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Nathalia Almeida

Nathalia Almeida
Personal information
Born (1996-12-14) 14 December 1996 (age 28)
Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Sport
SportSwimming

Nathalia Siqueira Almeida (born 14 December 1996) is a Brazilian swimmer.[1] She competed in the women's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[2][3]

In 2013, Almeida competed in the Junior Swimming World Championship and was fifth in the 4 × 100 m Freestyle and 4 × 200 m Freestyle. The following year, she won the gold medal in the South American Championship in Argentina in the 4 × 200 m Freestyle event and the bronze in the 200m Butterfly. In the pre-Olympic championship that defined the Brazilian team for the Rio 2016 Games, Nathalia came close to getting a place in the Olympics that year in the 200m medley. She won a gold medal at the 2018 World Military Championship in Russia. In the same season, she secured third place in the 200m Butterfly at the South American Championship in Peru (2018).[4]

She competed in the 2020 Summer Olympics, where she finished 10th in the Women's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay, along with Larissa Oliveira, Aline Rodrigues and Gabrielle Roncatto.[5]

At the 2021 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) in Abu Dhabi, she finished 7th in the Women's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay, along with Giovanna Diamante, Viviane Jungblut and Gabrielle Roncatto;[6] 12th in the Women's 400 metre freestyle;[7] 14th in the Women's 400 metre individual medley[8] 19th in the Women's 200 metre individual medley,[9] and 23rd in the Women's 100 metre individual medley.;[10]

At the 2022 South American Games held in Asunción, Paraguay, she won a silver medal in the Women's 200 metre individual medley[11] and a bronze medal in the Women's 400 metre individual medley.[12]

At the 2023 Pan American Games held in Santiago, Chile, she won a gold medal in the Brazil's 4 × 100 m mixed freestyle relay, for swimming in the qualifying round of the event, and a silver medal in the Women's 4 × 200 m freestyle, where Brazil almost equaled the South American record.[13][14]

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