Natalia de Luccas

Last updated
Natalia de Luccas
Natalia de Luccas, 2015 (cropped).jpg
Natalia de Luccas in 2015.
Personal information
Full nameNatalia de Luccas
NationalityFlag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
Born (1996-09-13) September 13, 1996 (age 26)
Limeira, São Paulo, Brazil [1]
Height167 cm (5 ft 6 in) [2]
Weight63 kg (139 lb)
Sport
Sport Swimming
Strokes Backstroke, freestyle
ClubCorinthians [1] [3]
CoachCarlos Henrique Matheus [1]
Medal record
Representing Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
Pan American Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2015 Toronto 4×100 m medley
South American Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2014 Santiago 100 m backstroke
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2014 Santiago 200 m backstroke
Youth Olympic Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2014 Nanjing Mixed 4×100 m free

Natalia de Luccas (born September 13, 1996) is a Brazilian swimmer. [4]

Contents

International career

2013–16

She competed at the 2013 FINA World Junior Swimming Championships, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, where she finished fifth in the 4×100 m freestyle relay, 10th in the 4×100 m medley relay, 10th in the mixed 4×100 m medley relay, 10th in the 100 m backstroke, 12th in the 100 m freestyle, 17th in the 200 m backstroke, and 19th in the 50 m backstroke. [5]

On 5 December 2013, at the Júlio Delamare Trophy held in Rio de Janeiro, she broke the South American record in the 200 m backstroke, with a time of 2:12.09. [6]

At the 2014 South American Games in Santiago, Chile, she won two bronze medals in the 100 m backstroke and in the 200 m backstroke. [7]

At the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics in Nanjing, she won a silver medal in the mixed 4×100 m freestyle relay. [8] She also finished fourth in the 100 m backstroke, [9] fourth in the mixed 4×100 m medley relay, [10] fifth in the 4×100 m freestyle relay, [11] 10th in the 50 m backstroke [12] and 16th in the 200 m backstroke. [13]

At the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto, Canada, she won a bronze medal in the 4×100 m medley relay, by participating at heats. [14] [15] She also finished ninth in the 100 m backstroke. [16]

2016 Summer Olympics

At the 2016 Summer Olympics, she competed in the Women's 4 × 100 metre medley relay, finishing 13th. [17]

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Thiago Pereira</span> Brazilian swimmer

Thiago Machado Vilela Pereira is a retired Brazilian international competition swimmer. One of the greatest swimmers in the history of Brazil, Pereira won the silver medal in the 400-meter individual medley at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, beating the then-current Olympic champion Michael Phelps. He also broke a world record in the short course 200-meter individual medley, and broke several South American and Brazilian records. During his career, he competed with swimming legends Michael Phelps and Ryan Lochte.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Joanna Maranhão</span> Brazilian swimmer

Joanna de Albuquerque Maranhão Bezerra de Melo, or Joanna Maranhão is a swimmer from Brazil, who competed at three consecutive Summer Olympics for her native country, starting in 2004. She was a finalist in the 400-metre individual medley at 2004 Athens, finishing in 5th place, the best position of all time obtained by the Brazil women's swimming, along with Piedade Coutinho. Joanna also broke countless Brazilian and South American records.

Lucas Vinícius Yokoo Salatta is a Brazilian backstroke swimmer.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">César Cielo</span> Brazilian swimmer

César Augusto Cielo Filho is a Brazilian competitive swimmer who specializes in sprint events. He is the most successful Brazilian swimmer in history, having obtained three Olympic medals, winning six individual World Championship gold medals and breaking two world records.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Nicolas Oliveira</span> Brazilian swimmer

Nicolas Nilo César de Oliveira is a Brazilian former freestyle swimmer who specialized in sprint events.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Guilherme Guido</span> Brazilian swimmer

Guilherme Augusto Guido is a Brazilian backstroke swimmer who specializes in sprint events. He was twice a finalist in the 100 metre backstroke at World Championships

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Daynara de Paula</span> Brazilian swimmer

Daynara Lopes Ferreira de Paula is a Brazilian butterfly swimmer.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Bruno Fratus</span> Brazilian swimmer

Bruno Giuseppe Fratus is a Brazilian competitive swimmer. He won a bronze medal in the 50-metre freestyle at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. In July 2021, Fratus became the first swimmer in history to swim the long course 50 metre freestyle race in less than 22 seconds 90 times. He surpassed this mark by swimming his 100th sub-22 second 50 metre freestyle at the 19th World Aquatics Championships in June 2022.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Leonardo de Deus</span> Brazilian swimmer

Leonardo Gomes de Deus is a Brazilian swimmer. In the 200 metre butterfly, he was 6th place at the 2020 Tokyo Games; twice a finalist in World Championships; twice Pan-Pacific runner-up, and three-time Pan American Games champion. He is currently an athlete at Unisanta, sponsored by Mormaii, LD Sports, and CDE. He is also one of the representatives of the Aqua Centurions team in the International Swimming League.

