Mariana Brochado

Mariana Nery Brochado (born December 18, 1984 in Rio de Janeiro) is a freestyle swimmer from Brazil. She won the bronze medal in the women's 200-metre freestyle at the Pan American Games in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. A member of Clube de Regatas do Flamengo swimming team, she also represented her native country at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece.

Mariana Brochado
Mariana Brochado in 2006
Personal information
Full nameMariana Nery Brochado
Nationality Brazil
Born (1984-12-18) December 18, 1984
Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Height1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight62 kg (137 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesFreestyle

One of the muses of Brazilian sport, Mariana entered the Flamengo's swimming school at the age of four years. Three years later, she was part of the infant team. His first state title came in 1998, the same year that she debuted in high-level tournaments. Throughout her career defended red-black colors of Flamengo, the club of her heart, yet she has been besieged by other swim teams, with far better training structures.[2]

In 2001, Mariana reached the elite of Brazilian swimming, winning the South American and Brazilian absolute juvenile in the 200-metre freestyle. The following year, 2002, he won two more titles in South America, now in absolute category, and qualified for the 2003 Pan American Games.[3]

She was at the 2002 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships in Yokohama, where she broke the South American record of 200-metre freestyle with a time of 2:01.45.[4] She was also in the 200-metre freestyle final, finishing in 8th place.[5] In the 4×200-metre freestyle, she did the final, finishing in 5th place and beating the South American record with a time of 8:15.80.[6] She also finished 6th in the 4×100-metre freestyle.[7]

At the 2003 Pan American Games in Santo Domingo, Brochado won silver in the 4×200-metre freestyle, breaking the South American record, with a time of 8:10.54, along with Monique Ferreira, Ana Muniz and Paula Baracho.[8] She also won bronze in the 200-metre freestyle.[9] Although these medals won in 2003 Pan have called more attention around her name that year, before heading to Santo Domingo, Mariana represented Brazil in the 2003 World Aquatics Championships, in Barcelona, one of three World Championships that she played, when she reached the semifinal of the 200-metre freestyle, beating the South American record by scoring 2:01.17,[10][11] her best mark in long course throughout her career, and obtained the 15th place overall at the proof.[12] In addition, she helped the 4×200-metre freestyle to guarantee a place in Athens, with the 12th position,[13] a moment of great emotion in her career. She also got the 19th place in the 400-metre freestyle.[14]

Returning from Santo Domingo, Brochado became nationally recognized as a muse of Brazilian sport and swimming. While declaring that she would rather be recognized for her achievements in swimming pools than just for its beauty, the title of "muse", added to her achievements, gave her an easier to attract sponsorship, and she was one of the swimmers with the largest number of sponsors of her era.[15]

At Brazil Trophy, in 2004, cemented her status as the best Brazilian in the race, and secured his place in the national team that would go to the Olympic Games in Athens 2004.[16]

Ran a good campaign in Athens 2004. Despite being eliminated in the playoffs of the 200-metre freestyle, ranking 23rd place, she helped the Brazilian 4×200-metre freestyle to go to first Olympic final, finishing in 7th place.[17] She also established the new South American record (8:05.29), along with Joanna Maranhão, Monique Ferreira and Paula Baracho.[18]

At the 2005 World Aquatics Championships in Montreal, finished 19th in the 400-metre freestyle [19] and 13th in 4×200-metre freestyle.[20]

Brochado was at the 2006 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships, in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, at 200-metre, 400-metre and 800-metre freestyle.[21]

Participating in the 2006 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) in Shanghai, she reached the 400-metre freestyle final, finishing in 8th place.[22] At the final, broke the South American record with a time of 4:07.21.[23] She also got the 9th place in the 4×200-metre freestyle.[24]

In 2007, she saw her dream to represent Brazil in the Pan American Games, held in Rio de Janeiro, her hometown, being frustrated by not getting ratings.[25]

See also

References
  1. "Swimming Results". Archived from the original on 2011-05-18. Retrieved 2007-08-04.
  2. "Profile in UOL at 2004 Athens". UOL (in Portuguese). 2004. Retrieved April 7, 2013.
  3. "Profile in UOL at 2004 Athens". UOL (in Portuguese). 2004. Retrieved April 7, 2013.
  4. "Mariana puts Brazil in the final with South American record and index". CBDA (in Portuguese). August 26, 2002. Archived from the original on April 24, 2013. Retrieved April 7, 2013.
  5. "Nayara fetches South American record in the final of the 800-metre freestyle". CBDA (in Portuguese). August 27, 2002. Archived from the original on April 24, 2013. Retrieved April 7, 2013.
  6. "Nayara and relay broke continent records". CBDA (in Portuguese). August 28, 2002. Retrieved April 7, 2013.
  7. "Bruno Bonfim closes as the 12th athlete with index". CBDA (in Portuguese). August 29, 2002. Archived from the original on June 15, 2013. Retrieved April 19, 2013.
  8. "Records, medals and Olympic indexes". CBDA (in Portuguese). August 11, 2003. Archived from the original on September 4, 2014. Retrieved May 7, 2013.
  9. "Brazil medals in the 2003 Pan". UOL. 2007. Retrieved April 7, 2013. (in Portuguese)
  10. "Profile in UOL at 2004 Athens". UOL (in Portuguese). 2004. Retrieved April 7, 2013.
  11. "Mariana and Kaio, best in Latin America". CBDA (in Portuguese). July 22, 2003. Archived from the original on September 4, 2014. Retrieved April 7, 2013.
  12. "Results of the 200-metre freestyle at 2003 Barcelona". OmegaTiming. July 22, 2003. Retrieved April 7, 2013.
  13. "Results of the 4×200-metre freestyle at 2003 Barcelona". OmegaTiming. July 24, 2003. Retrieved April 7, 2013.
  14. "Results of the 400-metre freestyle at 2003 Barcelona". OmegaTiming. July 20, 2003. Retrieved April 7, 2013.
  15. "Muses enjoying swimming harassment for attention". UOL (in Portuguese). May 2, 2007. Retrieved April 7, 2013.
  16. "Profile in UOL at 2004 Athens". UOL (in Portuguese). 2004. Retrieved April 7, 2013.
  17. "Profile at Sports Reference". Sports Reference. 2013. Archived from the original on April 18, 2020. Retrieved April 7, 2013.
  18. "Records in Athens". CBDA (in Portuguese). August 18, 2004. Retrieved April 7, 2013.
  19. "Results of the 400-metre freestyle at 2005 Montreal". OmegaTiming. July 24, 2005. Retrieved April 7, 2013.
  20. "Results of the 4×200-metre freestyle at 2005 Montreal". OmegaTiming. July 28, 2005. Retrieved April 7, 2013.
  21. "Kaio disputes the 200-metre butterfly final". CBDA (in Portuguese). August 17, 2006. Archived from the original on February 23, 2014. Retrieved April 7, 2013.
  22. "Results of the 400-metre freestyle at 2006 Shanghai". OmegaTiming. April 7, 2006. Retrieved April 7, 2013.
  23. "Mariana beats South American record and is 8th in the 400-metre freestyle". UOL (in Portuguese). April 7, 2006. Retrieved April 7, 2013.
  24. "Results of the 4×200-metre freestyle at 2006 Shanghai". OmegaTiming. April 5, 2006. Retrieved April 7, 2013.
  25. "Muse, Mariana is out of Pan American". UOL work (in Portuguese). May 4, 2007. Retrieved April 7, 2013.
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