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Beatriz Bezerra
Personal information
National teamBrazil Brazil
Born (2006-03-01) 1 March 2006 (age 18)[1]
Brazil
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesButterfly, freestyle
Medal record
Women's swimming
Representing  Brazil
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
World Junior Championships 0 2 1
South American Youth Games 5 1 0
Total 5 3 1
World Junior Championships
Silver medal – second place 2022 Lima 50 m butterfly
Silver medal – second place 2022 Lima 100 m butterfly
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Lima 4×100 m freestyle
South American Youth Games
Gold medal – first place 2022 Rosario 50 m butterfly
Gold medal – first place 2022 Rosario 4×100 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2022 Rosario 4×100 m medley
Gold medal – first place 2022 Rosario 4×100 m mixed freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2022 Rosario 4×100 m mixed medley
Silver medal – second place 2022 Rosario 100 m butterfly

Beatriz Bezerra (born 1 March 2006) is a Brazilian competitive swimmer. At the 2022 World Junior Championships, she won silver medals in the 50-metre butterfly and 100-metre butterfly and a bronze medal in the 4×100-metre freestyle relay. She is a five-time gold medalist and one-time silver medalist at the 2022 South American Youth Games.

Background[edit]

Bezerra was born 1 March 2006 in Brazil.[1][2]

Career[edit]

2022[edit]

In April and May, at the 2022 South American Youth Games, held in Rosario, Argentina, Bezerra won gold medals in the 50-metre butterfly, 4×100-metre freestyle relay, 4×100-metre medley relay, 4×100-metre mixed freestyle relay, and 4×100-metre mixed medley relay, as well as a silver medal in the 100-metre butterfly.[2][3]

2022 World Junior Championships[edit]

At the 2022 FINA World Junior Swimming Championships, held starting 30 August in Lima, Peru, 16-year-old Bezerra won her first medal of the Championships on day four with a silver medal in the 50-metre butterfly, finishing second behind 15-year-old Jana Pavalić of Croatia in the final with a personal pest time of 26.67 seconds.[4][5][6] She won her second medal the following day, splitting the third-fastest second leg relay time in the final of the 4×100-metre freestyle relay, less than two seconds slower than the fastest second leg swimmer Nikolett Pádár of Hungary, to help win the bronze medal with a final time of 3:50.13.[6][7][8] The sixth and final day of competition, she won her third medal, a silver medal in the 100-metre butterfly with a personal best time of 59.69 seconds.[6][9][10] Her three medals helped tie the all-time best medal table performance for Brazil at a single FINA World Junior Swimming Championships, a record of five total medals, one gold, three silver, and one bronze, from the first edition of the competition, held in 2006.[6][11][12][13] In her other four events, she placed fifth in the finals of the 4×100-metre mixed medley relay and the 4×100-metre mixed freestyle relay, placed sixth in the final of the 100-metre freestyle with a personal best time of 56.97 seconds, and placed sixth in the final of the 50-metre freestyle with a personal best time of 26.28 seconds.[11][14]

At the 2022 Carlos Campos Sobrinho Trophy in late November in Recife, Bezerra won the 100-metre butterfly with a new competition record of 1:00.44 after first setting a new competition record of 1:00.81 in the preliminaries.[15]

2023[edit]

On 30 May, the first day of the 2023 Brazil National Swimming Championships in Recife, 17-year-old Bezerra placed sixth in the final of the 100-metre butterfly with a time of 1:00.55.[16] Three days later, she won her heat of the 50-metre butterfly in the preliminaries with a personal best time of 26.57 seconds and qualified for the evening final.[17] In the final she lowered her personal best time by three-tenths of a second to a 2023 World Aquatics Championships qualifying time of 26.27 seconds to win the silver medal, finishing just 0.01 seconds behind gold medalist 18-year-old Celine Bispo.[18]

International championships (50 m)[edit]

Meet 50 free 100 free 50 fly 100 fly 4×100 free 4×100 medley 4×100 mixed free 4×100 mixed medley
SAYG 2022
(age: 16)		 1st place, gold medalist(s)
(27.60)		 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
(1:01.73)		 1st place, gold medalist(s)
(3:49.36)		 1st place, gold medalist(s)
(4:18.86)		 1st place, gold medalist(s)
(3:39.80)		 1st place, gold medalist(s)
(3:58.32)
WJC 2022
(age: 16)		 6th
(26.28)		 6th
(56.97)		 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
(26.67)		 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
(59.69)		 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
(3:50.13)		 5th
(3:36.24)		 5th
(3:59.50)

Personal best times[edit]

