Beatriz Bezerra (born 1 March 2006) is a Brazilian competitive swimmer. At the 2022 World Junior Championships, she won silver medals in the 50-metre butterfly and 100-metre butterfly and a bronze medal in the 4×100-metre freestyle relay. She is a five-time gold medalist and one-time silver medalist at the 2022 South American Youth Games.
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| Born | 1 March 2006[1] Brazil | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Butterfly, freestyle | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Background
editCareer
edit2022
editIn April and May, at the 2022 South American Youth Games, held in Rosario, Argentina, Bezerra won gold medals in the 50-metre butterfly, 4×100-metre freestyle relay, 4×100-metre medley relay, 4×100-metre mixed freestyle relay, and 4×100-metre mixed medley relay, as well as a silver medal in the 100-metre butterfly.[2][3]
2022 World Junior Championships
editAt the 2022 FINA World Junior Swimming Championships, held starting 30 August in Lima, Peru, 16-year-old Bezerra won her first medal of the Championships on day four with a silver medal in the 50-metre butterfly, finishing second behind 15-year-old Jana Pavalić of Croatia in the final with a personal pest time of 26.67 seconds.[4][5][6] She won her second medal the following day, splitting the third-fastest second leg relay time in the final of the 4×100-metre freestyle relay, less than two seconds slower than the fastest second leg swimmer Nikolett Pádár of Hungary, to help win the bronze medal with a final time of 3:50.13.[6][7][8] The sixth and final day of competition, she won her third medal, a silver medal in the 100-metre butterfly with a personal best time of 59.69 seconds.[6][9][10] Her three medals helped tie the all-time best medal table performance for Brazil at a single FINA World Junior Swimming Championships, a record of five total medals, one gold, three silver, and one bronze, from the first edition of the competition, held in 2006.[6][11][12][13] In her other four events, she placed fifth in the finals of the 4×100-metre mixed medley relay and the 4×100-metre mixed freestyle relay, placed sixth in the final of the 100-metre freestyle with a personal best time of 56.97 seconds, and placed sixth in the final of the 50-metre freestyle with a personal best time of 26.28 seconds.[11][14]
At the 2022 Carlos Campos Sobrinho Trophy in late November in Recife, Bezerra won the 100-metre butterfly with a new competition record of 1:00.44 after first setting a new competition record of 1:00.81 in the preliminaries.[15]
2023
editOn 30 May, the first day of the 2023 Brazil National Swimming Championships in Recife, 17-year-old Bezerra placed sixth in the final of the 100-metre butterfly with a time of 1:00.55.[16] Three days later, she won her heat of the 50-metre butterfly in the preliminaries with a personal best time of 26.57 seconds and qualified for the evening final.[17] In the final she lowered her personal best time by three-tenths of a second to a 2023 World Aquatics Championships qualifying time of 26.27 seconds to win the silver medal, finishing just 0.01 seconds behind gold medalist 18-year-old Celine Bispo.[18]
International championships (50 m)
edit| Meet | 50 free | 100 free | 50 fly | 100 fly | 4×100 free | 4×100 medley | 4×100 mixed free | 4×100 mixed medley |
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| SAYG 2022 (age: 16) |
 (27.60) |
 (1:01.73) |
(3:49.36) |
(4:18.86) |
(3:39.80) |
(3:58.32) | ||
| WJC 2022 (age: 16) |
6th (26.28) |
6th (56.97) |
(26.67) |
(59.69) |
 (3:50.13) |
5th (3:36.24) |
5th (3:59.50) |
Personal best times
editLong course metres (50 m pool)
edit| Event | Time | Meet | Location | Date | Ref |
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| 50 m freestyle | 26.28 | 2022 World Junior Championships | Lima, Peru | 4 September 2022 | [14] |
| 100 m freestyle | 56.97 | 2022 World Junior Championships | Lima, Peru | 1 September 2022 | [14] |
| 50 m butterfly | 26.27 | 2023 Brazil National Swimming Championships | Recife | 2 June 2023 | [18] |
| 100 m butterfly | 59.69 | 2022 World Junior Championships | Lima, Peru | 4 September 2022 | [9] |
Awards and honours
edit- Brazilian Olympic Committee, Year-end Junior Athletes Retrospective, highlight: 2022[19]
- Olimpíada Todo Dia, Youth Athletes Retrospective, highlight: 2022[20]
References
edit- ^ a b "Beatriz Bezerra". FINA. Retrieved 12 September 2022.
