Adriana Pereira

Adriana Pereira
Personal information
Full name Adriana Salazar Lopes Pereira
Nationality  Brazil
Born (1964-08-20) August 20, 1964
Pernambuco, Brazil
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight 69 kg (152 lb)
Sport
Sport Swimming
Strokes Freestyle, Butterfly

Adriana Salazar Lopes Pereira (born August 20, 1964 in Pernambuco[1]) is a former Olympic freestyle swimmer from Brazil.[2][3]

She was at the 1979 Pan American Games, in San Juan, Puerto Rico, where she finished 5th in the 4×100-metre freestyle, 8th in the 100-metre butterfly, and was disqualified at the 200-metre butterfly.[3][4]

She was at the 1983 Pan American Games, in Caracas.[3]

Pereira was classified to compete in the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, but she decided to abandon the swim.[5] Later, she returned to swim.[3]

At the 1986 World Aquatics Championships in Madrid, Pereira finished 19th in the 50-metre freestyle, 33rd in the 100-metre butterfly, and 36th in the 100-metre freestyle.[6]

She was at the 1987 Pan American Games, in Indianapolis, where she finished 5th in the 50-metre freestyle.[3][7]

At the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, she finished 11th in the 4×100-metre freestyle, 17th in the 50-metre freestyle, and 34th in the 100-metre freestyle.[2]

She was Brazilian and South American record holder of the 50-metre and 100-metre freestyle.[3] In 1982, Adriana Pereira debuted the Brazilian women's 50-metre freestyle record, swimming in 27.10 seconds.[8] On 1989, she broke the South American record of the 50-metre freestyle for the last time, with a time of 26.24 seconds. The record was only beaten in 2000 by Flávia Delaroli.[9] In the 100-metre freestyle, she broke the South American record for the first time, on 1981, with a time of 59.50 seconds. The last record of 100-metre freestyle made by Adriana fell in 1996.[10] She was also the Brazilian record holder of the 100-metre butterfly, with a time of 1:04.66.[10][11]

References

  1. ↑ "Five best female brazilian swimmers of all time". Best Swimming (in Portuguese). September 26, 2005. Retrieved May 1, 2013.
  2. 1 2 "Sports Reference Profile". Sports Reference. 2013. Retrieved May 1, 2013.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Adriana Pereira reveals fault in test". Best Swimming (in Portuguese). November 11, 2007. Retrieved May 1, 2013.
  4. ↑ "Results at 1979 Pan Am Games in San Juan" (PDF). USA Swimming. 2013. Retrieved May 1, 2013.
  5. ↑ Pereira abandon swim
  6. ↑ "Results at 1986 Madrid" (PDF). USA Swimming. 2013. Retrieved May 1, 2013.
  7. ↑ "Results at 1987 Pan Am Games in Indianapolis" (PDF). USA Swimming. 2013. Retrieved May 1, 2013.
  8. ↑ "1982, vast emotions and execrable conditions". Best Swimming (in Portuguese). July 22, 2008. Retrieved May 1, 2013.
  9. ↑ "Brazilian beats South American record of the 50-metre freestyle". Diário do Grande ABC (in Portuguese). June 23, 2000. Retrieved May 1, 2013.
  10. 1 2 "The Beginning of 80's, and the Prado age". Best Swimming (in Portuguese). July 16, 2008. Retrieved May 1, 2013.
  11. ↑ 100m butterfly record
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