Sónia Lopes (born 6 April 1975) is a Cape Verdean middle distance and long-distance runner.
Almeida first competed for Cape Verde at the 2000 IAAF World Cross Country Championships in Vilamoura, Portugal where she placed 118th in the Women's short race in a time of 18:33.
Five months later at the World Outdoor Championships in Edmonton, Lopes placed 35th in the 1500 metres with a time of 5:13.80.
The following year at the 2002 African Championships in Athletics in Radès, Tunisia, she finished last in the 1500 metres but with an improved time of 4:56.92.
Two years later she was back on track running the 1500 metres in 4:51.29 at the 2005 World Championships in Helsinki.