Tatiana Martine Lemos de Lima Barbosa (born December 10, 1978) is a

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from Brazil. In her career, she represented Minas Brasília, COPM de Brasília, Iate Clube de Brasília, AABB de Brasília, Clube do Exército de Brasília, CR Vasco da Gama, Esporte Clube Pinheiros and Unisanta. She has been in two Olympic Games, four World Championships (Long Course), five World Championships (Short Course), four editions of the Pan American Games, and two editions of the Swimming World Military Championships.

International career

She was at the

1998 World Aquatics Championships The 8th FINA World Championships or the 1998 World Aquatics Championships were held from 8 to 17 January 1998 in Perth, Western Australia. The championships features competition in all five of FINA's disciplines: Swimming, Diving, Water Polo, S ...

, in Perth, where she finished 10th in the 4×200-metre freestyle, 13th in the 4×100-metre freestyle, and 41st in the 100-metre freestyle. She participated at the

1999 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) The 4th FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) was an international swimming meet organized by FINA, held 1–4 April 1999 at the Hong Kong Coliseum in Hong Kong. It features 516 swimmers from 61 nations, swimming in 40 short course In swimmin ...

, in Hong Kong. Tatiana had a great debut in his first Pan, the

1999 Pan American Games The 1999 Pan American Games, officially the XIII Pan American Games or the 13th Pan American Games, was a major international multi-sport event that was held from July 23 to August 8, 1999, in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada and surrounding towns and ...

in Winnipeg, with three bronze medals in three relays (4×100-metre freestyle, 4×200-metre freestyle and 4×100-metre medley). She also finished 5th in the 100-metre freestyle, and 6th in the 50-metre freestyle. Participated in the

2000 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) The 5th FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) were held at the Olympic Aquatic Centre in Athens, Greece from 16–19 March 2000. 15 world records were set. Men's events Legend: WR: World record; CR: World Championships record Women's even ...

in Athens, where she finished 22nd in the 50-metre freestyle, 25th in the 100-metre freestyle, 9th in the 4×100-metre freestyle, and 9th in the 4×200-metre freestyle. She was at the

2002 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) The 6th FINA Short Course World Championships were held in Moscow, Russia Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and Northern Asia. It is the largest country in the world, with ...

in Moscow, reaching the 4×100-metre freestyle final, being in 8th place. Also ranked 9th in the 4×200-metre freestyle. At the

2003 Pan American Games The 2003 Pan American Games were held in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, from August 1 to 17, 2003. The successful bid for the games was made in the mid-1990s, when Dominican Republic had one of the highest growth rates in Latin America. Al ...

, in Santo Domingo, she won another bronze in the 4×100-metre freestyle. At the

2003 World Aquatics Championships The 10th FINA World Aquatics Championships were held July 12–27, 2003 in Barcelona, Spain. The championships featured competition in all 5 of FINA's disciplines: Swimming, Diving, Synchronised swimming, Water Polo, and Open Water Swimming. C ...

in Barcelona, finished 14th in the 4×100-metre freestyle. Tatiana also entered the 4×100-metre freestyle relay in

2004 Summer Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004, ), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad ( el, Αγώνες της 28ης Ολυμπιάδας, ) and also known as Athens 2004 ( el, Αθήνα 2004), ...

, in Athens. She was the second to jump into the pool on August 14 that year. The team, which had yet

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and

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, took 12th place in Olympic dispute. Tatiana was also in 19th place in the 100-metre freestyle. Participating in the

2004 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) The 7th FINA Short Course World Championships were held at the Conseco Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States from October 7 through October 11, 2004. Results Freestyle Backstroke Breaststroke Butterfly Medley Medal table ...

, in

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, Tatiana almost gets an historical medal, finishing in 4th place in the 4×100-metre freestyle. She also gets 6th place in the 4×200-metre freestyle. At the

2007 Pan American Games The 2007 Pan American Games, officially known as the XV Pan American Games, were a major continental multi-sport event that took place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from July 13 to 29, 2007. A total of 5,633 athletes from 42 National Olympic Com ...

, in Rio de Janeiro, Tatiana won the bronze in the 4×200-metre freestyle, along with

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and Paula Baracho. She also won the silver medal in the 4×100-metre freestyle, along with

and

However, later this medal was revoked due to

's doping. In May 2008, together with

and

Michelle Lenhardt Michelle Lenhardt (born May 27, 1980 in Porto Alegre) is a Brazilian swimmer, who specialized in freestyle events. Graduatedat Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul with a degree in advertising, Lenhardt moved in 2004 to Santo ...

