Brazilian swimmer (born 2001)
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
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
^ "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 .
^ Brasil, Bolavip. "Brasil já tem 275 atletas classificados para os Jogos Olímpicos de Tóquio" . Bolavip Brasil (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2021-06-27 .
^ "Women's 4×200m Freestyle Relay Results" . CBDA. 25 August 2018. Retrieved 25 August 2018 .
^ "Final results" (PDF) . Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-10-31. Retrieved 2022-06-27 .
^ "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 .
^ "Final results" (PDF) . Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-10-14. Retrieved 2022-06-27 .
^ "Final results" (PDF) . Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-10-27. Retrieved 2022-06-27 .
^ "Heats results" (PDF) . Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-10-31. Retrieved 2022-06-27 .
^ "Heats results" (PDF) . Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-10-31. Retrieved 2022-06-27 .
^ "Heats results" (PDF) . Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-10-11. Retrieved 2022-06-27 .
^ "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 .
^ "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 .
^ Budapest 2022, Day 1 South America Recap: Balduccini, Costa Make History
^ "Heats results" (PDF) . omegatiming.com. 25 June 2022.
^ Maria Fernanda quebra recorde sul-americano e é 4ª colocada em final inédita ao lado de Gabrielle Roncatto
^ "Brazil sends one swimmer home, warns another after they left athletes' village" . CNA . Retrieved 2024-07-29 .
^ Li, Yanyan (2024-07-29). "Brazilian Swimmer Ana Carolina Viera Sent Home From Olympics, Gabriel Santos Also Disciplined" . SwimSwam . Retrieved 2024-07-29 .
External links
2019 : M. Chadwick , N. Adrian , C. Rasmus , M. Geer , A. Abruzzo , C. Swanson , M. Kennedy , A. DeLoof (USA )
2023 : G. Caribé , M. Chierighini , A.C. Vieira , S. Balduccini , F.R. de Souza , V. Alcará , L. Ferreira , N. Almeida (BRA )
Italics : Swimmers who participated in the heats only and received medals.