Etiene Medeiros

Etiene Medeiros

Medeiros, Doha 2014.
Personal information
Full name Etiene Pires de Medeiros
National team  Brazil
Born (1991-05-24) 24 May 1991
Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil
Height 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Weight 80 kg (180 lb)
Sport
Sport Swimming
Strokes Backstroke, freestyle

Etiene Pires de Medeiros (born 24 May 1991) is a Brazilian competitive swimmer who participates in backstroke, butterfly and freestyle events.[1] 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).

International career

2008–12

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.[2]

At the 2009 World Aquatics Championships in Rome, she finished 21st in the 50-metre backstroke.[3]

Medeiros was at the 2010 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) in Dubai, where she finished 17th in the 50-metre backstroke [4] and 30th in the 100-metre backstroke.[5]

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.[6] She also swam the 50-metre backstroke, where she finished 25th[7] and in the 4×100-metre medley, where she finished 17th.[8]

At the 2011 Pan American Games, Etiene finished 10th in the 100-metre backstroke heats, and did not go to the final.[9]

She was at the 2012 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) in Istanbul, where she finished 10th in the 50-metre backstroke [10] and 28th in the 100-metre backstroke.[11]

2013–16

On January 2013, she moved to São Paulo and start work with Coach Fernando Vanzella in club SESI-SP. On April 2013, she won the Maria Lenk Trophy in Brazil, with a time of 27.88 seconds in the 50-metre backstroke, best mark of her life, and one of the best times of the year in the proof.[12]

Medeiros in Kazan 2015

At the 2013 World Aquatics Championships in Barcelona, she finished 21st in the 100-metre backstroke.[13][14] In the 50-metre backstroke, qualified for the final with the fifth fastest time, 27.89 seconds, one hundredth of her personal best.[15] In the final, she finished in 4th place, with a time of 27.83 seconds, her personal best, getting the best placement of a Brazilian woman in the World Championships.[16][17] She also finished 12th in the 4×100-metre medley, along with Daynara de Paula, Larissa Oliveira and Beatriz Travalon.[18]

At the 2014 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships in Gold Coast, Queensland, she finished 5th in the 4x100-metre freestyle relay, along with Graciele Herrmann, Daynara de Paula and Alessandra Marchioro; 5th in the 4x100-metre medley relay, along with Graciele Herrmann, Ana Carla Carvalho and Daynara de Paula; 6th in the 50-metre freestyle; 7th in the 100-metre butterfly; and 11th in the 100-metre backstroke.[19]

On September 3, 2014, participating in the José Finkel Trophy (short course competition) in Guaratinguetá, Medeiros broke three South American records: in the 50-metre freestyle with a time of 24.15, in the 50-metre backstroke with a time of 26.41, and in the 100-metre backstroke with a time of 57.53.[20]

On December 7, 2014, participating in the 2014 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) in Doha, Qatar, Medeiros broke the world record in the 50-metre backstroke with a time of 25.67.[21] Medeiros was the first woman in Brazil to get an individual medal in World Championships, and the first to win a gold medal. Medeiros won 3 medals in the competition: the gold in the Women's 50 metre backstroke, another gold in the 4 × 50 metre mixed medley relay (along with Felipe França, Nicholas Santos and Larissa Oliveira), and a bronze medal in the 4 × 50 metre mixed freestyle relay (along with Cesar Cielo, João de Lucca and Larissa Oliveira). On December 3, in the 4 × 50 metre mixed medley relay, Medeiros opened the final with a time of 25.83, and Brazil won the race beating the South American record with a time of 1:37.26, only 0.09 seconds from beating USA's world record (1:37.17). On December 6, in the 4 × 50 metre mixed freestyle relay, Brazil broke the South American record with a time of 1:29.17, only 4 hundredths of Russia, which won the silver medal. In the 50-metre backstroke, Medeiros broke the Americas record in the semifinal with a time of 25.99, and the World record in the final with a time of 25.67. Medeiros also broke 2 times the South American record in the 100 metre backstroke, with a time of 57.36 at heats and 57.13 in the semifinals, finishing in 7th place in the final; and 2 times in Women's 4 × 50 metre medley relay, with a time of 1:47.20 at heats and 1:46.47 in the final, finishing in 5th place.[22][23]

At the Brazilian Open, in Rio de Janeiro, she broke the Americas record in the 50-metre backstroke, with a time of 27.37.[24] She also broke the South American record in the 50-metre freestyle, with a time of 24.74.[25]

Natalia de Luccas (left) and Etiene Medeiros, 2015

At the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto, Canada, Medeiros made history again, winning the first gold medal in the history of Brazilian women's swimming at Pan American Games. In the Women's 100 metre backstroke, she did a time of 59.61, a new Pan Am Games and South American record. An hour after the unprecedented gold, she won the silver medal in the Women's 50 metre freestyle, with a new South American record, 24.55.[26][27] In this competition, she also helped the Brazilian team to win two bronze medals in the 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay (this, breaking the South American record, with a time of 3:37.39)[28][29] and 4 × 100 metre medley relay.[30][31]

