Beatriz Bezerra (born 1 March 2006) is a Brazilian competitive swimmer. At the 2022 World Junior Championships, she won silver medals in the 50-metre butterfly and 100-metre butterfly and a bronze medal in the 4×100-metre freestyle relay. She is a five-time gold medalist and one-time silver medalist at the 2022 South American Youth Games.
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Born | (2006-03-01) 1 March 2006 (age 16)[1] Brazil | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Strokes | Butterfly, freestyle | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Bezerra was born 1 March 2006 in Brazil.[1][2]
In April and May, at the 2022 South American Youth Games, held in Rosario, Argentina, Bezerra won gold medals in the 50-metre butterfly, 4×100-metre freestyle relay, 4×100-metre medley relay, 4×100-metre mixed freestyle relay, and 4×100-metre mixed medley relay, as well as a silver medal in the 100-metre butterfly.[2]
At the 2022 FINA World Junior Swimming Championships, held starting 30 August in Lima, Peru, Bezerra won her first medal of the Championships on day four with a silver medal in the 50-metre butterfly, finishing second behind Jana Pavalić of Croatia in the final with a personal pest time of 26.67 seconds.[3][4][5] She won her second medal the following day, splitting the third-fastest second leg relay time in the final of the 4×100-metre freestyle relay, less than two seconds slower than the fastest second leg swimmer Nikolett Pádár of Hungary, to help win the bronze medal with a final time of 3:50.13.[5][6][7] The sixth and final day of competition, she won her third medal, a silver medal in the 100-metre butterfly with a personal best time of 59.69 seconds.[5][8][9] Her three medals helped tie the all-time best medal table performance for Brazil at a single FINA World Junior Swimming Championships, a record of five total medals, one gold, three silver, and one bronze, from the first edition of the competition, held in 2006.[5][10][11][12]
In her other four events, Bezerra placed fifth in the finals of the 4×100-metre mixed medley relay and the 4×100-metre mixed freestyle relay, placed sixth in the final of the 100-metre freestyle with a personal best time of 56.97 seconds, and placed sixth in the final of the 50-metre freestyle with a personal best time of 26.28 seconds.[10][13]
Meet | 50 free | 100 free | 50 fly | 100 fly | 4×100 free | 4×100 medley | 4×100 mixed free | 4×100 mixed medley |
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WJC 2022 | 6th | 6th | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | 5th | 5th |
Event | Time | Meet | Location | Date | Ref |
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50 m freestyle | 26.28 | 2022 World Junior Championships | Lima, Peru | 4 September 2022 | [13] |
100 m freestyle | 56.97 | 2022 World Junior Championships | Lima, Peru | 1 September 2022 | [13] |
50 m butterfly | 26.67 | 2022 World Junior Championships | Lima, Peru | 2 September 2022 | [3] |
100 m butterfly | 59.69 | 2022 World Junior Championships | Lima, Peru | 4 September 2022 | [8] |