Poliana Okimoto
Okimoto at the 2016 Olympics
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| Nationality |
 Brazil
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| Born |
March 8, 1983 São Paulo, Brazil |
| Height | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) |
| Weight | 52 kg (115 lb) |
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| Sport | Swimming |
| Strokes | Freestyle |
| Club | Unisanta |
| Coach | Ricardo Cintra |
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Medal record
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Poliana Okimoto (born March 8, 1983) is a Brazilian long-distance swimmer.
She was at the 2002 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) in Moscow, where she finished 18th in the 800-metre freestyle.
She won the Travessia dos Fortes in 2005.
Okimoto competed in the 2007 Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro, in the first appearance of the marathon swimming, where she received the silver medal in the Women's 10K, the first Brazilian medal at this edition.
During the inaugural aquatic maraton (10 km race) at the 2008 Olympics, Okmimoto finished 7th.
She also swam at the 2008 Open Water World Championships in Seville, Spain.
In 2009, Okimoto won the marathon swimming World Cup, winning 9 of 11 stages held, becoming the first Brazilian champion of the sport.
At the 2009 World Aquatics Championships in Rome, obtained the bronze medal. With that, she broke a 15 years-fast for Brazil in the World Championships, and became the first Brazilian woman to win a medal in the competition's history. She was considered by Época magazine one of the 100 most influential Brazilians in 2009.
She was at the 2010 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships in Irvine, where she finished 20th in the 400-metre freestyle.
In 2010, she broke the short-course Brazilian records of the 800-metre freestyle (8:27.77) and 1500-metre freestyle (16:09.04).
At the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara, Okimoto repeated the 2007 result, and again won the silver.
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