Long course metres (50 m pool)[edit]

Event Time Meet Location Date Ref
50 m freestyle 26.28 2022 World Junior Championships Lima, Peru 4 September 2022 [14]
100 m freestyle 56.97 2022 World Junior Championships Lima, Peru 1 September 2022 [14]
50 m butterfly 26.27 2023 Brazil National Swimming Championships Recife 2 June 2023 [18]
100 m butterfly 59.69 2022 World Junior Championships Lima, Peru 4 September 2022 [9]

Awards and honours[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Beatriz Bezerra". FINA. Retrieved 12 September 2022.
  2. ^ a b "Rosario 2022: Bezerra Beatriz". ODESUR. Retrieved 12 September 2022.
  3. ^ "These are the champions the first week of Rosario 2022". santiago2023.org. 3 May 2022. Retrieved 28 April 2023.
  4. ^ FINA (2 September 2022). "8th FINA World Junior Swimming Championships Lima (PER): Women's 50m Butterfly Final Results". Omega Timing. Retrieved 12 September 2022.
  5. ^ "Beatriz Bezerra é prata nos 50 m borboleta no Mundial Júnior" (in Portuguese). olimpiadatododia.com.br. 2 September 2022. Retrieved 12 September 2022.
  6. ^ a b c d Chaves, Lincoln (5 September 2022). "Natação: Brasil iguala melhor campanha da história em Mundiais Júnior" (in Portuguese). Agência Brasil. Retrieved 12 September 2022.
  7. ^ FINA (3 September 2022). "8th FINA World Junior Swimming Championships Lima (PER): Women's 4x100m Freestyle Final Results". Omega Timing. Retrieved 12 September 2022.
  8. ^ Silva, Regys (3 September 2022). "Stephan Steverink é prata e Revezamento 4x100m Livres feminino é bronze no Mundial Junior de Natação" (in Portuguese). surtoolimpico.com.br. Retrieved 12 September 2022.
  9. ^ a b FINA (4 September 2022). "8th FINA World Junior Swimming Championships Lima (PER): Women's 100m Butterfly Final Results". Omega Timing. Retrieved 12 September 2022.
  10. ^ Gentile, Gabriel (4 September 2022). "Beatriz Bezerra leva mais uma prata no Mundial Jr. de natação" (in Portuguese). olimpiadatododia.com.br. Retrieved 12 September 2022.
  11. ^ a b Costa, Guilherme (5 September 2022). "Medalhas no Mundial júnior dão gás para natação feminina" (in Portuguese). Globo Esporte. Retrieved 12 September 2022.
  12. ^ "Fim de semana fecha campanha recorde do Brasil na natação e tem medalhas no triatlo e no taekwondo" (in Portuguese). Brazilian Olympic Committee. 5 September 2022. Retrieved 12 September 2022.
  13. ^ "Brazil conquista cinco medalhas no Mundial Júnior de Natação" (in Portuguese). Federação Aquática Paulista. 10 September 2022. Retrieved 12 September 2022.
  14. ^ a b c FINA (4 September 2022). "8th FINA World Junior Swimming Championships Lima (PER): Results Book". Omega Timing. Retrieved 12 September 2022.
  15. ^ "Beatriz Bezerra e Guilherme Escudero batem recordes de campeonato no segundo dia de Brasileiro Juvenil" (in Portuguese). CBDA. 27 November 2022. Retrieved 17 February 2023.
  16. ^ Time Brasil (30 May 2023). "Troféu Brasil de Natação 2023 - Dia 1 - Finais" (in Portuguese; time stamp 1:15:23 to 1:19:17). YouTube. Retrieved 31 May 2023.
  17. ^ Time Brasil (2 June 2023). "Troféu Brasil de Natação 2023 - Dia 4 - Eliminatórias" (in Portuguese; time stamp 59:14 to 1:00:32). YouTube. Retrieved 2 June 2023.
  18. ^ a b Time Brasil (2 June 2023). "Troféu Brasil de Natação 2023 - Dia 4 - Finais" (in Portuguese; time stamp 52:14 to 1:01:06). YouTube. Retrieved 2 June 2023.
  19. ^ "Retrospectiva 2022: natação se destaca e comanda medalhas do Brasil em Mundiais Juniors no ano" (in Portuguese). Brazilian Olympic Committee. 16 December 2022. Retrieved 20 February 2023.
  20. ^ Nagime, Mateus (24 December 2022). "Retrospectiva Olímpica: atletas de base do Time Brasil em 2022" (in Portuguese). olimpiadatododia.com.br. Retrieved 18 February 2023.

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