Ivi Monteiro (born November 16, 1984, in Rio de Janeiro) is a butterfly and freestyle swimmer from Brazil.[1]

Ivi Monteiro
Personal information
Full nameIvi Monteiro
Nationality Brazil
Born (1984-11-16) November 16, 1984 (age 39)
Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight60 kg (130 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesButterfly, Freestyle
Medal record
Women's swimming
Representing  Brazil
South American Games
Gold medal – first place 2002 Belém 100 m butterfly
Gold medal – first place 2002 Belém 4x100 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2002 Belém 4x100 m medley
Bronze medal – third place 2002 Belém 200 m butterfly

At the 2002 South American Games, in Belém, she won three gold medals in the 100-metre butterfly, 4×100-metre freestyle and 4×100-metre medley, and the bronze medal in the 200-metre butterfly.[2]

Participating in the 2003 World Aquatics Championships, in Barcelona, she finished 14th in the 4×100-metre medley,[3] 25th in the 100-metre butterfly,[4] and 34th in the 50-metre butterfly.[5]

At the 2003 Pan American Games in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, Monteiro finished 4th in the 4×100-metre medley, and 5th in the 100-metre butterfly.[6][7][8]

On May 9, 2004, she broke the South American record in the 4×100-metre medley, with a time of 4:12.90, along with Fabíola Molina, Mariana Katsuno and Rebeca Gusmão.[9] With this time, the Brazilian team was, at this time, qualifying for Athens 2004, but later, other countries obtained best marks, and took the Monteiro vacancy for the Olympics.[10]

She ended her career in late 2013, at the Open tournament, held in Porto Alegre, Brazil.[11]

References edit

  1. ^ "Folha-UOL Profile". Folha de S.Paulo-UOL (in Portuguese). 2003. Retrieved June 2, 2013.
  2. ^ "Full results of Swimming at the 2002 South American Games". Best Swimming (in Portuguese). November 13, 2006. Archived from the original on November 5, 2013. Retrieved June 2, 2013.
  3. ^ "Results of the 4×100-metre medley at 2003 Barcelona". OmegaTiming. July 26, 2003. Retrieved June 2, 2013.
  4. ^ "Results of the 100-metre butterfly at 2003 Barcelona". OmegaTiming. July 20, 2003. Retrieved June 2, 2013.
  5. ^ "Results of the 50-metre butterfly at 2003 Barcelona". OmegaTiming. July 25, 2003. Retrieved June 2, 2013.
  6. ^ "Results of the 2003 Pan Am Games" (PDF). USA Swimming. 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 18, 2014. Retrieved June 2, 2013.
  7. ^ "Results at 2003 Pan" (PDF). SwimNews. 2003. Retrieved June 2, 2013.
  8. ^ "Xuxa is three-times champion". CBDA (in Portuguese). August 15, 2003. Archived from the original on February 18, 2014. Retrieved June 2, 2013.
  9. ^ "Women beat South American records". CBDA (in Portuguese). May 9, 2004. Archived from the original on June 28, 2013. Retrieved June 2, 2013.
  10. ^ "4 X100 MEDLEY RELAY FEMALE OF BRAZIL IS OUT!". Best Swimming (in Portuguese). May 16, 2004. Archived from the original on June 28, 2013. Retrieved June 2, 2013.
  11. ^ "Leonardo de Deus gets index". CBDA (in Portuguese). December 19, 2013. Retrieved December 19, 2013.