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Alessandra Marchioro

Alessandra Marchioro
Personal information
Full name Alessandra Christine Harrison Marchioro
Nationality  Brazil
Born (1993-05-13) May 13, 1993 (age 23)
Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight 75 kg (165 lb)
Sport
Sport Swimming
Strokes Freestyle

Alessandra Christine Harrison Marchioro (born May 13, 1993 in Curitiba, Paraná) is a freestyle swimmer from Brazil.

At the 2010 South American Games in Medellín, Colombia, she won a gold medal in the 4×100-metre freestyle and a silver medal in the 50 metre breaststroke.

At the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics in Singapore, Marchioro was a finalist in five races and finished 4th place in the 50-metre freestyle. She came close to qualifying for the London Olympics 2012. Represented Brazil in the British Championship, which served as a test event for the Olympics. There, achieved the best life time in the 100-metre (56.15 seconds) and finished fourth in the 50-metre guests final.

At the 2012 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) in Istanbul, she finished 6th in the 4×100-metre freestyle final, 13th in the 100-metre freestyle semifinal, and 20th in the 50-metre freestyle.

She classified to swim at four proofs in the 2013 World Aquatics Championships in Barcelona. In the 4×100-metre freestyle, she broke the South American record, with a time of 3:41.05, along with Daynara de Paula, Graciele Herrmann and Larissa Oliveira. The Brazilian team finished in 11th place, and did not advance to the final. She also finished 24th in the 50-metre freestyle., and 32nd in the 100-metre freestyle.


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