Romero akakokwa neFINA kukwikwidza semunhu ane makore makumi maviri ekuberekwa achishambira chikwata cheAngola mumakwikwi echikadzi emamita makumi mashanu akasununguka
mumitambo yeOlympic yeZhizha ya2008 muBeijing. Achishambira mumakwikwi mashanu, akaisa rekodhi yenguva yenyika yeAngola uye yakanakisa yehupenyu hwese ye29.06 masekondi kuti apedze munda munzvimbo yekupedzisira. Romero, zvisinei, akakundikana kuenda kumasemi-fainari, sezvo akaisa makumi matanhatu neshanu zvachose kubva kune makumi mapfumbamwe nevaviri vanoshambira mu prelims.