Jhennifer Alves da Conceição (born June 13, 1997, in Nova Friburgo) is a Brazilian swimmer.[1] Finalist at the 2022 World Championships in the 50m breaststroke.[2]
 (2016) | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Jhennifer Alves da Conceição |
| Nationality |  Brazil |
| Born | June 13, 1997 Nova Friburgo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
| Height | 1.62 m (5 ft 4 in) |
| Weight | 52 kg (115 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Swimming |
| Strokes | Breaststroke |
Medal record | |
International career
2015–16
At the 2015 South American Swimming Youth Championships, held in Lima, Peru, Conceição won two gold medals in the 100-metre breaststroke, and in the 4x50-metre medley relay.[3][4]
At the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Conceição won a bronze medal in the 4 × 100 metre medley relay, along with Etiene Medeiros, Daynara de Paula and Larissa Oliveira.[5][6] She also went to the 100 metre breaststroke, where she classified 5th in the heats, but was disqualified in the final.[7]
At the 2015 World Aquatics Championships in Kazan, she finished 14th in the Women's 4 × 100 metre medley relay,[8][9] 21st in the Women's 50 metre breaststroke,[10][11] and 36th in the Women's 100 metre breaststroke.[12][13]
2016 Summer Olympics
At the 2016 Summer Olympics, she competed in the Women's 4 × 100 metre medley relay, finishing 13th.[14]
2017-20
On September 15, 2016, at the José Finkel Trophy (short course competition), she broke the South American record in the 50-metre breaststroke, with a time of 30.31.[15]
On 4 May 2017, at the Maria Lenk Trophy tournament held in Rio de Janeiro, she broke the South American record in the 50-metre breaststroke, with a time of 30.63.[16]
On 7 December 2017, at the Open tournament held in Rio de Janeiro, she broke the South American record in the 50-metre breaststroke, with a time of 30.51.[17]
In August 2018, at the José Finkel Trophy (short course competition), she broke the South American record in the 50-metre breaststroke, with a time of 30.00, and in the 100-metre breaststroke, with a time of 1:05.69 .[18]
In April 2019, at the 2019 Brazil Trophy, she broke two times the South American record in the 50-metre breaststroke: 30.50 at heats, and 30.47 in the final.[19]
On 21 June 2019, at the 2019 Sette Coli in Rome, she broke the South American record in the 100-metre breaststroke, with a time of 1:07.64.[20]
At the 2019 Pan American Games held in Lima, Peru, she won a gold medal in the Mixed 4 × 100 metre medley relay (by participating at heats),[21] and a bronze medal in the Women's 4 × 100 metre medley relay.[22] She also finished 5th in the Women's 100 metre breaststroke.[23]
On 16 November 2020, at the 2020 International Swimming League, she broke the South American record in the 50-metre breaststroke (short course), with a time of 29.91.[24]
2021-24
On 26 June 2021, at the Sette Colli Trophy, she broke the South American record in the 50-metre breaststroke, with a time of 30.40.[25]
At the 2021 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, she finished 9th in the Women's 50 metre breaststroke.[26]
At the 2022 World Aquatics Championships held in Budapest, she qualified for the Women's 50 metre breaststroke final with a time of 30.28, a new South American record.[27] She finished 8th in the final, being the first time that a South American woman reached the final of this event in World Championships.[28]
On 15 September 2022, at the José Finkel Trophy in Recife, she broke the short course South American record in the 50-metre breaststroke, with a time of 29.87.[29]
References
External links
- Jhennifer Conceicao at World Aquatics
- Jhennifer Conceicao at the International Swimming League (archived)
- Jhennifer A. Conceicao at Swimrankings.net
- Jhennifer Conceicao at Olympics.com
- Jhennifer Conceição at Olympedia