At the 2015 World Aquatics Championships in Kazan, in the Women's 50 metre backstroke, Etiene broke another paradigm by becoming the first Brazilian woman to climb the podium in a long-course World Championships. She won the silver medal, beating the Americas record with a time of 27.26.[32][33] In the Women's 100 metre backstroke, she came close to go to the final, finishing in 9th place, with a time of 59.97.[34][35][36] She also finished 11th in the Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay,[37][38] 14th in the Women's 4 × 100 metre medley relay,[39][40] and 16th in the Women's 50 metre freestyle.[41]

At the Open tournament held in Palhoça, she broke the South American record in the 100-metre freestyle, with a time of 54.26.[42]

2016 Summer Olympics

At the 2016 Summer Olympics, she went to the Women's 50 metre freestyle final, finishing 8th.[43] She broke the South American record with a time of 24.45 in semifinals.[44] She also competed in the Women's 100 metre freestyle, finishing 16th in the semifinals;[45] in the Women's 100 metre backstroke, finishing 25th;[46] and in the Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay, finishing 11th.[47]

Personal bests

Etiene Medeiros is the current holder, or former holder, of the following records:[48]

Long course (50 meters)
Short course (25 meters)

Honors and awards

Medeiros has received the following awards:

See also

References

  1. ↑ "UOL profile". UOL (in Portuguese). 2011. Retrieved April 17, 2013.
  2. ↑ "Closing with the female swimming in high". CBDA (in Portuguese). November 21, 2010. Retrieved April 17, 2013.
  3. ↑ "Results of the 50-metre backstroke at 2009 Rome". OmegaTiming. July 29, 2009. Retrieved April 17, 2013.
  4. ↑ "Results of the 50-metre backstroke at 2010 Dubai". OmegaTiming. December 18, 2010. Retrieved April 17, 2013.
  5. ↑ "Results of the 100-metre backstroke at 2010 Dubai". OmegaTiming. December 15, 2010. Retrieved April 17, 2013.
  6. ↑ "Results of the 100-metre backstroke at the 2011 Shanghai". OmegaTiming. July 25, 2011. Retrieved April 17, 2013.
  7. ↑ "Results of the 50-metre backstroke at the 2011 Shanghai". OmegaTiming. July 27, 2011. Retrieved April 17, 2013.
  8. ↑ "Results of the 4×100-metre medley at 2011 Shanghai". OmegaTiming. July 30, 2011. Retrieved April 17, 2013.
  9. ↑ "Fabiola Molina wins the 100-metre backstroke and go to the final". Lancenet. October 16, 2011. Retrieved April 17, 2013.
  10. ↑ "Results of the 50-metre backstroke at 2012 Istanbul". OmegaTiming. December 15, 2012. Retrieved April 17, 2013.
  11. ↑ "Results of the 100-metre backstroke at 2012 Istanbul". OmegaTiming. December 12, 2012. Retrieved April 17, 2013.
  12. ↑ "Maria Lenk Trophy 2013: João is the best of 2013". CBDA (in Portuguese). April 27, 2013. Retrieved July 31, 2013.
  13. ↑ "Ahead of Lochte, Nicolas Oliveira goes to semis after 6 months out of the pool". SPORTV (in Portuguese). July 29, 2013. Retrieved July 29, 2013.
  14. ↑ "Results of the 100-metre backstroke at 2013 Barcelona". OmegaTiming. July 29, 2013. Retrieved July 29, 2013.
  15. ↑ "Etiene Medeiros goes to the 50-metre backstroke final with 5th best time". UOL (in Portuguese). July 31, 2013. Retrieved July 31, 2013.
  16. ↑ "Results of the 50-metre backstroke at 2013 Barcelona". OmegaTiming. August 1, 2013. Retrieved August 1, 2013.
  17. ↑ "Glasses break, but Etienne reaches historic fourth place in Barcelona". SPORTV (in Portuguese). August 1, 2013. Retrieved August 1, 2013.
  18. ↑ "Results of the 4×100-metre medley at 2013 Barcelona". OmegaTiming. August 4, 2013. Retrieved August 4, 2013.
  19. ↑ "Fratus won gold in the 50m freestyle with the Pan-Pacific record". CBDA (in Portuguese). August 24, 2014. Retrieved September 20, 2014.
  20. ↑ "Miguel Valente does best time in the world in the year and Etiene hits her fourth South American record". CBDA (in Portuguese). September 4, 2014. Retrieved September 20, 2014.
  21. ↑ "BRAZIL'S ETIENE MEDEIROS BREAKS 50 BACKSTROKE WORLD RECORD IN DOHA". swimswam. December 7, 2014. Retrieved December 7, 2014.
