Ana Carolina Vieira (swimmer)

See also: Ana Carolina Vieira (fighter)
Ana Carolina Vieira
Personal information
Full nameAna Carolina Vieira
Nationality Brazil
Born (2001-10-24) October 24, 2001
São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight63 kg (139 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesBreaststroke, freestyle
ClubMinas TC
Medal record
Representing  Brazil
Pan American Games
2023 Santiago 4×100 m mixed free
2023 Santiago 4×100 m freestyle
South American Games
2018 Cochabamba 100 m breaststroke
2018 Cochabamba 4×100 m freestyle
2018 Cochabamba 4×200 m freestyle
2018 Cochabamba 4×100 m medley
2022 Asunción 4x100 m freestyle
2022 Asunción 50 m breaststroke
2022 Asunción 100 m breaststroke
Youth Olympic Games
2018 Buenos Aires 4×100 m freestyle
2018 Buenos Aires 4×100 m mixed freestyle

Ana Carolina Vieira (born October 24, 2001 in São Paulo) is a Brazilian swimmer.[1] She represented Brazil at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[2]

Career

At the 2018 José Finkel Trophy, she broke the South American record in 4 × 200 m freestyle relay with a time of 7:50.57 along with Camila Mello, Maria Paula Heitmann and Andressa Cholodovskis.[3]

At the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics held in Buenos Aires, she won a silver medal in the Girls' 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay.[4] It was the first time that a Brazil's women's relay won a swimming medal on a world level.[5] She also won another silver medal in the Mixed 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay,[6] finished 4th in the Girls' 4 × 100 metre medley relay,[7] 18th in the Girls' 100 metre freestyle,[8] 28th in the Girls' 200 metre freestyle[9] and 32nd in the Girls' 100 metre breaststroke.[10]

Vieira represented Brazil at the 2020 Summer Olympics in the women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay event, finishing 12th.[11]

She was at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships held in Budapest, Hungary. Participating in the Brazilian 4 × 100 m freestyle relay, formed by Giovanna Diamante, Stephanie Balduccini, Vieira and Giovana Reis, she finished in 6th place with a time of 3:38.10. This was the first time Brazil had qualified a women's relay for a World Aquatics Championships final since 2009, and the best placement of the country in this race in Worlds at all times.[12][13] She also finished 10th in the Women's 4 × 100 metre medley relay, along with Stephanie Balduccini, Jhennifer Conceição and Giovanna Diamante.[14]

At the 2024 World Aquatics Championships, The quartet formed by Vieira, Maria Fernanda Costa, Stephanie Balduccini and Aline Rodrigues finished 6th in the 4 × 100 m freestyle, equaling Brazil's best result in world championships in this event.[15]

At the 2024 Summer Olympics, Viera was sent home from Paris by the Brazilian Olympic Committee for challenging a relay lineup-related decision in a disrespectful and aggressive manner.[16] This is not the first time that Viera has gotten into trouble at a swim meet, as in 2023, she had a dispute with her countrymate Jhennifer Conceicao at the Trofeu Brasil competition.[17]

References

  1. ^ "CBDA - Perfil de Atleta - Ana Carolina Vieira" [CBDA - Athlete's profile - Ana Carolina Vieira]. CBDA (in Portuguese). 2018. Archived from the original on December 16, 2018. Retrieved December 16, 2018.
  2. ^ Brasil, Bolavip. "Brasil já tem 275 atletas classificados para os Jogos Olímpicos de Tóquio". Bolavip Brasil (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2021-06-27.
  3. ^ "Women's 4×200m Freestyle Relay Results". CBDA. 25 August 2018. Retrieved 25 August 2018.
  4. ^ "Final results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-10-31. Retrieved 2022-06-27.
  5. ^ "Prata histórica!Pela primeira vez, revezamento feminino conquista medalha na natação a nível mundial" [Historic silver! For the first time ever, a women's relay wins world swimming medal]. Globoesporte (in Portuguese). October 11, 2018. Retrieved August 10, 2019.
  6. ^ "Final results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-10-14. Retrieved 2022-06-27.
  7. ^ "Final results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-10-27. Retrieved 2022-06-27.
  8. ^ "Heats results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-10-31. Retrieved 2022-06-27.
  9. ^ "Heats results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-10-31. Retrieved 2022-06-27.
  10. ^ "Heats results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-10-11. Retrieved 2022-06-27.
  11. ^ "Swimming VIEIRA Ana Carolina". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 2021-07-26. Retrieved 2021-08-23.
  12. ^ "Guilherme Costa conquista o bronze na estreia do Brasil no Campeonato Mundial de Budapeste". Archived from the original on 2022-06-30. Retrieved 2022-06-27.
  13. ^ Budapest 2022, Day 1 South America Recap: Balduccini, Costa Make History
  14. ^ "Heats results" (PDF). omegatiming.com. 25 June 2022.
  15. ^ Maria Fernanda quebra recorde sul-americano e é 4ª colocada em final inédita ao lado de Gabrielle Roncatto
  16. ^ "Brazil sends one swimmer home, warns another after they left athletes' village". CNA. Retrieved 2024-07-29.
  17. ^ Li, Yanyan (2024-07-29). "Brazilian Swimmer Ana Carolina Viera Sent Home From Olympics, Gabriel Santos Also Disciplined". SwimSwam. Retrieved 2024-07-29.
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