Graciele Herrmann (born January 1, 1992) is a

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ian

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who competed at the

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and

2016 Olympics ) , nations = 207 (including IOA and EOR teams) , athletes = 11,238 , events = 306 in 28 sports (41 disciplines) , opening = 5 August 2016 , closing = 21 August 2016 , opened_by = Vice President Michel Temer , cauldron = Vanderlei Cordeiro ...

International career

2011–12

She won two silver medals at the

2011 Pan American Games The 2011 Pan American Games, officially the XVI Pan American Games, was an international multi-sport event that was held from October 14–30, 2011, in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico. Some events were held in the nearby cities of Ciudad Guzmán, ...

, in the 50-metre freestyle, and in the 4×100-metre freestyle.

2012 Summer Olympics

At the

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, she finished 22nd in the Women's 50 metre freestyle.

2013–16

At the

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, in the 4×100-metre freestyle, she broke the South American record, with a time of 3:41.05, along with

Larissa Oliveira Larissa Martins de Oliveira (born 16 February 1993) is a Brazilian Freestyle swimming, freestyle Swimming (sport), swimmer. International career 2012–16 At the 2012 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) in Istanbul, she finished 6th in the ...

Daynara de Paula Daynara Lopes Ferreira de Paula (born July 25, 1989, in Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil) is a Brazilian butterfly swimmer. International career 2008 Summer Olympics Rooted in São Caetano do Sul as a child, at 11 years old, she won sponsorship to ...

and

Alessandra Marchioro Alessandra Christine Harrison Marchioro (born May 13, 1993) is a freestyle swimmer from Brazil. At the 2010 South American Games in Medellín, Colombia, she won a gold medal in the 4×100-metre freestyle and a silver medal in the 50 metre ...

. The Brazilian team finished in 11th place, and did not advance to the final. She also finished 18th in the 50-metre freestyle. At the

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, she won two gold medals in the 50-metre and 4×100-metre freestyle (breaking the competition record in both races) and a silver medal in the 100-metre freestyle. At the 2014 Maria Lenk Trophy, in

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, Herrmann equaled the South American record in the 50-metre freestyle, with a time of 24.76, opening the 4x50m freestyle relay of her club. At the

2014 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships The 2014 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships, also known as the 2014 Hancock Prospecting Pan Pacific Swimming Championships, a long course (50 m) event, was held in Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia, from 21 to 25 August 2014. Qualifying cr ...

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, she finished 5th in the 50-metre freestyle; 5th in the 4×100-metre freestyle relay, along with Etiene Medeiros, Daynara de Paula and Alessandra Marchioro; 5th in the 4×100-metre medley relay, along with Etiene Medeiros, Ana Carla Carvalho and Daynara de Paula; and 11th in the 100-metre freestyle. At the

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, Canada, Herrmann won a bronze medal in the 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay, breaking the South American record, with a time of 3:37.39, along with

Etiene Medeiros Etiene Pires de Medeiros (born 24 May 1991) is a Brazilian competitive swimmer who participates in backstroke and freestyle events. Widely regarded as the best Brazilian woman swimmer of all time, Medeiros was the first Brazilian to win an ind ...

and

. She also finished 6th in the

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, and 7th in the 50 metre freestyle. At the

2015 World Aquatics Championships The 16th FINA World Aquatics Championships, FINA World Championships (russian: Чемпионат мира по водным видам спорта 2015), also Aquatics 2015, were held in Kazan, Russia from 24 July to 9 August 2015. Russia host ...

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, she finished 11th in the 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay, 21st in the 50 metre freestyle and 34th in the

2016 Summer Olympics

At the

2016 Summer Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics ( pt, Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 2016), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad ( pt, Jogos da XXXI Olimpíada) and also known as Rio 2016, was an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 20 ...

, she finished 40th at the Women's 50 metre freestyle.

References

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