Natalia de Luccas

Natalia de Luccas

Natalia de Luccas and Etiene Medeiros
Personal information
Full name	Natalia de Luccas
Nationality	Brazil
Born	September 13, 1996 Limeira, São Paulo, Brazil
Height	1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)
Weight	63 kg (139 lb)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Backstroke
Medal record Women's swimming Competitor for  Brazil Pan American Games 2015 Toronto 4x100 m medley South American Games 2014 Santiago 100 m backstroke 2014 Santiago 200 m backstroke Youth Olympic Games 2014 Nanjing Mixed 4×100 m free Military World Games 2015 Mungyeong 100 m backstroke 2015 Mungyeong 200 m backstroke 2015 Mungyeong 4 x 100 m medley

Natalia de Luccas (born September 13, 1996 in Limeira) is a Brazilian swimmer.^[1][2]

She was at the 2013 FINA World Junior Swimming Championships, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, where she finished 5th in the 4x100-metre freestyle relay, 10th in the 4x100-metre medley relay, 10th in the mixed 4x100-metre medley relay, 10th in the 100-metre backstroke, 12th in the 100-metre freestyle, 17th in the 200-metre backstroke, and 19th in the 50-metre backstroke.^[3]

On 5 December 2013, at the Júlio Delamare Trophy held in Rio de Janeiro, she broke the South American record in the 200-metre backstroke, with a time of 2:12.09.^[4]

At the 2014 South American Games in Santiago, Chile, she won two bronze medals in the 100 metre backstroke and in the 200 metre backstroke.^[5]

At the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics in Nanjing, she won a silver medal in the Mixed 4×100m freestyle relay.^[6] She also finished 4th in the 100 metre backstroke,^[7] 4th in the Mixed 4 × 100 metre medley relay,^[8] 5th in the 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay,^[9] 10th in the 50 metre backstroke^[10] and 16th in the 200 metre backstroke.^[11]

At the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto, Canada, she won a bronze medal in the 4 × 100 metre medley relay, by participating at heats.^[12][13] She also finished 9th in the 100 metre backstroke.^[14]

References

1. "CBDA Profile". CBDA (in Portuguese). 2015. Retrieved July 25, 2015.
2. "COB Profile". COB (in Portuguese). 2015. Retrieved July 25, 2015.
3. "2013 World Junior Championships Results" (PDF). FINA. 2013. Retrieved July 24, 2015.
4. "South American record to Natalia de Luccas". CBDA (in Portuguese). December 5, 2013. Retrieved July 25, 2015.
5. "Brazilian Swimming finds its tone". CBDA (in Portuguese). March 11, 2014. Retrieved July 25, 2015.
6. "Matheus Santana shines, and 4x100m takes silver at Youth Games". Globoesporte (in Portuguese). August 17, 2014. Retrieved July 25, 2015.
7. "Matheus Santana's Day in Nanjing". CBDA (in Portuguese). August 18, 2014. Retrieved July 25, 2015.
8. "Under the eyes of Popov, Matheus beats own record, is gold and bursts into tears". Globoesporte (in Portuguese). August 22, 2014. Retrieved July 25, 2015.
9. "Matheus Santana is number 1 in the final and girls 4 × 100 freestays in 5th". Best Swimming (in Portuguese). August 21, 2014. Retrieved July 25, 2015.
10. "Brazilian swimming sum two silvers and joins the fight for more medals". CBDA (in Portuguese). August 20, 2014. Retrieved July 25, 2015.
11. "Nanjing, day 3: Brazil equals the gold medals of 2010 and a carioca flies in the 50m freestyle". Globoesporte (in Portuguese). August 19, 2014. Retrieved July 25, 2015.
12. "Last day Heats in Toronto". Best Swimming (in Portuguese). July 18, 2015. Retrieved July 19, 2015.
13. "How it was the last day of the Pan in Toronto". Best Swimming (in Portuguese). July 19, 2015. Retrieved July 19, 2015.
14. "Historic day for Brazil women's swimming in the Pan". Best Swimming (in Portuguese). July 18, 2015. Retrieved July 19, 2015.