portuguese gymnast to ever qualify for an event final, and she bested her own record for the highest all-around finish by a Portuguese gymnast.[61]
Martins won the bronze medal on the balance beam at the
Cottbus World Cup.[65] She then finished eighth on the uneven bars at the Baku World Cup.[66] She won the all-around title at the Portuguese Championships by nearly five points.[67] At the
2023 World Championships, she secured an
individual quota for the 2024 Olympic Games by finished fourth in the all-around among athletes whose teams did not qualify.[68] She finished 21st in the all-around final.[69]