Monique Ferreira

Monique Andrade Ferreira (born 29 June 1980 in Rio de Janeiro) is a freestyle swimmer from Brazil.[1] A member of Santos.

Monique Ferreira
Monique Ferreira with her Bronze at 2007 Pan
Personal information
Full nameMonique Andrade Ferreira
Nationality Brazil
Born (1980-06-29) June 29, 1980
Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Height1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight50 kg (110 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesFreestyle

International career

She represented her native country at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, and 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China, with an Olympic final in Athens in the 4×200-metre freestyle (finishing in 7th place) in the curriculum.[2] At this final, broke the South American record with a time of 8:05.29, along with Joanna Maranhão, Mariana Brochado and Paula Baracho.[3] She also came in 19th place in 400-metre freestyle in Athens 2004. At Beijing 2008, finished 13th in the 4×100-metre freestyle, 21st in the 400-metre freestyle, and 28th in the 200-metre freestyle.[4]

At the 1999 Pan American Games in Winnipeg, she won the bronze medal in the 4×200-metre freestyle.[5] She also finished 6th in the 200-metre butterfly, and 9th in the 100-metre butterfly.[6]

Monique was in 2000 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m), in Athens, where she finished 25th in the 200-metre freestyle [7] and 9th in the 4×200-metre freestyle.[8]

At the 2002 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m), in Moscow, finished 21st in the 200-metre freestyle,[9] 10th in the 400-metre freestyle [10] and 9th in the 4×200-metre freestyle [11]

She swam at the 2002 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships, where she finished 5th in the 4×200-metre freestyle, 6th in the 4×100-metre freestyle, 7th in the 400-metre freestyle, and 12th in the 200-metre freestyle.[12]

Participating in the 2003 World Aquatics Championships in Barcelona, she got the 21st place in the 200-metre freestyle,[13] 27th in the 400-metre freestyle,[14] and 12th place in the 4×200-metre freestyle.[15]

At the 2003 Pan American Games, in Santo Domingo, won the silver medal in the 4×200-metre freestyle, breaking the South American record, with a time of 8:10.54, along with Ana Muniz, Mariana Brochado, Paula Baracho[16] She also won two bronze medals in the 400-metre freestyle, and in the 4×100-metre freestyle.[17]

At the 2005 World Aquatics Championships, she finished 26th in the 200-metre freestyle,[18] 25th in the 400-metre freestyle [19] and 13th in the 4×200-metre freestyle.[20]

She was in the 2006 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m), where she placed 31st in the 200-metre freestyle,[21] was disqualified in the 400-metre freestyle [22] and got 9th place in the 4×200-metre freestyle.[23]

At the 2007 Pan American Games, the Rio de Janeiro, Monique won the bronze medal in the 200-metre freestyle [24] and in the 4×200-metre freestyle.[25] Monique also would have won the silver medal in the 4×100-metre freestyle, but this medal was revoked by Rebeca Gusmão's doping.[26]

She was South American record holder in the 4×100-metre freestyle, with a time of 3:42.85, on August 9, 2008, along with Tatiana Lemos, Flávia Delaroli and Michelle Lenhardt.[27]

After professional swimming

She ended her career in December 2011. Later, she went to work at COB.[28]

References
  1. "Sports Reference profile". Sports Reference. 2013. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 7 April 2013.
  2. "UOL Olympics 2008 - Monique Ferreira's profile". UOL (in Portuguese). 2008. Retrieved April 7, 2013.
  3. "Records in Athens". CBDA (in Portuguese). August 18, 2004. Retrieved April 7, 2013.
  4. "Sports Reference profile". Sports Reference. 2013. Archived from the original on April 18, 2020. Retrieved April 7, 2013.
  5. "Brazil medals at the 1999 Pan". UOL (in Portuguese). 2007. Retrieved April 7, 2013.
  6. 1999 Full results by Swimnews
  7. "Results of the 200-metre freestyle at 2000 Athens". OmegaTiming. March 19, 2000. Retrieved April 7, 2013.
  8. "Results of the 4×200-metre freestyle at 2000 Athens". OmegaTiming. March 19, 2000. Retrieved April 7, 2013.
  9. "Results of the 200-metre freestyle at 2002 Moscow". OmegaTiming. April 7, 2002. Retrieved April 7, 2013.
  10. "Results of women's 400-metre freestyle at 2002 Moscow". OmegaTiming. April 5, 2002. Retrieved April 7, 2013.
  11. "Results of women's 4×200-metre freestyle at 2002 Moscow". OmegaTiming. April 3, 2002. Retrieved April 7, 2013.
  12. "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.
  13. "Results of the 200-metre freestyle at 2003 Barcelona". OmegaTiming. July 22, 2003. Retrieved April 7, 2013.
  14. "Results of the 400-metre freestyle at 2003 Barcelona". OmegaTiming. July 20, 2003. Retrieved April 7, 2013.
  15. "Results of the 4×200-metre freestyle at 2003 Barcelona". OmegaTiming. July 24, 2003. Retrieved April 7, 2013.
  16. "Records, medals and Olympic indexes". CBDA (in Portuguese). August 11, 2003. Archived from the original on September 4, 2014. Retrieved May 7, 2013.
  17. "Brazil medals in the 2003 Pan". UOL (in Portuguese). 2007. Retrieved April 7, 2013.
  18. "Results of the 200-metre freestyle at 2005 Montreal". OmegaTiming. July 26, 2005. 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. "Results of the 200-metre freestyle at 2006 Shanghai". OmegaTiming. April 9, 2006. Retrieved April 7, 2013.
  22. "Results of the 400-metre freestyle at 2006 Shanghai". OmegaTiming. April 7, 2006. Retrieved April 7, 2013.
  23. "Results of the 4×200-metre freestyle at 2006 Shanghai". OmegaTiming. April 5, 2006. Retrieved April 7, 2013.
  24. "Monique Ferreira is bronze in the 200-metre freestyle". Globoesporte (in Portuguese). July 20, 2007. Retrieved April 7, 2013.
  25. "Women's Relay is bronze". Globoesporte (in Portuguese). July 18, 2007. Retrieved April 7, 2013.
  26. "Brazil won silver in the women's 4×100-metre freestyle". Globoesporte (in Portuguese). July 19, 2007. Retrieved April 7, 2013.
  27. "Good start. a final, a semi and three SA records". CBDA (in Portuguese). August 9, 2008. Retrieved April 7, 2013.
  28. "Rio-2016 drives new jobs for athletes who are retiring". Globoesporte (in Portuguese). May 4, 2012. Retrieved April 7, 2013.
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