Ana Sátila Vieira Vargas (born 13 March 1996) is a Brazilian slalom canoeist who has competed at the international level since 2011.

Career

She began sport training at the age of 4 and qualified for the

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at the age of 15. Satila participated in 3 Olympic Games. At the

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, Sátila was the youngest female competitor in canoe slalom. She competed in the K1 event, finishing 16th in the heats, failing to qualify for the semifinals. She finished in 17th place in the K1 event at the

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. She qualified to represent Brazil at the

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in both women's events. She finished 13th in the K1 event after being eliminated in the semifinal and 10th in the final of the C1 event. In 2015, Sátila won two medals at the

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held in

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, Canada. She won gold in the C1 event and silver in the K1 event. At the

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in London she finished 9th in the C1 event and 13th in the K1 event, after being eliminated in the semifinal. She won three medals at the

with a gold (Extreme K1:

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), a silver (Extreme K1:

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) and a bronze (C1: 2017). Number 3 in the world ranking, Ana Sátila became the first Brazilian woman to reach an Olympic final in canoe slalom. At the 2020 Tokyo Games, she finished in tenth and last place in the final of the C1 event, after getting a time of 164.71 on her run. She first incurred a 2 second penalty at gate 7, and then missed gate 22, which meant another 50 seconds of penalties.Ana Sátila fica sem medalha, mas faz história como primeira mulher finalista na canoagem slalom
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World Cup individual podiums

¹ World Championship counting for World Cup points

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Satila Vieira Vargas, Ana Brazilian female canoeists 1996 births Living people Olympic canoeists of Brazil Canoeists at the 2012 Summer Olympics Canoeists at the 2016 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Minas Gerais Canoeists at the 2015 Pan American Games Canoeists at the 2019 Pan American Games Pan American Games gold medalists for Brazil Pan American Games silver medalists for Brazil Pan American Games medalists in canoeing Medalists at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships Medalists at the 2015 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2019 Pan American Games Canoeists at the 2020 Summer Olympics 21st-century Brazilian women People from Iturama