Juliana Rodrigues Veloso (born December 22, 1980 in

Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro ( , , ; literally 'River of January'), or simply Rio, is the capital of the state of the same name, Brazil's third-most populous state, and the second-most populous city in Brazil, after São Paulo. Listed by the GaWC as a b ...

) is a female diver from

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who competed in five consecutive

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for her native country, from Sydney 2000 to Rio 2016. She claimed two gold medals at the

2008 South American Swimming Championships The 2008 South American Aquatics Championships, or ''Campeonato Sudamericano de Primera Fuerza de Deportes Acuáticos'' (as they were called in Spanish), were held March 12–16, 2008, in São Paulo, Brazil. The Championships were an event of CON ...

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* 1980 births Living people Brazilian female divers Olympic divers of Brazil Divers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Divers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Divers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Divers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Divers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Pan American Games silver medalists for Brazil Pan American Games bronze medalists for Brazil Pan American Games medalists in diving Divers at the 2003 Pan American Games Divers at the 2007 Pan American Games Divers at the 2011 Pan American Games Divers at the 2015 Pan American Games Universiade medalists in diving Divers from Rio de Janeiro (city) South American Games gold medalists for Brazil South American Games silver medalists for Brazil South American Games medalists in diving Competitors at the 2010 South American Games Universiade bronze medalists for Brazil Divers at the 2019 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2005 Summer Universiade Medalists at the 2003 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2007 Pan American Games Sportspeople from Rio de Janeiro (city) 21st-century Brazilian women 20th-century Brazilian women {{Brazil-acrobatics-diving-bio-stub