Jéssica Cavalheiro
Brazilian swimmer (born 1991)
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Jéssica Bruin Cavalheiro (born August 1, 1991 in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil), is a Brazilian Olympic swimmer.[1][2]
International career
2011–12
Integrating Brazil national delegation that disputed the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara, Mexico,[3] won the silver medal in the 4×200-metre freestyle relay.[4] She was also in the 200-metre freestyle final, finishing in 6th place.[5]
2013–16
At the 2013 World Aquatics Championships in Barcelona, she finished 10th in the 4×200-metre freestyle, along with Manuella Lyrio, Carolina Bilich and Larissa Oliveira.[6]
At the 2014 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) in Doha, Qatar, Cavalheiro finished 18th in the Women's 400 metre freestyle[7] and 23rd in the Women's 200 metre freestyle.[8]
At the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Cavalheiro won the silver medal in the 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay, breaking the South American record, with a time of 7:56.36, along with Larissa Oliveira, Manuella Lyrio and Joanna Maranhão.[9][10]
At the 2015 World Aquatics Championships in Kazan, Cavalheiro finished 10th in the Women's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay, along with Manuella Lyrio, Joanna Maranhão and Larissa Oliveira.[11][12]
2016 Summer Olympics
At the 2016 Summer Olympics, in the Women's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay, she broke the South American record, with a time of 7:55.68, along with Manuella Lyrio, Gabrielle Roncatto and Larissa Oliveira, finishing 11th.[13]