Nathalia Siqueira Almeida (born 14 December 1996) is a Brazilian swimmer.[1] She competed in the women's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[2][3]

Nathalia Almeida
Personal information
Born (1996-12-14) 14 December 1996 (age 27)
Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Sport
SportSwimming
Medal record
Women's swimming
Representing  Brazil
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place 2023 Santiago 4×100 m mixed free
Silver medal – second place 2023 Santiago 4×200 m freestyle
South American Games
Silver medal – second place 2022 Asunción 200 m medley
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Asunción 400 m medley
South American Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Trujillo 200 m butterfly

In 2013, Almeida competed in the Junior Swimming World Championship and was fifth in the 4 × 100 m Freestyle and 4 × 200 m Freestyle. The following year, she won the gold medal in the South American Championship in Argentina in the 4 × 200 m Freestyle event and the bronze in the 200m Butterfly. In the pre-Olympic championship that defined the Brazilian team for the Rio 2016 Games, Nathalia came close to getting a place in the Olympics that year in the 200m medley. She won a gold medal at the 2018 World Military Championship in Russia. In the same season, she secured third place in the 200m Butterfly at the South American Championship in Peru (2018).[4]

She competed in the 2020 Summer Olympics, where she finished 10th in the Women's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay, along with Larissa Oliveira, Aline Rodrigues and Gabrielle Roncatto.[5]

At the 2021 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) in Abu Dhabi, she finished 7th in the Women's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay, along with Giovanna Diamante, Viviane Jungblut and Gabrielle Roncatto;[6] 12th in the Women's 400 metre freestyle;[7] 14th in the Women's 400 metre individual medley[8] 19th in the Women's 200 metre individual medley,[9] and 23rd in the Women's 100 metre individual medley.;[10]

At the 2022 South American Games held in Asunción, Paraguay, she won a silver medal in the Women's 200 metre individual medley[11] and a bronze medal in the Women's 400 metre individual medley.[12]

At the 2023 Pan American Games held in Santiago, Chile, she won a gold medal in the Brazil's 4 × 100 m mixed freestyle relay, for swimming in the qualifying round of the event, and a silver medal in the Women's 4 × 200 m freestyle, where Brazil almost equaled the South American record.[13][14]

References

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  1. ^ "Nathalia Almeida". Olympedia. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
  2. ^ "Women's 4 x 200m Freestyle Relay: Results" (PDF). Tokyo 2020 Olympics. The Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 July 2021. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
  3. ^ CBDA Profile
  4. ^ Flamengo Profile
  5. ^ Brasileiros não avançam de fase no quinto dia de eliminatórias da natação em Tóquio
  6. ^ NICHOLAS SANTOS É TRI CAMPEÃO MUNDIAL DOS 50 METROS BORBOLETA
  7. ^ Heats results
  8. ^ Heats results
  9. ^ Heats results
  10. ^ Heats results
  11. ^ Nathalia silver medal
  12. ^ Nathalia bronze medal
  13. ^ Revezamento 4x200m livre é tricampeão consecutivo com direito a recorde dos Jogos Pan-Americanos
  14. ^ Revezamento misto fecha o domingo da natação em Santiago 2023 com ouro emocionante e recorde pan-americano
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