She represented her native country at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea.

[3] Amorim won both the 400 m and 800 m freestyle gold medals at the 1989 Maccabiah Games in Israel.

[7] Amorim broke the South American record of the 400-metre freestyle at the 1988 Summer Olympics, with a time of 4:19.64.

[8] Amorim also broke several South American records in the 800-metre free, the first in 1985 and the last in 1988 Seoul: 8:51.95.

[1] On December 3, 2012, in spite of running for Flamengo's presidency re-election, she was defeated by Eduardo Bandeira de Mello.