, got new South American record of the 4×100-metre freestyle relay with a time of 3:43.16. The swimmer was almost out of the group that went to the Olympics. Her vacancy came only with the exclusion of

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, caught in an doping exam. Participating in

2008 Summer Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 Na ...

in Beijing,

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, Tatiana finished 10th in the 4×100-metre medley, and 13th in the 4×100-metre freestyle. At the

2009 World Aquatics Championships The 2009 World Aquatics Championships ( it, Campionati mondiali di nuoto 2009) or the XIII FINA World Championships were held in Rome, Italy from 18 July to 2 August 2009. The 2009 Championships featured competition in all 5 aquatics disciplines ...

in Rome, Tatiana ranked 29th in the 50-metre freestyle, 22nd in the 100-metre freestyle, and was in the 4×100-metre medley final, finishing in 8th place. She was at the

2010 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships The eleventh edition of the Pan Pacific Swimming Championships, also known as the 2010 Mutual of Omaha Pan Pacific Swimming Championships, a long course (50 m) event, was held in Irvine, California, United States, from August 18–22. Me ...

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, where she finished 6th in the 4×200-metre freestyle, 16th in the 50-metre freestyle, 21st in the 100-metre freestyle, and 23rd in the 200-metre freestyle. In the

Military World Games The Military World Games is a multi-sport event for military sportspeople, organized by the International Military Sports Council (CISM). They have been held since 1995, although championships for separate sports had been held for some years. A w ...

, conducted in 2010 in Warendorf, Germany, she won the gold medal in the 100-metre freestyle and the 4×100-metre freestyle, and silver in the 50-metre freestyle, 200-metre freestyle and 4×100-metre medley. Participating in the

2010 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) The 10th FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) was held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates from 15–19 December 2010. This swimming-only championships took place in the Dubai Sports Complex; all events were swum in a 25-meter ( short-course) ...

, in Dubai, came in 19th place in the 100-metre freestyle, 28th in the 200-metre freestyle was in the 4×100-metre freestyle final, finishing 8th and in the 4×100-metre medley, also finished 8th . At the

2011 World Aquatics Championships The 14th FINA World Championships () were held on 16–31 July 2011 in Shanghai, China at the Shanghai Oriental Sports Center. The 2011 World Championships featured five aquatics disciplines: swimming, water polo, diving, open water, and synchro ...

in Shanghai, Tatiana got the 25th place in the 100-metre freestyle, 13th in the 4×100-metre freestyle, and 17th in the 4×100-metre medley. 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, ...

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, Tatiana won silver in the 4×100-metre freestyle, in the 4×200-metre freestyle, and bronze in the 4×100-metre medley. At the

2012 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) The 11th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) was held in Istanbul, Turkey on 12–16 December 2012. This swimming-only championships took place in the Sinan Erdem Dome; all events were swum in a 25-meter ( short-course) pool. The United St ...

, in Istanbul, she reached the 4×100-metre freestyle final, placing 6th. She ended her career in late 2013, at the Open tournament, held in Porto Alegre, Brazil.

Records

Tatiana is the current holder of the following records: Long course (50 meters): * Former South American record holder of the 100m freestyle: 54.72, time obtained on December 18, 2009 * Former South American record holder of the 4x100 freestyle: 3:41.49, time obtained on September 6, 2009, along with

and

* South American record holder of the 4 × 100 m medley: 3:58.49, time obtained on August 1, 2009, along with

Fabíola Molina Fabíola Pulga Molina (born May 25, 1975 in São José dos Campos, São Paulo (state), São Paulo, Brazil) is a butterfly swimming, butterfly and backstroke swimmer from Brazil, who competed at the Swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics, 2000, Swi ...

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and

Gabriella Silva Gabriella Machado e Silva (born December 12, 1988, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) is a Brazilian butterfly swimmer and Olympian. As of October 2008, she was the South American and Brazilian record holder in the long-course 100-metre butterfly. At ...

Short course (25 meters): * Former South American record holder of the 100m freestyle: 53.19, time obtained on November 11, 2009 * South American record holder of the 200m freestyle: 1:56.43, time obtained on November 14, 2009 * Former South American record holder of the 4x100 freestyle: 3:35.95, time obtained on December 18, 2010, along with

and

* Former South American record holder of the 4 × 200 m freestyle: 8:01.78, time obtained on September 9, 2005, along with Paula Baracho,

and

Joanna Maranhão Joanna de Albuquerque Maranhão Bezerra de Melo, or Joanna Maranhão (born April 29, 1987 in Recife, Pernambuco) is a swimmer from Brazil, who competed at three consecutive Summer Olympics for her native country, starting in 2004. She was a f ...

References

External links

2008 Olympics profile

Tatiana Lemos Bio
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International career

Records

See also

References

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