  22. ↑ "Doha gives to Brazil the short pool crown". CBDA. December 7, 2014. Retrieved December 12, 2014.
  23. ↑ "Full Results at 2014 Doha". OmegaTiming. December 8, 2014. Retrieved December 12, 2014.
  24. ↑ "Pinheros takes the leadership at the Brazilian Open". CBDA (in Portuguese). December 19, 2014. Retrieved December 19, 2014.
  25. ↑ "Victorious end of year to the Brazilian Swimming". CBDA (in Portuguese). December 20, 2014. Retrieved December 20, 2014.
  26. ↑ "Etiene Medeiros is the first Brazilian woman swimming champion at Pan American Games". ClicRBS (in Portuguese). July 18, 2015. Retrieved July 19, 2015.
  27. ↑ "Historic day for Brazil women's swimming in the Pan". Best Swimming (in Portuguese). July 18, 2015. Retrieved July 19, 2015.
  28. ↑ "Brazil is gold in the 4x100m freestyle and Thiago Pereira opens count towards record". Globoesporte (in Portuguese). July 14, 2015. Retrieved July 19, 2015.
  29. ↑ "First day of five medals, and two gold medals to Brazil, but the party was Canadian". Best Swimming (in Portuguese). July 15, 2015. Retrieved July 19, 2015.
  30. ↑ "Without Thiago Pereira, Brazilian relay closes swimming with gold". O Estado de S.Paulo (in Portuguese). July 18, 2015. Retrieved July 19, 2015.
  31. ↑ "How it was the last day of the Pan in Toronto". Best Swimming (in Portuguese). July 19, 2015. Retrieved July 19, 2015.
  32. ↑ "Silver in the 50m backstroke, Etiene is 1st in Brazil to rise to the podium of the World". Globoesporte (in Portuguese). August 6, 2015. Retrieved August 6, 2015.
  33. ↑ "Results of the 50-metre backstroke at 2015 Kazan". OmegaTiming. August 6, 2015. Retrieved August 6, 2015.
  34. ↑ "Results of the 100-metre backstroke at 2015 Kazan". OmegaTiming. August 3, 2015. Retrieved August 3, 2015.
  35. ↑ "Gold in Pan, Etiene stays in ninth place and doesn't go to the 100m backstroke final at the World Championships". ESPN (in Portuguese). August 3, 2015. Retrieved August 3, 2015.
  36. ↑ "Brazil wins silver with Nicholas Santos, in an evening with 2 World Records". Best Swimming (in Portuguese). August 3, 2015. Retrieved August 3, 2015.
  37. ↑ "Results of the 4x100-metre freestyle at 2015 Kazan". OmegaTiming. August 2, 2015. Retrieved August 2, 2015.
  38. ↑ "Morning of ups and downs at the swimming opening in Kazan". Best Swimming (in Portuguese). August 2, 2015. Retrieved August 2, 2015.
  39. ↑ "Results of the 4x100-metre medley at 2015 Kazan". OmegaTiming. August 9, 2015. Retrieved August 9, 2015.
  40. ↑ "Last heats day in Kazan". Best Swimming (in Portuguese). August 9, 2015. Retrieved August 9, 2015.
  41. ↑ "Results of the 50-metre freestyle at 2015 Kazan". OmegaTiming. August 8, 2015. Retrieved August 8, 2015.
  42. ↑ "Etiene surprises with the 100-metre freestyle index: "a case to think"". Globoesporte (in Portuguese). December 18, 2015. Retrieved December 18, 2015.
  43. ↑ "Etiene thank fans, but asks: "Brazil, have patience with us"". SPORTV (in Portuguese). August 13, 2016. Retrieved August 17, 2016.
  44. ↑ "Etiene Medeiros does the best time of her carrer and advances to the 50-metre freestyle final". Globoesporte (in Portuguese). August 12, 2016. Retrieved August 12, 2016.
  45. ↑ "Etiene is the last one on her battery, and is out the 100m freestyle final". Terra (in Portuguese). August 10, 2016. Retrieved August 17, 2016.
  46. ↑ ""Today I swam badly," Etienne recognizes after elimination in the 100m backstroke". Globoesporte (in Portuguese). August 7, 2016. Retrieved August 17, 2016.
  47. ↑ "Etiene Medeiros back to swim well and advance in the 100m freestyle: "It left a top weight of me"". Globoesporte (in Portuguese). August 10, 2016. Retrieved August 17, 2016.
  48. ↑ "Women's Swimming Records". CBDA (in Portuguese). 2014. Retrieved September 20, 2014.
  49. ↑ "Época – The most influential Brazilians in 2014". Best Swimming (in Portuguese). Retrieved January 8, 2015.
Records
Preceded by
Sanja Jovanović		 Women's 50 metre backstroke
world record holder (short course)
7 Dec 2014 – present 		Succeeded by
Incumbent
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