Tânia Anacleto Gregório (also known as Tanya Anacleto, 1 May 19769 February 2003) was a Mozambican former swimmer, who specialized in sprint freestyle events. She represented

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at the

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, and also held numerous national records in a sprint freestyle double (both 50 and 100 m). Anacleto competed only in the women's 50 m freestyle at the

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. She received a ticket from

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, under a Universality program, in an entry time of 29.48. She challenged seven other swimmers in heat three, including Nigeria's top favorite

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and Aruba's 15-year-old teen

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. Diving in with a fastest reaction of 0.64 seconds, Anacleto scorched the field effortlessly to hit the wall with a second-fastest time and a Mozambican record of 28.78. Anacleto failed to advance into the semifinals, as she was placed 58th overall out of 74 swimmers in the prelims. On 9 February 2003 Anacleto and her husband Reginaldo Correia were killed instantly in a road accident after their car crashed into the tree across the Mozambican countryside.

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* 1976 births 2003 deaths Commonwealth Games competitors for Mozambique Swimmers at the 2002 Commonwealth Games Olympic swimmers for Mozambique Swimmers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Mozambican female freestyle swimmers People from Beira, Mozambique Road incident deaths in Mozambique {{Mozambique-swimming-bio-stub