Kammala jumla mai zuwa: An haife ta a Ramela, Guarda, Portugal, Inês Monteiro ta fara samun nasara a wasan motsa jiki a gasar tsere na kasa: ta lashe lambar azurfa a tseren matasa a gasar zakarun Turai ta 1998 kuma ta dauki zinare a shekara mai zuwa. A fagen duniya, ta kai wasan karshe na mita 5000 a gasar zakarun duniya na matasa a shekarar 1998 kuma ta fafata a tseren matasa a gasar zakarun duniya ta IAAF ta shekarar 1998. Ta inganta matsayinta na
Bugawa ta 1999 a Ireland, ta gama a goma sha uku.