Lidiane Lopes

Competition 2011–12 Lopes' debut at an international athletics competition was at the 2011 World Youth Championships, where she competed in the 200 metres. She finished last in her heat and ran a personal best time of 26.69 seconds. She then competed at the 2012 World Junior Championships in the 100 metres. She was disqualified from her heat and therefore did not race again at the competition. In the heat of nine athletes, She was 1.12 seconds slower than the heat winner, Toea Wisil of Papua New Guinea. She did not progress to the heat round proper.

2013–16 At the 2013 Jeux de la Francophonie, Lopes competed in both the 100 metres and 200 metres. In the 100 metres she ran a time of 12.85 seconds and finished second last overall with Dianne Audrey Nioze of Seychelles the only athlete slower than her. In her medal winning event, the 200 metres, she finished 0.07 seconds behind Indian Rengitha Chellah. Overall, she was the 49th fastest out of 53 athletes and she did not progress to the semi-final round. At the 2015 African Games, Lopes finished 27th overall in the 100 metres in a time of 12.55 seconds and 29th overall in the 200 metres in a time of 25.53 seconds. Lopes' next major competition was the 2016 Ibero-American Athletics Championships. She competed in the 100 metres and finished last overall in a time of 12.67 seconds. In the race on 12 August 2016, she ran a time of 12.38 seconds. Lopes' time was a new Cape Verdean national record. her time was 0.04 seconds slower than the slowest athlete to progress to the next round and, therefore, she was eliminated.