Beatriz Bezerra (born 1 March 2006) is a Brazilian competitive

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. At the 2022 World Junior Championships, she won silver medals in the 50-metre butterfly and 100-metre butterfly and a bronze medal in the 4×100-metre freestyle relay. She is a five-time gold medalist and one-time silver medalist at the

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Background

Bezerra was born 1 March 2006 in

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."Beatriz Bezerra"
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''. Retrieved 12 September 2022.

Career

2022

In April and May, at the

, held in

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, Bezerra won gold medals in the 50-metre butterfly, 4×100-metre freestyle relay, 4×100-metre medley relay, 4×100-metre mixed freestyle relay, and 4×100-metre mixed medley relay, as well as a silver medal in the 100-metre butterfly."Rosario 2022: Bezerra Beatriz"
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''. Retrieved 12 September 2022."These are the champions the first week of Rosario 2022"
'' santiago2023.org''. 3 May 2022. Retrieved 28 April 2023.

2022 World Junior Championships

At the

2022 FINA World Junior Swimming Championships The 8th FINA World Junior Swimming Championships was held from 30 August to 4 September 2022 at the Videna Aquatic Center in Lima, Peru.

, held starting 30 August in

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, 16-year-old Bezerra won her first medal of the Championships on day four with a silver medal in the 50-metre butterfly, finishing second behind 15-year-old Jana Pavalić of

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in the final with a personal pest time of 26.67 seconds.

(2 September 2022)
"8th FINA World Junior Swimming Championships Lima (PER): Women's 50m Butterfly Final Results"
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''. Retrieved 12 September 2022."Beatriz Bezerra é prata nos 50 m borboleta no Mundial Júnior"
(in Portuguese). ''olimpiadatododia.com.br''. 2 September 2022. Retrieved 12 September 2022.Chaves, Lincoln (5 September 2022)
"Natação: Brasil iguala melhor campanha da história em Mundiais Júnior"
(in Portuguese). ''

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''. Retrieved 12 September 2022. She won her second medal the following day, splitting the third-fastest second leg relay time in the final of the 4×100-metre freestyle relay, less than two seconds slower than the fastest second leg swimmer

Nikolett Pádár Nikolett Pádár (born 30 March 2006) is a Hungarian competitive swimmer. She is a Hungarian record holder in the short course 4×100-metre freestyle relay. At the 2021 European Short Course Championships, she placed fifth in the 200-metre f ...

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, to help win the bronze medal with a final time of 3:50.13.

(3 September 2022)
"8th FINA World Junior Swimming Championships Lima (PER): Women's 4x100m Freestyle Final Results"
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''. Retrieved 12 September 2022.Silva, Regys (3 September 2022)
"Stephan Steverink é prata e Revezamento 4x100m Livres feminino é bronze no Mundial Junior de Natação"
(in Portuguese). ''surtoolimpico.com.br''. Retrieved 12 September 2022. The sixth and final day of competition, she won her third medal, a silver medal in the 100-metre butterfly with a personal best time of 59.69 seconds.

(4 September 2022)
"8th FINA World Junior Swimming Championships Lima (PER): Women's 100m Butterfly Final Results"
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''. Retrieved 12 September 2022.Gentile, Gabriel (4 September 2022)
"Beatriz Bezerra leva mais uma prata no Mundial Jr. de natação"
(in Portuguese). ''olimpiadatododia.com.br''. Retrieved 12 September 2022. Her three medals helped tie the all-time best medal table performance for Brazil at a single

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, a record of five total medals, one gold, three silver, and one bronze, from the

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of the competition, held in 2006.Costa, Guilherme (5 September 2022)
"Medalhas no Mundial júnior dão gás para natação feminina"
(in Portuguese). ''

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''. Retrieved 12 September 2022."Fim de semana fecha campanha recorde do Brasil na natação e tem medalhas no triatlo e no taekwondo"
(in Portuguese). ''

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''. 5 September 2022. Retrieved 12 September 2022."Brazil conquista cinco medalhas no Mundial Júnior de Natação"
(in Portuguese). ''Federação Aquática Paulista''. 10 September 2022. Retrieved 12 September 2022. In her other four events, she placed fifth in the finals of the 4×100-metre mixed medley relay and the 4×100-metre mixed freestyle relay, placed sixth in the final of the 100-metre freestyle with a personal best time of 56.97 seconds, and placed sixth in the final of the 50-metre freestyle with a personal best time of 26.28 seconds.

(4 September 2022)
"8th FINA World Junior Swimming Championships Lima (PER): Results Book"
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''. Retrieved 12 September 2022. At the 2022 Carlos Campos Sobrinho Trophy in late November in

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, Bezerra won the 100-metre butterfly with a new competition record of 1:00.44 after first setting a new competition record of 1:00.81 in the preliminaries."Beatriz Bezerra e Guilherme Escudero batem recordes de campeonato no segundo dia de Brasileiro Juvenil"
(in Portuguese). ''

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''. 27 November 2022. Retrieved 17 February 2023.

2023

On 30 May, the first day of the 2023 Brazil National Swimming Championships in Recife, 17-year-old Bezerra placed sixth in the final of the 100-metre butterfly with a time of 1:00.55. Time Brasil (30 May 2023)
"Troféu Brasil de Natação 2023 - Dia 1 - Finais"
(in Portuguese; time stamp 1:15:23 to 1:19:17). ''

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''. Retrieved 31 May 2023. Three days later, she won her heat of the 50-metre butterfly in the preliminaries with a personal best time of 26.57 seconds and qualified for the evening final. Time Brasil (2 June 2023)
"Troféu Brasil de Natação 2023 - Dia 4 - Eliminatórias"
(in Portuguese; time stamp 59:14 to 1:00:32). ''

''. Retrieved 2 June 2023. In the final she lowered her personal best time by three-tenths of a second to a

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qualifying time of 26.27 seconds to win the silver medal, finishing just 0.01 seconds behind gold medalist 18-year-old Celine Bispo. Time Brasil (2 June 2023)
"Troféu Brasil de Natação 2023 - Dia 4 - Finais"
(in Portuguese; time stamp 52:14 to 1:01:06). ''

''. Retrieved 2 June 2023.

International championships (50 m)

Personal best times

Long course metres (50 m pool)

Awards and honours

, Year-end Junior Athletes Retrospective, highlight: 2022"Retrospectiva 2022: natação se destaca e comanda medalhas do Brasil em Mundiais Juniors no ano"
(in Portuguese). ''

''. 16 December 2022. Retrieved 20 February 2023. * ''Olimpíada Todo Dia'', Youth Athletes Retrospective, highlight: 2022Nagime, Mateus (24 December 2022)
"Retrospectiva Olímpica: atletas de base do Time Brasil em 2022"
(in Portuguese). ''olimpiadatododia.com.br''. Retrieved 18 February 2023.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Bezerra, Beatriz 2006 births Living people Brazilian female butterfly swimmers Brazilian female freestyle swimmers 21st-century Brazilian sportswomen