- ^ a b "Rosario 2022: Bezerra Beatriz". ODESUR. Retrieved 12 September 2022.
- ^ "These are the champions the first week of Rosario 2022". santiago2023.org. 3 May 2022. Retrieved 28 April 2023.
- ^ FINA (2 September 2022). "8th FINA World Junior Swimming Championships Lima (PER): Women's 50m Butterfly Final Results". Omega Timing. Retrieved 12 September 2022.
- ^ "Beatriz Bezerra é prata nos 50 m borboleta no Mundial Júnior" (in Portuguese). olimpiadatododia.com.br. 2 September 2022. Retrieved 12 September 2022.
- ^ a b c d Chaves, Lincoln (5 September 2022). "Natação: Brasil iguala melhor campanha da história em Mundiais Júnior" (in Portuguese). Agência Brasil. Retrieved 12 September 2022.
- ^ FINA (3 September 2022). "8th FINA World Junior Swimming Championships Lima (PER): Women's 4x100m Freestyle Final Results". Omega Timing. Retrieved 12 September 2022.
- ^ Silva, Regys (3 September 2022). "Stephan Steverink é prata e Revezamento 4x100m Livres feminino é bronze no Mundial Junior de Natação" (in Portuguese). surtoolimpico.com.br. Retrieved 12 September 2022.
- ^ a b FINA (4 September 2022). "8th FINA World Junior Swimming Championships Lima (PER): Women's 100m Butterfly Final Results". Omega Timing. Retrieved 12 September 2022.
- ^ Gentile, Gabriel (4 September 2022). "Beatriz Bezerra leva mais uma prata no Mundial Jr. de natação" (in Portuguese). olimpiadatododia.com.br. Retrieved 12 September 2022.
- ^ a b Costa, Guilherme (5 September 2022). "Medalhas no Mundial júnior dão gás para natação feminina" (in Portuguese). Globo Esporte. Retrieved 12 September 2022.
- ^ "Fim de semana fecha campanha recorde do Brasil na natação e tem medalhas no triatlo e no taekwondo" (in Portuguese). Brazilian Olympic Committee. 5 September 2022. Retrieved 12 September 2022.
- ^ "Brazil conquista cinco medalhas no Mundial Júnior de Natação" (in Portuguese). Federação Aquática Paulista. 10 September 2022. Retrieved 12 September 2022.
- ^ a b c FINA (4 September 2022). "8th FINA World Junior Swimming Championships Lima (PER): Results Book". Omega Timing. Retrieved 12 September 2022.
- ^ "Beatriz Bezerra e Guilherme Escudero batem recordes de campeonato no segundo dia de Brasileiro Juvenil" (in Portuguese). CBDA. 27 November 2022. Retrieved 17 February 2023.
- ^ Time Brasil (30 May 2023). "Troféu Brasil de Natação 2023 - Dia 1 - Finais" (in Portuguese; time stamp 1:15:23 to 1:19:17). YouTube. Retrieved 31 May 2023.
- ^ Time Brasil (2 June 2023). "Troféu Brasil de Natação 2023 - Dia 4 - Eliminatórias" (in Portuguese; time stamp 59:14 to 1:00:32). YouTube. Retrieved 2 June 2023.
- ^ a b Time Brasil (2 June 2023). "Troféu Brasil de Natação 2023 - Dia 4 - Finais" (in Portuguese; time stamp 52:14 to 1:01:06). YouTube. Retrieved 2 June 2023.
- ^ "Retrospectiva 2022: natação se destaca e comanda medalhas do Brasil em Mundiais Juniors no ano" (in Portuguese). Brazilian Olympic Committee. 16 December 2022. Retrieved 20 February 2023.
- ^ Nagime, Mateus (24 December 2022). "Retrospectiva Olímpica: atletas de base do Time Brasil em 2022" (in Portuguese). olimpiadatododia.com.br. Retrieved 18 February 2023.