Cristina Teixeira

Cristina Teixeira
Personal information
Full name Cristina Bassani Teixeira
Nationality  Brazil
Born (1958-06-25) June 25, 1958
Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Height 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Weight 56 kg (123 lb)
Sport
Sport Swimming
Strokes Breaststroke

Cristina Bassani Teixeira (born June 25, 1958 in Rio de Janeiro[1]) is a former international breaststroke swimmer from Brazil, who competed at two consecutive Summer Olympics for her native country, starting in 1972.[2]

She was at the 1971 Pan American Games, in Cali, where she finished 5th in the 100-metre breaststroke,[3] and 7th in the 200-metre breaststroke.[4]

At the 1972 Summer Olympics, in Munich, she swam the 100-metre and 200-metre breaststroke, not reaching the finals.[2]

Participated at the inaugural World Aquatics Championships in 1973 Belgrade, where she finished 16th in the 100-metre breaststroke and in the 200-metre breaststroke.[5] She also finished 12th the 4×100-metre medley, along with Valéria Borges, Jaqueline Mross and Lucy Burle.[6]

She was at the 1975 World Aquatics Championships in Cali. She swam in the 4×100-metre medley, where the Brazil's relay, composed by Christiane Paquelet, Flávia Nadalutti, Lucy Burle and Cristina Teixeira, finished 12th with a time of 4:38.75.[7] In the 200-metre breaststroke, she finished 16th, with a time of 2:47.58, nearly breaking her South American record (2:47.44).[8]

She was at the 1975 Pan American Games, in Mexico City, where she won a bronze medal in the 4×100-metre medley.[9] She also finished 5th in the 100-metre breaststroke [10] and 5th in the 200-metre breaststroke.[11]

At the 1976 Summer Olympics, in Montreal, she swam the 100-metre and 200-metre breaststroke, not reaching the finals.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "EXPECTATIONS OF OLYMPIC MEDALS X REALITY". Best Swimming (in Portuguese). May 28, 2008. Retrieved May 5, 2013.
  2. 1 2 3 "Sports Reference Profile". Sports Reference. 2013. Retrieved May 5, 2013.
  3. ↑ "O GLOBO News Archive - August 9, 1971, Evening, General, page 42". O GLOBO. Retrieved 29 August 2013.
  4. ↑ "O GLOBO News Archive - August 10, 1971, Morning, General, page 24". O GLOBO. Retrieved 29 August 2013.
  5. ↑ "Results at 1973 Belgrade" (PDF). USA Swimming. 2013. Retrieved May 5, 2013.
  6. ↑ O GLOBO News Archive - September 4, 1973, Morning, General, page 29
  7. ↑ O GLOBO News Archive - July 18, 1975, Morning, Sports, page 20 and July 23, 1975, Morning, Sports, page 29
  8. ↑ O GLOBO News Archive - July 26, 1975, Morning, Sports, page 24
  9. ↑ "Brazil medals at 1975 Pan". UOL (in Portuguese). 2007. Retrieved May 5, 2013.
  10. ↑ "O GLOBO News Archive - 21 October 1975, Morning, Sports, page 26". O GLOBO. Retrieved 31 August 2013.
  11. ↑ "O GLOBO News Archive - 23 October 1975, Morning, Sports, page 37". O GLOBO. Retrieved 31 August 2013.


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