Nayara Ribeiro Explained

Nayara Ribeiro
Fullname:Nayara Ledoux Ribeiro
Strokes:Freestyle
Birth Date:1984 6, mf=yes
Birth Place:Vitória da Conquista, Bahia, Brazil
Weight:49kg (108lb)

Nayara Ledoux Ribeiro (born June 27, 1984 in Vitória da Conquista) is a freestyle swimmer from Brazil.[1]

Early years

As a child, Nayara wanted to be a ballerina. But at eight years old, her fragile health, and a pharyngitis not healed, led her to the pools. The athlete only defined to have a professional swimmer career at age 14, when she broke a legendary record: at Juvenile South American Championships, in Vitória, Espírito Santo, she broke the South American record of the 400-metre freestyle, which lasted since 1988, with a time of 4:19.32. The owner of the previous record was Patrícia Amorim, who, at the 1988 Summer Olympics marked 4:19.64.[2] [3]

International career

At just 15 years old, participating at the 1999 Pan American Games in Winnipeg, she won a bronze medal in the 4×200-metre freestyle.[4] She also finished 6th in the 400-metre freestyle, and 7th in the 200 and 800-metre freestyle.[5] [6]

On June 5, 2000, she broke the South American Record of the 800-metre freestyle, with a time of 8:46.55.[7] On November 16, 2000, she broke the short-course South American record of the same race, doing 8:33.69. This record was only broken by Kobrich on 2004,[8] but still was a Brazilian record until 2010, when Poliana Okimoto broke the record.[9]

Participating in the 2001 World Aquatics Championships in Fukuoka, Nayara, 17 years old, managed to get to the 1500-metre freestyle final, finishing in 8th place. She was the first Brazilian woman to qualify for a World Championship final, where she finished the race in 16:40.37. On July 27, during qualifying, she broke the Brazilian and South American records in the 1500-metre freestyle, with a time of 16:32.18.[10] This South American record was not broken until 2013, when Poliana Okimoto made a time of 16:26.90.[11] At this competition, she also finished 13th in the 800-metre freestyle, with a time of 8:43.85, South American record.[12] [13]

At the 2002 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m), in Moscow, Nayara finished 14th in the 800-metre freestyle,[14] and 20th in the 400-metre freestyle.[15]

On May 3, 2002, Nayara broke the South American record of the 1500-metre freestyle (in short course), with a time of 16:13.64.[16] This was the Brazilian record until September 25, 2010, when Poliana Okimoto scored 16:09.04 time.[17]

At the 2002 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships in Yokohama, Nayara did a great tournament, finishing 4th in the 1500-metre freestyle, 5th in the 4×200-metre freestyle, and 6th in the 800-metre freestyle.[18] In Yokohama, she broke the South American Record of the 800-metre freestyle, with a time of 8:43.53, and also broke the 4×200-metre freestyle record, with a time of 8:15.80.[19] [20]

She participated at the 2003 World Aquatics Championships, in Barcelona, where she finished 26th in the 800-metre freestyle.[21]

Nayara was at the 2003 Pan American Games in Santo Domingo, where she finished 5th in the 800-metre freestyle.[22] [23]

At the 2006 South American Games in Buenos Aires, Nayara won the silver medal in the 4×200-metre freestyle.[24] She also had won bronze in the 1500-metre freestyle, but was disqualified after the race, losing this medal.[25]

Nayara was at the 2007 Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro, where she finished 10th in the 800-metre freestyle.[26]

After professional swimming

On 2008 she was attending Law School at FTC (Faculty of Science and Technology). Her idol is Ayrton Senna.[27]

In December 2012, she married with Adriano de Souza Valente (a former breaststroke swimmer, now entrepreneur), in Salvador, Bahia.[28]

Personal bests

Nayara Ribeiro is the current holder, or former holder, of the following records:[29]

Long Course (50 meters):

Short course (25 meters):

