Brazilian swimmer
Jéssica Cavalheiro
Full name Jéssica Bruin Cavalheiro Nickname Jiba Nationality
Brazil Born (1991-08-01 ) August 1, 1991 (age 32)
Belo Horizonte ,
Minas Gerais ,
Brazil Height 1.64 m (5 ft 5 in) Weight 58 kg (128 lb) Sport
Swimming Strokes Freestyle Club SESI-SP
Jéssica Bruin Cavalheiro (born August 1, 1991 in
Belo Horizonte ,
Minas Gerais ,
Brazil ), is a Brazilian Olympic
swimmer .
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International career
2011–12
Integrating Brazil national delegation that disputed the
2011 Pan American Games in
Guadalajara ,
Mexico ,
[3] won the silver medal in the 4×200-metre freestyle relay.
[4] She was also in the 200-metre freestyle final, finishing in 6th place.
[5]
2013–16
At the
2013 World Aquatics Championships in
Barcelona , she finished 10th in the
4×200-metre freestyle , along with
Manuella Lyrio ,
Carolina Bilich and
Larissa Oliveira .
[6]
At the
2014 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) in
Doha ,
Qatar , Cavalheiro finished 18th in the
Women's 400 metre freestyle
[7] and 23rd in the
Women's 200 metre freestyle .
[8]
At the
2015 Pan American Games in
Toronto ,
Ontario , Canada, Cavalheiro won the silver medal in the
4 × 200 metre freestyle relay , breaking the South American record, with a time of 7:56.36, along with
Larissa Oliveira ,
Manuella Lyrio and
Joanna Maranhão .
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[10]
At the
2015 World Aquatics Championships in
Kazan , Cavalheiro finished 10th in the
Women's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay , along with
Manuella Lyrio ,
Joanna Maranhão and
Larissa Oliveira .
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[12]
2016 Summer Olympics
At the
2016 Summer Olympics , in the
Women's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay , she broke the South American record, with a time of 7:55.68, along with
Manuella Lyrio ,
Gabrielle Roncatto and
Larissa Oliveira , finishing 11th.
[13]
References
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"UOL profile at 2011 Pan" . UOL (in Portuguese). 2011. Archived from
the original on May 11, 2012. Retrieved April 2, 2013 .
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"IG profile at 2011 Pan" . IG (in Portuguese). 2011. Retrieved April 9, 2013 .
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"UOL profile at 2011 Pan" . UOL (in Portuguese). 2011. Retrieved April 2, 2013 .
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"Brazil takes the silver in the women's 4×200-metre freestyle at the Pan" . Lancenet (in Portuguese). October 18, 2011. Archived from
the original on May 5, 2015. Retrieved April 2, 2013 .
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"UOL profile at 2011 Pan" . UOL (in Portuguese). 2011. Archived from
the original on May 11, 2012. Retrieved April 2, 2013 .
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"Results of the 4×200-metre freestyle at 2013 Barcelona" . OmegaTiming . August 1, 2013. Retrieved August 4, 2013 .
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"Results of the 400-metre freestyle heats at 2014 Doha" . OmegaTiming . December 5, 2014. Archived from
the original on September 24, 2015. Retrieved December 14, 2014 .
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"Results of the 200-metre freestyle heats at 2014 Doha" . OmegaTiming . December 7, 2014. Retrieved December 14, 2014 .
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"A day to celebrate and forget" . Best Swimming (in Portuguese). July 17, 2015. Archived from
the original on July 21, 2015. Retrieved July 19, 2015 .
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"Joanna improved his time after 11 years and takes bronze in the 400m medley" . Globoesporte (in Portuguese). July 16, 2015. Retrieved July 19, 2015 .
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"Results of the 4x200-metre freestyle at 2015 Kazan" . OmegaTiming . August 6, 2015. Archived from
the original on August 3, 2017. Retrieved August 6, 2015 .
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"Leo de Deus passes to the semifinal, and 4 × 200 free relay win an Olympic spot" . Best Swimming (in Portuguese). August 6, 2015. Archived from
the original on September 23, 2015. Retrieved August 6, 2015 .
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"The Record of the continent to the 4x200m freestyle girls" . CBDA (in Portuguese). August 10, 2016. Retrieved August 17, 2016 .