Julyana Kury

Julyana Kury
Personal information
Full name Julyana Kury
Nationality  Brazil
Born (1983-06-16) June 16, 1983
São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight 71 kg (157 lb)
Sport
Sport Swimming
Strokes Freestyle

Julyana Kury (born June 16, 1983 in São Paulo) is a Brazilian competitive swimmer, who joined the Brazilian national delegation in the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China, as a reserve.[1][2]

Kury served two years of suspension due to a doping, losing the chance to swim the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens.[2] She won a gold medal in the 4×100-metre freestyle relay and bronze medals in the 50-metre freestyle and 200-metre backstroke at the 2008 South American Championship. She won a bronze medal in the 100-metre individual medley at the 2007 World Cup in Belo Horizonte.[2]

On 6 September 2009, she broke the South American record in the 4×100-metre freestyle (Olympic pool), with a time of 3:41.49, along with Tatiana Lemos, Monique Ferreira and Michelle Lenhardt [3]

She was at the 2010 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships in Irvine, where she finished 17th in the 50-metre backstroke,[4] 15th in the 50-metre freestyle [5] and 41st in the 100-metre freestyle.[6]

In World Military Games, conducted in 2010 at Warendorf, Germany, she won the gold medal in the 4×100-metre freestyle.[7]

At the 2010 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m), in Dubai, she was at the 4×100-metre freestyle final, finishing in 8th place.[8] In this relay, she broke the short-course South American record, with a time of 3:35,95, along with Tatiana Lemos, Flavia Delaroli and Michelle Lenhardt [9]

References

  1. ↑ "Julyana Kury profile". UOL (in Portuguese). 2008. Retrieved April 17, 2013.
  2. 1 2 3 "Julyana Kury profile in 2008". Best Swimming (in Portuguese). 2008. Retrieved April 17, 2013.
  3. ↑ "Pinheiros turns the game, and ties with Flamengo in titles". CBDA (in Portuguese). September 6, 2009. Retrieved April 17, 2013.
  4. ↑ "Results of the 50-metre backstroke at 2010 Pan Pac in Irvine". OmegaTiming. August 19, 2010. Retrieved April 27, 2013.
  5. ↑ "Results of the 50-metre free at 2010 Pan Pac in Irvine". OmegaTiming. August 21, 2010. Retrieved April 27, 2013.
  6. ↑ "Results of the 100-metre freestyle at 2010 Pan Pac in Irvine". OmegaTiming. August 19, 2010. Retrieved April 27, 2013.
  7. ↑ "After success in the Pan-Pacific, Brazil wins 14 golds at the World Military Games". Globoesporte (in Portuguese). August 31, 2010. Retrieved April 17, 2013.
  8. ↑ "Results of the 4×100-metre freestyle at 2010 Dubai". OmegaTiming. December 18, 2010. Retrieved April 17, 2013.
  9. ↑ "Dubai: Cielo hits record and walks to another podium". CBDA (in Portuguese). December 18, 2010. Retrieved April 17, 2013.


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