Paulo Roberto de Almeida Paula (born 8 July 1979) is a Brazilian long-distance runner who competed in marathon races.

He began to progress in the senior ranks of the event in 2002, finishing fourth at the Brazilian Athletics Championships with a run of 28:58.03 minutes.

Two better performances in 2012 (2:11:51 at the Barcelona Marathon, then 2:10:23 for third at the Maratona di Sant'Antonio) saw him chosen for the Brazilian team for the 2012 London Olympics.

[8] At the start of 2013, he dropped out of the Lake Biwa Marathon, but he showed a resurgence of form by winning the Maratona di Sant'Antonio in Italy – his first international victory.

[9] In 2019, he competed in the men's marathon at the 2019 World Athletics Championships held in Doha, Qatar.