Ana Carolina de Castro Muniz (born March 14, 1984) is a

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. At the

1999 Pan American Games The 1999 Pan American Games, officially the XIII Pan American Games or the 13th Pan American Games, was a major international multi-sport event that was held from July 23 to August 8, 1999, in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada and surrounding towns and ...

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, she won the bronze medal in the 4×200-metre freestyle. She also finished 5th in the 400-metre freestyle, 6th in the 200-metre freestyle, and 6th in the 800-metre freestyle. In November 1999, she broke the short-course South American record of the 200-metre freestyle, with a time of 2:01.09. In December 1999, Muniz broke the South American record of the 800-metre freestyle, with a time of 8:48.53. In 1999, she was also South American record holder of the 400-metre freestyle, with a time of 4:16.32. At the

2000 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) The 5th FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) were held at the Olympic Aquatic Centre in Athens, Greece from 16–19 March 2000. 15 world records were set. Men's events Legend: WR: World record; CR: World Championships record Women's even ...

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, Muniz finished 9th in the 4×200-metre freestyle, where she broke the South American record, with a time of 8:18.87, along with

Monique Ferreira Monique Andrade Ferreira (born 29 June 1980 in Rio de Janeiro) is a freestyle swimmer from Brazil. A member of Santos. International career She represented her native country at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, and 2008 Summer Olymp ...

Tatiana Lemos Tatiana Martine Lemos de Lima Barbosa (born December 10, 1978) is a freestyle swimming, freestyle swimmer from Brazil. In her career, she represented Minas Brasília, COPM de Brasília, Iate Clube de Brasília, AABB de Brasília, Clube do Exérc ...

and Paula Baracho. She also finished 19th in the 400-metre freestyle, and 23rd in the 200-metre freestyle. At the

2002 South American Games The VII South American Games (Spanish: ''Juegos Sudamericanos''; Portuguese: ''Jogos Sul-Americanos'') were a multi-sport event held in 2002 in Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, Curitiba, and Belém; all in Brazil. The Games were organized by the South ...

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, she won a gold medal in the 200-metre freestyle, silver in the 400-metre freestyle, and bronze in the 800-metre freestyle. Participating in the

2003 World Aquatics Championships The 10th FINA World Aquatics Championships were held July 12–27, 2003 in Barcelona, Spain. The championships featured competition in all 5 of FINA's disciplines: Swimming, Diving, Synchronised swimming, Water Polo, and Open Water Swimming. C ...

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, she finished 12th in the 4×200-metre freestyle. She won the silver medal in the women's 4×200-metre freestyle relay at the

2003 Pan American Games The 2003 Pan American Games were held in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, from August 1 to 17, 2003. The successful bid for the games was made in the mid-1990s, when Dominican Republic had one of the highest growth rates in Latin America. Al ...

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, where she broke the South American record, with a time of 8:10.54, along with

Mariana Brochado Mariana Nery Brochado (born 18 December 1984) is a Brazilian freestyle swimmer. She won the bronze medal in the women's 200-metre freestyle at the Pan American Games in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. A member of Clube de Regatas do Flamengo ...

and Paula Baracho. Muniz also finished 6th in the 800-metre freestyle.

References

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