Flávia Alvarenga Fernandes (born February 13, 1981, in

Goiânia Goiânia (; ) is the capital and largest city of the Brazilian state of Goiás. With a population of 1,536,097, it is the second-largest city in the Central-West Region and the 10th-largest in the country. Its metropolitan area has a population ...

) is a female

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from

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, who won the bronze medal with the

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at the

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. She also competed at the

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, finishing in fourth place.

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