Adriana Pereira Explained
Adriana Pereira |
Fullname: | Adriana Salazar Lopes Pereira |
Strokes: | Freestyle, Butterfly |
Birth Date: | 1964 8, mf=yes |
Birth Place: | Pernambuco, Brazil |
Weight: | 69kg (152lb) |
Adriana Salazar Lopes Pereira (born August 20, 1964)[1] is a former Olympic freestyle swimmer from Brazil.[2]
She was at the 1979 Pan American Games, in San Juan, Puerto Rico, where she finished 5th in the 4×100-metre freestyle, 8th in the 100-metre butterfly, and was disqualified at the 200-metre butterfly.[3] [4]
She was at the 1983 Pan American Games, in Caracas.
Pereira was classified to compete in the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, but she decided to abandon the swim.[5] Later, she returned to swim.
At the 1986 World Aquatics Championships in Madrid, Pereira finished 19th in the 50-metre freestyle, 33rd in the 100-metre butterfly, and 36th in the 100-metre freestyle.[6]
She was at the 1987 Pan American Games, in Indianapolis, where she finished 5th in the 50-metre freestyle.[7]
At the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, she finished 11th in the 4×100-metre freestyle, 17th in the 50-metre freestyle, and 34th in the 100-metre freestyle.
She was Brazilian and South American record holder of the 50-metre and 100-metre freestyle. In 1982, Adriana Pereira debuted the Brazilian women's 50-metre freestyle record, swimming in 27.10 seconds.[8] On 1989, she broke the South American record of the 50-metre freestyle for the last time, with a time of 26.24 seconds. The record was only beaten in 2000 by Flávia Delaroli.[9] In the 100-metre freestyle, she broke the South American record for the first time, on 1981, with a time of 59.50 seconds. The last record of 100-metre freestyle made by Adriana fell in 1996.[10] She was also the Brazilian record holder of the 100-metre butterfly, with a time of 1:04.66.[11]
Notes and References
- Web site: Five best female brazilian swimmers of all time . Best Swimming . September 26, 2005 . May 1, 2013 . pt . https://web.archive.org/web/20140407073021/http://www.bestswimming.com.br/2013/2005/09/26/as-5-melhores-nadadoras-brasileiras-de-todos-os-tempos-3500/ . 2014-04-07 . dead.
- Adriana Pereira . May 1, 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200418032019/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/pe/adriana-pereira-1.html . dead . 2020-04-18.
- Web site: Adriana Pereira reveals fault in test . Best Swimming . November 11, 2007 . https://archive.today/20130616101146/http://www.bestswimming.com.br/2013/2007/11/11/adriana-pereira-revela-a-irregularidade-no-teste-7572/ . dead . June 16, 2013 . May 1, 2013 . pt.
- Web site: Results at 1979 Pan Am Games in San Juan . USA Swimming . May 1, 2013 . March 4, 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304112650/http://www.usaswimming.org/_Rainbow/Documents/358a630c-ff47-4e57-802b-8fdddaeef52c/79_panam[1].pdf . dead .
- Web site: Placar Magazine . Editora . Abril . 31 December 1982 . Editora Abril . Google Books.
- Web site: Results at 1986 Madrid . USA Swimming . May 1, 2013 . April 7, 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140407065846/http://www.usaswimming.org/_Rainbow/Documents/b8cad8e2-2559-4bf5-bdbc-e4d1718ec051/86_worldchamps%5B1%5D.pdf . dead .
- Web site: Results at 1987 Pan Am Games in Indianapolis . USA Swimming . May 1, 2013 . March 3, 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160303182126/http://www.usaswimming.org/_Rainbow/Documents/ca27f27a-3d91-4248-bdab-1ab0dc7880e1/87_panam[1].pdf . dead .
- Web site: 1982, vast emotions and execrable conditions . Best Swimming . July 22, 2008 . May 1, 2013 . pt . https://web.archive.org/web/20150923184433/http://www.bestswimming.com.br/conteudo.php?i=9528 . September 23, 2015 . dead.
- Web site: Brazilian beats South American record of the 50-metre freestyle . Diário do Grande ABC . June 23, 2000 . https://archive.today/20130616101155/http://www.dgabc.com.br/News/90000130975/brasileira-bate-recorde-sul-americano-dos-50-m-livres.aspx?ref=history . dead . June 16, 2013 . May 1, 2013 . pt.
- Web site: The Beginning of 80's, and the Prado age . Best Swimming . July 16, 2008 . May 1, 2013 . pt . https://web.archive.org/web/20140314195418/http://bestswimming.com.br/conteudo.php?i=9503 . March 14, 2014 . dead . mdy-all.
- Web site: Placar Magazine . Editora . Abril . 1 January 1987 . Editora Abril . Google Books.