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Stephanie Balduccini (born 20 September 2004) is a Brazilian swimmer. She competed in the 2020 Summer Olympics at age 16.[3][4]

Stephanie Balduccini

Personal information
Full name	Stephanie Balduccini
National team	Brazil
Born	(2004-09-20) 20 September 2004 (age 18) São Paulo, Brazil
Height	1.71 m (5 ft 7 in) [1]
Weight	61 kg (134 lb) [2]
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	freestyle
Medal record Women's swimming Representing  Brazil South American Games 2022 Asunción 100 m freestyle 2022 Asunción 200 m freestyle 2022 Asunción 4x100 m freestyle 2022 Asunción 4x200 m freestyle 2022 Asunción 4x100 m medley 2022 Asunción 4x100 mixed free 2022 Asunción 4x100 mixed medley 2022 Asunción 50 m freestyle

She is the daughter of Natalie, a British descendant who was born in Brazil, and Bruno. They both enrolled her in an English language school as a child, so the first language she learned was English, not Portuguese, which she later mastered.[5][6] She began her career at Paineiras do Morumby club as a child.[7] Her first international experience came in 2019, with the South American Youth Championship.[8] She stood out by winning the 50-metre freestyle event in Chile.[9] In the 2020 Brasil Swimming Trophy, he won the 50m freestyle event in the skins format. [10]

Balduccini qualified for Tokyo 2020 as the youngest Olympic swimmer in Brazil in 41 years (Ricardo Prado competed in Moscow 1980 at the age of 15). The Paineiras club swimmer was responsible for the last partial, in Brazil's time-taking, at the Olympic selective in April, at Parque Maria Lenk, in Rio de Janeiro. She helped the team finish fourth in the world repechage, with a time of 3:38.59, and stamp their passport to Tokyo.[11]

At the 2020 Brazilian Olympic selective, she swam the 100 metre freestyle with a time of 55.03, time that would be enough for a silver medal in the 2021 European Junior Championships.[12]

At the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Balduccini closed the Brazilian Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay at heats, with a partial of 54.06 (the best in the team).[13]

In April 2022, she clocked a personal best of 1:57.77 to win the women’s 200 free at the Brazil Trophy, close to the South American record (1:57.28 obtained by Manuella Lyrio).[14] She also clocked 54.64 in the 100m freestyle, a time close to Larissa Oliveira's South American record of 54.03.[15]

At the age of 17, she was at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships held in Budapest, Hungary. Participating in the Brazilian 4x100m freestyle relay, formed by Ana Carolina Vieira, Giovanna Diamante, Balduccini 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.[16] She became the first Brazilian to go sub-54 in the women’s 4x100 freestyle relay. [17] In the 200m freestyle, she qualified for the semifinals in 8th place, with a time of 1:57.81. [18] In the semifinals, she finished in 12th place, with a time of 1:57.54, her best personal time, 0.26 s from the South American record, and the best placement in the history of Brazil in this competition at World Championships.[19] In the 100m freestyle, she qualified for the semifinals in 15th place, with a time of 54.48.[20] In the semifinals, she finished in 10th place, with a time of 54.10, her best personal time, 0.07 s from the South American record and the best placement in the history of Brazil in this competition at World Championships.[21] In the Brazilian 4x200m freestyle relay, formed by Balduccini, Giovanna Diamante, Aline Rodrigues and Maria Paula Heitmann, she finished in 6th place with a time of 7:58.38. This was the best placement of Brazil in this race in Worlds at all times.[22] [23][24] In the 4 × 100 metre mixed freestyle relay, she finished 6th in the final, along with Gabriel Santos, Vinicius Assunção and Giovanna Diamante, breaking the South American record and equaling the best mark in Brazil obtained in 2015. [25] In the 4 × 100 metre mixed medley relay, she finished 9th along with Guilherme Basseto, João Gomes Júnior and Giovanna Diamante.[26] She also finished 19th in the Women's 200 metre individual medley.[27]

Personal bests

As of June 22, 2022

Long course

Event	Time	Meet	Date	Note(s)
100 m freestyle	54.10	2022 World Championships	June 22, 2022
200 m freestyle	1:57.54	2022 World Championships	June 20, 2022

References

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