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Ana Carolina Vieira (swimmer)

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Ana Carolina Vieira
Personal information
Full nameAna Carolina Vieira
Nationality Brazil
Born (2001-10-24) October 24, 2001 (age 23)
São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight63 kg (139 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesBreaststroke, freestyle
ClubMinas TC
Medal record
Representing  Brazil
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place 2023 Santiago 4×100 m mixed free
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Santiago 4×100 m freestyle
South American Games
Gold medal – first place 2018 Cochabamba 100 m breaststroke
Gold medal – first place 2018 Cochabamba 4×100 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2018 Cochabamba 4×200 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2018 Cochabamba 4×100 m medley
Gold medal – first place 2022 Asunción 4x100 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place 2022 Asunción 50 m breaststroke
Silver medal – second place 2022 Asunción 100 m breaststroke
Youth Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2018 Buenos Aires 4×100 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place 2018 Buenos Aires 4×100 m mixed freestyle

Ana Carolina Vieira (born October 24, 2001 in São Paulo) is a Brazilian swimmer.[1] She represented Brazil at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[2]

Career

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At the 2018 José Finkel Trophy, she broke the South American record in 4 × 200 m freestyle relay with a time of 7:50.57 along with Camila Mello, Maria Paula Heitmann and Andressa Cholodovskis.[3]

At the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics held in Buenos Aires, she won a silver medal in the Girls' 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay.[4] It was the first time that a Brazil's women's relay won a swimming medal on a world level.[5] She also won another silver medal in the Mixed 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay,[6] finished 4th in the Girls' 4 × 100 metre medley relay,[7] 18th in the Girls' 100 metre freestyle,[8] 28th in the Girls' 200 metre freestyle[9] and 32nd in the Girls' 100 metre breaststroke.[10]

Vieira represented Brazil at the 2020 Summer Olympics in the women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay event, finishing 12th.[11]

She was at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships held in Budapest, Hungary. Participating in the Brazilian 4 × 100 m freestyle relay, formed by Giovanna Diamante, Stephanie Balduccini, Vieira and Giovana Reis, she finished in 6th place with a time of 3:38.10. This was the first time Brazil had qualified a women's relay for a World Aquatics Championships final since 2009, and the best placement of the country in this race in Worlds at all times.[12][13] She also finished 10th in the Women's 4 × 100 metre medley relay, along with Stephanie Balduccini, Jhennifer Conceição and Giovanna Diamante.[14]

At the 2024 World Aquatics Championships, The quartet formed by Vieira, Maria Fernanda Costa, Stephanie Balduccini and Aline Rodrigues finished 6th in the 4x100m freestyle, equaling Brazil's best result in world championships in this event.[15]

At the 2024 Summer Olympics, Viera was sent home from Paris by the Brazilian Olympic Committee for challenging a relay lineup-related decision in a disrespectful and aggressive manner.[16] This is not the first time that Viera has gotten into trouble at a swim meet, as in 2023, she had a dispute with her countrymate Jhennifer Conceicao at the Trofeu Brasil competition.[17]

References

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  1. ^ "CBDA - Perfil de Atleta - Ana Carolina Vieira" [CBDA - Athlete's profile - Ana Carolina Vieira]. CBDA (in Portuguese). 2018. Archived from the original on December 16, 2018. Retrieved December 16, 2018.
  2. ^ Brasil, Bolavip. "Brasil já tem 275 atletas classificados para os Jogos Olímpicos de Tóquio". Bolavip Brasil (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2021-06-27.
  3. ^ "Women's 4×200m Freestyle Relay Results". CBDA. 25 August 2018. Retrieved 25 August 2018.
  4. ^ "Final results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-10-31. Retrieved 2022-06-27.
  5. ^ "Prata histórica!Pela primeira vez, revezamento feminino conquista medalha na natação a nível mundial" [Historic silver! For the first time ever, a women's relay wins world swimming medal]. Globoesporte (in Portuguese). October 11, 2018. Retrieved August 10, 2019.
  6. ^ "Final results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-10-14. Retrieved 2022-06-27.
  7. ^ "Final results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-10-27. Retrieved 2022-06-27.
  8. ^ "Heats results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-10-31. Retrieved 2022-06-27.
  9. ^ "Heats results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-10-31. Retrieved 2022-06-27.
  10. ^ "Heats results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-10-11. Retrieved 2022-06-27.
  11. ^ "Swimming VIEIRA Ana Carolina". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 2021-07-26. Retrieved 2021-08-23.
  12. ^ "Guilherme Costa conquista o bronze na estreia do Brasil no Campeonato Mundial de Budapeste". Archived from the original on 2022-06-30. Retrieved 2022-06-27.
  13. ^ Budapest 2022, Day 1 South America Recap: Balduccini, Costa Make History
  14. ^ "Heats results" (PDF). omegatiming.com. 25 June 2022.
  15. ^ Maria Fernanda quebra recorde sul-americano e é 4ª colocada em final inédita ao lado de Gabrielle Roncatto
  16. ^ "Brazil sends one swimmer home, warns another after they left athletes' village". CNA. Retrieved 2024-07-29.
  17. ^ Li, Yanyan (2024-07-29). "Brazilian Swimmer Ana Carolina Viera Sent Home From Olympics, Gabriel Santos Also Disciplined". SwimSwam. Retrieved 2024-07-29.
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