Patrícia Filler Amorim (born February 13, 1969 in

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) is a

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former

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and former president of

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. She is the first female president ever of the club, elected on December 7, 2009. She was born to a

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bassist and a primary school teacher. When Amorim was 3 years old, her sister Paula who had asthma was recommended by a doctor to take up swimming to help with her asthma. Amorim started swimming by going along with Paula to the swimming classes. At 5 years old, Amorim swam across Guanabara Bay in Rio. She represented her native country at the

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. She retired from swimming in 1991. At the

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, Amorim finished 25th in the 200m freestyle, 24th in the 400m freestyle, and 20th in the 800m freestyle. She was at the

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, in

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, where she finished 4th in the 4×200-metre freestyle, and 5th in the 200-metre, 400-metre and 800-metre freestyle. At the

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, Amorim finished 11th in the 4×100-metre medley, 21st in the 800-metre freestyle, 24th in the 400-metre freestyle, and 25th in the 200-metre freestyle. Amorim won both the 400 m and 800 m freestyle gold medals at the

1989 Maccabiah Games The 13th Maccabiah Games brought 4,500 athletes to Israel from 45 nations. Jewish athletes from Hungary participated for the first time since World War II, Jewish athletes from Russia had been permitted, by their country, to play for the first ti ...

in Israel. Amorim broke the South American record of the 400-metre freestyle at the

, with a time of 4:19.64. The record lasted 10 years, and was only broken in 1998 by Nayara Ribeiro. Amorim also broke several South American records in the 800-metre free, the first in 1985 and the last in 1988 Seoul: 8:51.95. Her record lasted until 1999, when Ana Muniz did 8:48.53. She is the person who most often hit the Brazilian record of 800-metre freestyle, six times. Amorim is married to Fernando Sihman and has four children. On December 3, 2012, in spite of running for Flamengo's presidency re-election, she was defeated by Eduardo Bandeira de Mello.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Amorim, Patricia 1969 births Living people Brazilian female freestyle swimmers Swimmers at the 1987 Pan American Games Swimmers at the 1988 Summer Olympics Olympic swimmers of Brazil Pan American Games competitors for Brazil CR Flamengo directors and chairmen Swimmers from Rio de Janeiro (city) Brazilian Jews Jewish swimmers Maccabiah Games competitors for Brazil Maccabiah Games medalists in swimming Maccabiah Games gold medalists Competitors at the 1989 Maccabiah Games