Paula Baracho
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| Full name | Paula Baracho Rosas Ribeiro | ||||||||||||||||||
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 Brazil
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July 31, 1981 Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil |
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| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 66 kg (146 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Freestyle, Backstroke | ||||||||||||||||||
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Paula Baracho Rosas Ribeiro (born July 31, 1981 in Recife, Brazil) is a freestyle swimmer from Brazil.
At eight years old, she suffered from a serious allergy, and the family doctor advised her mother to take her daughter to a pool to "unlock the nose." She left the swimming school several times, and came to volleyball coaching. Thanks to a mother's attitude, who charged your decision, Paula opted to continue swimming. Soon, got a taste for sport and began to devote herself. In 2003, she left Recife and moved to São Paulo, where she went on to defend the Esporte Clube Pinheiros.
At 18 years old, in 1999 Pan American Games in Winnipeg, won the bronze medal in the 4×200-metre freestyle team as a reserve.
At the 2000 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m), in Athens, Baracho finished 9th in the 4×200-metre freestyle.
At the 2002 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m), in Moscow, repeated the 9th place in the 4×200-metre freestyle in 2000.
Participating in the 2003 World Aquatics Championships, in Barcelona, she finished 12th in the 4×200-metre freestyle.
She won the silver medal in the women's 4×200-metre freestyle relay at the 2003 Pan American Games in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. breaking the South American record, with a time of 8:10.54, along with Monique Ferreira, Mariana Brochado and Ana Muniz. She also finished 4th in the 4×100-metre medley, and 7th in the 100-metre backstroke.
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