Etiene Medeiros

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Etiene Medeiros
Personal information
Full name Etiene Pires de Medeiros
Nationality  Brazil
Born (1991-05-24) May 24, 1991
Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil
Sport
Sport Swimming
Stroke(s) Backstroke

Etiene Pires de Medeiros (born May 24, 1991 in Recife) is a Brazilian competitive swimmer.[1]

At 17 years old, Etienne 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 and 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]

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]

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]

References

  1. ↑ "UOL profile". UOL. 2011. Retrieved April 17, 2013.  (Portuguese)
  2. ↑ "Closing with the female swimming in high". CBDA. November 21, 2010. Retrieved April 17, 2013.  (Portuguese)
  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. April 27, 2013. Retrieved July 31, 2013.  (Portuguese)
  13. ↑ "Ahead of Lochte, Nicolas Oliveira goes to semis after 6 months out of the pool". SPORTV. July 29, 2013. Retrieved July 29, 2013.  (Portuguese)
  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. July 31, 2013. Retrieved July 31, 2013.  (Portuguese)
  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. August 1, 2013. Retrieved August 1, 2013.  (Portuguese)
  18. ↑ "Results of the 4×100-metre medley at 2013 Barcelona". OmegaTiming. August 4, 2013. Retrieved August 4, 2013. 
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