Sara Oliveira

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Sara Oliveira
Personal information
Full nameSara de Jesus Freitas de Oliveira
National teamFlag of Portugal.svg  Portugal
Born (1985-12-07) 7 December 1985 (age 37)
Porto, Portugal
Height1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)
Weight60 kg (132 lb)
Sport
Sport Swimming
Strokes Butterfly
Club FC Porto
Medal record
Women's swimming
Representing Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal
European Junior Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2001 Malta 100 m butterfly

Sara de Jesus Freitas de Oliveira is an Olympic swimmer from Portugal. She has swum for Portugal at 2008 and 2012 Olympics, as well as at multiple World Championships (2003, 2007, 2011) and Short Course Worlds (2010, 2012).

At the 2012 Olympics she swam the Women's 100 and 200 Butterfly. [1] At those games, she finished 36th overall in the heats in the 100 m butterfly and failed to reach the final. In the 200 m butterfly, she finished in 24th place and also did not reach the final. [2]

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References

  1. "Sara Oliveira". London 2012. The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games Limited. Archived from the original on 13 September 2012. Retrieved 13 September 2012.
  2. "Sara Oliveira Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18. Retrieved 2016-01-13.