Etiene Medeiros
Medeiros, Doha 2014.
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| Full name | Etiene Pires de Medeiros |
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 Brazil
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24 May 1991 Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil |
| Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) |
| Weight | 80 kg (180 lb) |
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| Sport | Swimming |
| Strokes | Backstroke, freestyle |
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Medal record
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Etiene Pires de Medeiros (born 24 May 1991) is a Brazilian competitive swimmer who participates in backstroke, butterfly and freestyle events. Widely regarded as the best Brazilian woman swimmer of all time, Medeiros was the first Brazilian to win an individual gold medal in a World Championship and Pan American Games, and the first to be a world record-holder in the modern era (only Maria Lenk in 1939 had accomplished this feat).
At 17 years old, Etiene Medeiros won the silver medal in the 50-metre backstroke at the 2008 FINA Youth World Swimming Championships in Monterrey.
At the 2009 World Aquatics Championships in Rome, she finished 21st in the 50-metre backstroke.
Medeiros was at the 2010 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) in Dubai, where she finished 17th in the 50-metre backstroke and 30th in the 100-metre backstroke.
She joined the national delegation which attended the 2011 World Aquatics Championships in Shanghai, China, winning the vacancy after the positive doping of Fabiola Molina. Etiene finished 43rd in the 100-metre backstroke, with a time of 1:05.18. She also swam the 50-metre backstroke, where she finished 25th and in the 4×100-metre medley, where she finished 17th.
At the 2011 Pan American Games, Etiene finished 10th in the 100-metre backstroke heats, and did not go to the final.
She was at the 2012 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) in Istanbul, where she finished 10th in the 50-metre backstroke and 28th in the 100-metre backstroke.
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