Henrique Cavalcanti Rodrigues is a Brazilian competitive swimmer.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Marcelo Chierighini</span> Brazilian swimmer

Marcelo Chierighini is a Brazilian competitive swimmer. In the 100 metre freestyle, he was an Olympic finalist at the Rio 2016 Games, and four times in a row a finalist at the World Championships in 2013, 2015, 2017 and 2019. In the 4 x 100 metre freestyle relay, he holds a silver medal at the 2017 World Championships.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Etiene Medeiros</span> Brazilian swimmer

Etiene Pires de Medeiros is a Brazilian competitive swimmer who participates in backstroke and freestyle events. Widely regarded as the best Brazilian woman swimmer of all time, Medeiros was the first Brazilian to win an individual gold medal in a World Championship and Pan American Games, and the first to be a world record-holder in the modern era

João Bevilaqua de Lucca is a Brazilian swimmer.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Larissa Oliveira</span> Brazilian swimmer (born 1993)

Larissa Martins de Oliveira is a Brazilian freestyle swimmer.

Matheus Paulo de Santana is a Brazilian swimmer. He will represent DC Trident at the International Swimming League during the 2020 season.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Henrique Martins</span> Brazilian swimmer and male pageant titleholder

Henrique de Souza Martins is a Brazilian competitive swimmer and male pageant titleholder who won Mister Brazil 2023. He represented Brazil at the Mister Supranational 2023 competition in Małopolska, Poland and finished first runner-up.

Luiz Altamir Lopes Melo is a Brazilian swimmer.

Bruna Veronez Primati is a Brazilian swimmer.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Gabrielle Roncatto</span> Brazilian swimmer

Gabrielle Gonçalves Roncatto is a Brazilian swimmer.

Giovanna Tomanik Diamante is a Brazilian swimmer.

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Natalia de Luccas" (in Portuguese). COB.or.br.
  2. Natalia de Luccas Archived 2016-10-18 at the Wayback Machine . rio2016.com
  3. Natalia de Luccas. nbcolympics.com
  4. "CBDA Profile". CBDA (in Portuguese). 2015. Retrieved July 25, 2015.
  5. "2013 World Junior Championships Results" (PDF). FINA. 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 28, 2014. Retrieved July 24, 2015.
  6. "South American record to Natalia de Luccas". CBDA (in Portuguese). December 5, 2013. Retrieved July 25, 2015.
  7. "Brazilian Swimming finds its tone". CBDA (in Portuguese). March 11, 2014. Retrieved July 25, 2015.
  8. "Matheus Santana shines, and 4x100m takes silver at Youth Games". Globoesporte (in Portuguese). August 17, 2014. Retrieved July 25, 2015.
  9. "Matheus Santana's Day in Nanjing". CBDA (in Portuguese). August 18, 2014. Retrieved July 25, 2015.
  10. "Under the eyes of Popov, Matheus beats own record, is gold and bursts into tears". Globoesporte (in Portuguese). August 22, 2014. Retrieved July 25, 2015.
  11. "Matheus Santana is number 1 in the final and girls 4 × 100 freestays in 5th". Best Swimming (in Portuguese). August 21, 2014. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved July 25, 2015.
  12. "Brazilian swimming sum two silvers and joins the fight for more medals". CBDA (in Portuguese). August 20, 2014. Retrieved July 25, 2015.
  13. "Nanjing, day 3: Brazil equals the gold medals of 2010 and a carioca flies in the 50m freestyle". Globoesporte (in Portuguese). August 19, 2014. Retrieved July 25, 2015.
  14. "Last day Heats in Toronto". Best Swimming (in Portuguese). July 18, 2015. Archived from the original on July 21, 2015. Retrieved July 19, 2015.
  15. "How it was the last day of the Pan in Toronto". Best Swimming (in Portuguese). July 19, 2015. Archived from the original on July 21, 2015. Retrieved July 19, 2015.
  16. "Historic day for Brazil women's swimming in the Pan". Best Swimming (in Portuguese). July 18, 2015. Archived from the original on September 23, 2015. Retrieved July 19, 2015.
  17. "Etiene takes the last vacancy in the semis, and 4x100m medley advances after 36 years". Globoesporte (in Portuguese). August 12, 2016. Retrieved August 17, 2016.