Notes and References

  1. Web site: UOL profile. UOL. 2007. April 25, 2013. pt.
  2. Web site: UOL profile. UOL. 2007. April 25, 2013. pt.
  3. Web site: Brazilians learn to swim away. Folha de S.Paulo. March 21, 1999. April 25, 2013. pt.
  4. Web site: Brazil medals at 1999 Pan. UOL. 2007. April 25, 2013. pt.
  5. Web site: Results of the 1999 Pan Am Games. USA Swimming. 2013. April 25, 2013.
  6. http://www.swimnews.com/Magazine/1999/augmag99/aug99respanam.html 1999 Full results by Swimnews
  7. Web site: THE HISTORY OF THE RECORD OF 800 FREE FEMALE . Best Swimming . March 9, 2008 . https://archive.today/20130628031306/http://www.bestswimming.com.br/2013/2008/03/09/a-histria-do-recorde-dos-800-livre-feminino-8093/ . dead . June 28, 2013 . April 25, 2013 . pt .
  8. Web site: ARGENTINA - CHILEAN EXCEEDS 800 FREE SOUTH AMERICAN RECORD . Best Swimming . June 28, 2004 . April 25, 2013 . pt .
  9. Web site: Rain of Records opens the Brazilian Short Course Championships . CBDA . September 20, 2010 . April 25, 2013. pt.
  10. Web site: Nayara Ribeiro gets 8th place in the 1500-metre freestyle. UOL. July 28, 2001. April 25, 2013. pt.
  11. Web site: Poliana breaks a 12-year brazilian record . CBDA . August 12, 2013 . September 21, 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131109071228/http://www.cbda.org.br/noticias/poliana-bate-recorde-brasileiro-de-12-anos . November 9, 2013 . dead .
  12. Web site: Brazilian swimming goes without achieving any final in Fukuoka . Folha UOL . July 25, 2001 . April 25, 2013. pt.
  13. Web site: THE HISTORY OF THE RECORD OF 800 FREE FEMALE . Best Swimming . March 9, 2008 . https://archive.today/20130628031306/http://www.bestswimming.com.br/2013/2008/03/09/a-histria-do-recorde-dos-800-livre-feminino-8093/ . dead . June 28, 2013 . April 25, 2013 . pt .
  14. Web site: Results of the 800-metre freestyle at 2002 Moscow . OmegaTiming . April 4, 2002 . April 25, 2013.
  15. Web site: Results of the 400-metre freestyle at 2002 Moscow . OmegaTiming . April 5, 2002 . April 25, 2013.
  16. Web site: Nayara breaks the South American record . CBDA . May 3, 2002 . April 25, 2013 . pt . dead . https://archive.today/20130628041550/http://www.cbda.org.br/noticias/nayara-bate-recorde-sul-americano-id-1584 . June 28, 2013 .
  17. Web site: Back to short course, Poliana hits the Brazilian record of 1500-metre freestyle . Globoesporte . September 25, 2010 . April 25, 2013. pt.
  18. Web site: Bruno Bonfim closes as the 12th athlete with index . CBDA . August 29, 2002 . May 1, 2013 . pt . dead . https://archive.today/20130615214832/http://www.cbda.org.br/noticias/bruno-bonfim-encerra-como-o-12o-atleta-com-indice-id-2235 . June 15, 2013 .
  19. Web site: THE HISTORY OF THE RECORD OF 800 FREE FEMALE . Best Swimming . March 9, 2008 . https://archive.today/20130628031306/http://www.bestswimming.com.br/2013/2008/03/09/a-histria-do-recorde-dos-800-livre-feminino-8093/ . dead . June 28, 2013 . April 25, 2013 . pt .
  20. Web site: Nayara and relay break continental records . CBDA . August 28, 2002 . May 1, 2013 . pt . dead . https://archive.today/20130422220228/http://www.cbda.org.br/noticias/nayara-e-revezamento-batem-recordes-do-continente-id-2233 . April 22, 2013 .
  21. Web site: Results of the 800-metre freestyle at 2003 Barcelona . OmegaTiming . July 25, 2003 . April 25, 2013.
  22. Web site: Results of the 2003 Pan Am Games. USA Swimming. 2013. April 25, 2013.
  23. Web site: Results at 2003 Pan . SwimNews . 2003 . April 25, 2013.
  24. Web site: South American Games: More gold for swimming. Globoesporte. November 19, 2006. April 25, 2013. pt.
  25. Web site: Brazilian swimmer is disqualified in South American Games. UOL. November 18, 2006. April 25, 2013. pt.
  26. Web site: Brazilian off the podium in the 800-metre freestyle. Globoesporte. July 20, 2007. April 25, 2013. pt.
  27. Web site: UOL profile. UOL. 2007. April 25, 2013. pt.
  28. Web site: Happily ever after!. Globoesporte. December 2, 2012. April 25, 2013. pt.
  29. Web site: Women's Swimming Records . CBDA . 2013 . April 25, 2013 . pt . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20121120074131/http://www.cbda.org.br/recordes/oficiais-femininos-id-266 . November 20, 2012 .

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