Renata de Oliveira Burgos (born January 3, 1982 in Jaú, São Paulo) is a freestyle swimmer from Brazil. She represented her native country in the women's 4×100-metre freestyle relay at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, finishing 12th[1] and breaking the South American record with a time of 3:45.38.[2] She's as resident of Ribeirão Preto.
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Full name | Renata de Oliveira Burgos | |||||||
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Born | (1982-01-03) January 3, 1982 (age 40) Jaú, São Paulo, Brazil | |||||||
Height | 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in) | |||||||
Weight | 65 kg (143 lb) | |||||||
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Sport | Swimming | |||||||
Strokes | Freestyle | |||||||
Medal record
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Participating in the 2006 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships, in Victoria, Burgos finished 10th in the 50-metre freestyle,[3] 40th in the 100-metre freestyle,[4] and 45th in the 200-metre freestyle.[5]
Tested positive for the substance Stanozolol and given a two-year suspension by the Brazilian Swimming Confederation commencing December 14, 2006.[6] She was guaranteed in 2007 World Aquatics Championships, and would participate in the 2007 Pan American Games. Burgos was caught after a test conducted during the Brazilian Championship, in December 2006, when she won the gold medal in the 50-metre freestyle with the best time of her career: 25.56 seconds.[7]
Burgos returned to swimming in 2009. In 2011, would participate in decision-time for vacancy for the 2011 Pan American Games and 2011 World Aquatics Championships, however, she contracted dengue and got no vacancy in these competitions.[8]
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