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Monique Ferreira
Monique Andrade Ferreira (born 29 June 1980 in Rio de Janeiro) is a freestyle swimmer from Brazil. A member of Santos. International career She represented her native country at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, and 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China, with an Olympic final in Athens in the 4×200-metre freestyle (finishing in 7th place) in the curriculum. At this final, broke the South American record with a time of 8:05.29, along with Joanna Maranhão, Mariana Brochado and Paula Baracho. She also came in 19th place in 400-metre freestyle in Athens 2004. At Beijing 2008, finished 13th in the 4×100-metre freestyle, 21st in the 400-metre freestyle, and 28th in the 200-metre freestyle. At the 1999 Pan American Games in Winnipeg, she won the bronze medal in the 4×200-metre freestyle. She also finished 6th in the 200-metre butterfly, and 9th in the 100-metre butterfly. Monique was in 2000 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m), in Athens, where she finished 25th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Rio De Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro, or simply Rio, is the capital of the Rio de Janeiro (state), state of Rio de Janeiro. It is the List of cities in Brazil by population, second-most-populous city in Brazil (after São Paulo) and the Largest cities in the Americas, sixth-most-populous city in the Americas. Founded in 1565 by the Portuguese people, Portuguese, the city was initially the seat of the Captaincy of Rio de Janeiro, a domain of the Portuguese Empire. In 1763, it became the capital of the State of Brazil, a List of states of the Portuguese Empire, state of the Portuguese Empire. In 1808, when the Transfer of the Portuguese Court to Brazil, Portuguese Royal Court moved to Brazil, Rio de Janeiro became the seat of the court of Queen Maria I of Portugal. She subsequently, under the leadership of her son the prince regent John VI of Portugal, raised Brazil to the dignity of a kingdom, within the United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves, United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil, and Algar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Mariana Brochado
Mariana Nery Brochado (born 18 December 1984) is a Brazilian freestyle swimmer. She won the bronze medal in the women's 200-metre freestyle at the Pan American Games in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. A member of Clube de Regatas do Flamengo swimming team, she also represented her native country at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. Biography One of the muses of Brazilian sport, Mariana entered the Flamengo's swimming school at the age of four years. Three years later, she was part of the infant team. His first state title came in 1998, the same year that she debuted in high-level tournaments. Throughout her career defended red-black colours of Flamengo, the club of her heart, yet she has been besieged by other swim teams, with far better training structures. In 2001, Mariana reached the elite of Brazilian swimming, winning the South American and Brazilian absolute juvenile in the 200-metre freestyle. The following year, 2002, he won two more titles in South America, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
2006 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 M)
The 8th FINA World Aquatics, formerly known as FINA (; ), is the international federation recognised by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) for administering international competitions in List of water sports, water sports. It is one of several interna ... World Swimming Championships ( 25 m) swam April 5–9, 2006 at the Qizhong Forest Sports City Arena in Shanghai, China. Participating nations :''A total of 116 nations had entered swimmers at the 2006 Short Course Worlds.''Source: Entry lists published on the official webpage Results Men Women Medal table References * Event websitewww.fina-shanghai2006.com * Copy of results froswimrankings.net {{DEFAULTSORT:2006 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) World Aquatics Swimming Championships (25 m) FINA Short Course World Championships S 2006 World Short Course Championships S April 2006 sports events in Asia 2006 in Shanghai Swimming in Shanghai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
2005 World Aquatics Championships
The 2005 World Aquatics Championships () or the XI FINA World Championships were held in Montreal, Quebec, Canada from July 16 to July 31, 2005. They took place in Parc Jean-Drapeau on Saint Helen's Island. Competition Medal standings :''ordered by gold medals'' Diving ;Men ;Women Open water swimming ;Men ;Women Swimming ;Men ;Women Synchronised swimming Water polo ;Men ;Women Bidding for and organizing the event Montreal became the first city in North America to hold the FINA World Aquatics Championships. The venue for the games was itself controversial. The games were awarded initially to Montreal, and then taken away again in February 2005 when the city was unable to raise sufficient funding, with other cities indicating their willingness to take the games on. However following promises of funding from various levels of government, Montreal re-bid for the games and they were re-awarded to the city. On July 16, before the start of the 2005 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Ana Muniz
Ana Carolina de Castro Muniz (born March 14, 1984) is a freestyle swimmer from Brazil. At the 1999 Pan American Games in Winnipeg, she won the bronze medal in the 4×200-metre freestyle. She also finished 5th in the 400-metre freestyle, 6th in the 200-metre freestyle, and 6th in the 800-metre freestyle. In November 1999, she broke the short-course South American record of the 200-metre freestyle, with a time of 2:01.09. In December 1999, Muniz broke the South American record of the 800-metre freestyle, with a time of 8:48.53. In 1999, she was also South American record holder of the 400-metre freestyle, with a time of 4:16.32. At the 2000 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m), in Athens, Muniz finished 9th in the 4×200-metre freestyle, where she broke the South American record, with a time of 8:18.87, along with Monique Ferreira, Tatiana Lemos and Paula Baracho. She also finished 19th in the 400-metre freestyle, and 23rd in the 200-metre freestyle. At the 2002 South Ame ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Santo Domingo
