| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality |  Brazil |
| Born | November 11, 2000 Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil |
| Height | 1.60 m (5 ft 3 in) |
| Weight | 57 kg (126 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Swimming |
| Strokes | Backstroke |
| Club | Clube Curitibano |
| College team | University of Missouri |
Fernanda de Goeij (born November 11, 2000, in Curitiba) is a Brazilian swimmer. [1] [2]
She started swimming in the butterfly style, but a back problem prevented her from following the training in that style. She changed to a swim that gave her national titles and the vacancies in the Brazilian National Team. [3]
At the 2018 South American Games in Cochabamba, she won a gold medal in the 4 × 100 m medley, and two silver medals in the 100m and 200m backstroke. [4]
At the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics held in Buenos Aires, she won a silver medal in the girls' 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay. [5] It was the first time that a Brazil's women's relay won a swimming medal on a world level. [6] She also finished 4th in the girls' 4 × 100 metre medley relay, [7] 5th in the girls' 50 metre backstroke, [8] 9th in the girls' 100 metre backstroke, [9] 11th in the girls' 200 metre backstroke [10] and 12th in the mixed 4 × 100 metre medley relay. [11]
At just 18 years old, she went to the 2019 Pan American Games held in Lima, Peru, where, in the Women's 200 metre backstroke, she broke the South American record, with a time of 2:11.95, finishing 4th. [12] [13] In the women's 4 × 100 metre medley relay, she won a bronze medal, by participating in the heats. [14] She also finished 5th in the women's 100 metre backstroke [15] and 7th in the women's 400 metre individual medley. [16]