Santo Domingo, formerly known as Santo Domingo de Guzmán, is the capital and largest city of the Dominican Republic and the List of metropolitan areas in the Caribbean, largest metropolitan area in the Caribbean by population. the Distrito Nacional, city center had a population of 1,029,110 while its Metropolitan area, the Greater Santo Domingo, had a population of 4,274,651. The city is coterminous with the boundaries of the Distrito Nacional (D.N.), itself bordered on three sides by Santo Domingo Province. Santo Domingo was founded in 1496 by the Spanish Empire and is the oldest continuously inhabited European colonization of the Americas, European settlement in the Americas. It was the first seat of Spanish colonial rule in the New World, the Captaincy General of Santo Domingo. Santo Domingo is the site of the first university, cathedral, castle, monastery, and fortress in the New World. The city's Ciudad Colonial (Santo Domingo), Colonial Zone was declared as a World Herit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Barcelona
Barcelona ( ; ; ) is a city on the northeastern coast of Spain. It is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Catalonia, as well as the second-most populous municipality of Spain. With a population of 1.6 million within city limits,Barcelona: Población por municipios y sexo – Instituto Nacional de Estadística. (National Statistics Institute) its urban area extends to numerous neighbouring municipalities within the province of Barcelona and is home to around 5.3 million people, making it the fifth most populous ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
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. Competition was held in the facilities all around the city: Palau Sant Jordi, Piscines Bernat Picornell, Piscina Municipal de Montjuïc, Club de Natació de Barcelona and Port Vell. Schedule Competition dates were: *Diving: July 13–19 and 21; *Synchronized Swimming: July 13–19; *Open Water: July 13 (5K), 16 (10K) and 19 (25K); *Water Polo: *Swimming: July 20–27. Medal table Results Diving ;Men ;Women Open water swimming ;Men ;Women Swimming Synchronised swimming Water polo ;Men ;Women See also *List of world records in swimming *List of World Championships records in swimming References FINA Official Championship Results History – Swimming (men) [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
2002 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships
The ninth edition of the Pan Pacific Swimming Championships, a long course (50 m) event, was held in 2002 in Yokohama International Swimming Pool in Yokohama, Japan, from August 24–29. One world record A world record is usually the best global and most important performance that is ever recorded and officially verified in a specific skill, sport, or other kind of activity. The book ''Guinness World Records'' and other world records organizatio ... was set over the six-day competition. Results Men's events Women's events Medal table ReferencesResults on GBRSports.com {{Pan Pacific Swimming Championships Pan Pan Pan Pacific Swimming Championships International aquatics competitions hosted by Japan Swimming competitions in Japan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Moscow
Moscow is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Russia by population, largest city of Russia, standing on the Moskva (river), Moskva River in Central Russia. It has a population estimated at over 13 million residents within the city limits, over 19.1 million residents in the urban area, and over 21.5 million residents in Moscow metropolitan area, its metropolitan area. The city covers an area of , while the urban area covers , and the metropolitan area covers over . Moscow is among the world's List of largest cities, largest cities, being the List of European cities by population within city limits, most populous city entirely in Europe, the largest List of urban areas in Europe, urban and List of metropolitan areas in Europe, metropolitan area in Europe, and the largest city by land area on the European continent. First documented in 1147, Moscow became the capital of the Grand Principality of Moscow, which led the unification of the Russian lan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
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 country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia. It is the list of countries and dependencies by area, largest country in the world, and extends across Time in Russia, eleven time zones, sharing Borders ... on April 3–7, 2002. The event took place in the 25m-pool of the Olympiiski-complex, which also hosted the swimming event at the 1980 Summer Olympics. A record 599 swimmers from 92 countries competed at these championships, which resulted in seven world records. Medal table Results Freestyle Backstroke Breaststroke Butterfly Medley External links *Swim RankingResults*Full results froFINA website {{DEFAULTSORT:2002 Fina World Swimming Championships (25 M) World Aquatics Swimming Championships (25 m) FINA Short Course World Championships S S S 2002 in Moscow Swimming competitions in Russia April 2002 sports events in Europe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Athens
Athens ( ) is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Greece, largest city of Greece. A significant coastal urban area in the Mediterranean, Athens is also the capital of the Attica (region), Attica region and is the southernmost capital on the European mainland. With its urban area's population numbering over 3.6 million, it is the List of urban areas in the European Union, eighth-largest urban area in the European Union (EU). The Municipality of Athens (also City of Athens), which constitutes a small administrative unit of the entire urban area, had a population of 643,452 (2021) within its official limits, and a land area of . Athens is one of the List of oldest continuously inhabited cities, world's oldest cities, with its recorded history spanning over 3,400 years, and its earliest human presence beginning somewhere between the 11th and 7th millennia BCE. According to Greek mythology the city was named after Athena, the ancient Greek goddess of wisdom, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
