Stephan Steverink

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Stephan Steverink
Personal information
Full nameStephan Alexander De Freitas Steverink
National team Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil
Born (2004-02-27) 27 February 2004 (age 19) [1]
Flamengo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Sport
Sport Swimming
Strokes Freestyle, individual medley
Club CR Flamengo [2]
Medal record
Men's swimming
Representing Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
Event1st2nd3rd
World Junior Championships 110
Junior Pan American Games 131
South American Youth Games 410
Total651
World Junior Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2022 Lima 400 m freestyle
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2022 Lima400 m medley
Junior Pan American Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2021 Cali–Valle 4×200 m freestyle
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2021 Cali–Valle800 m freestyle
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2021 Cali–Valle400 m medley
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2021 Cali–Valle4×100 m medley
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg2021 Cali–Valle1500 m freestyle
South American Youth Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2022 Rosario 400 m freestyle
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2022 Rosario1500 m freestyle
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2022 Rosario200 m medley
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2022 Rosario4×100 m freestyle
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2022 Rosario200 m breaststroke
U.S. Open Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2022 Greensboro 800 m freestyle

Stephan Alexander De Freitas Steverink (born 27 February 2004) is a Brazilian competitive swimmer. He won the gold medal in the 400-metre freestyle and the silver medal in the 400-metre individual medley at the 2022 World Junior Championships. At the 2021 Junior Pan American Games, he won a gold medal in the 4×200-metre freestyle relay, silver medals in the 800-metre freestyle, 400-metre individual medley and 4×100-metre medley relay, as well as a bronze medal in the 1500-metre freestyle.

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Background

Steverink was born 27 February 2004 to a Brazilian mother and a Dutch father and holds citizenship to Brazil and the Netherlands. [1] [3] He trains and competes for CR Flamengo, continuing his contract with the sports club through the 2024 Summer Olympics and changing his training base to Rio de Janeiro in 2023. [2]

Career

2019–2021

In 2019, Steverink won medals at national age group competitions in both Brazil and Netherlands as part of figuring out which country to represent in international competitions. [4] Two years later, as part of swimming at the 2021 Junior Pan American Games held in Cali, Colombia, he won the gold medal in the 4×200-metre freestyle relay, the silver medal in the 800-metre freestyle with a 8:02.64, the silver medal in the 400-metre individual medley with a 4:24.35, a silver medal in the 4×100-metre medley relay, the bronze medal in the 1500-metre freestyle with a 15:34.41, and placed eighth in the b-final of the 200-metre individual medley with a 2:25.26. [5]

2022

For the 2022 South American Youth Games, held in Rosario, Argentina in April and May, Steverink won a total of four golds medals, one each in the 400-metre freestyle, 1500-metre freestyle, 200-metre individual medley, and the 4×100-metre freestyle relay, as well as a silver medal in the 200-metre breaststroke. [6] [7] At the 2022 World Aquatics Championships, held at Danube Arena in June and July in Budapest, Hungary, Steverink placed sixteenth in the 400-metre individual medley with a time of 4:19.09. [8]

2022 World Junior Championships

2022 World Junior Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 400 m freestyle 3:48.27
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 400 m individual medley 4:17.68

For the preliminaries of the 400-metre freestyle on day one of the 2022 FINA World Junior Swimming Championships, held in Lima, Peru, Steverink ranked first with a time of 3:50.24 and qualified for the final. [9] In the evening final, he won the gold medal with a personal best time of 3:48.27, finishing less than two-tenths of a second ahead of silver medalist Vlad Stancu of Romania. [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] With his win, he became the first male Brazilian swimmer to win a medal in the 400-metre freestyle at a FINA World Junior Swimming Championships and he won the first medal for Brazil at the 2022 Championships. [15] On the third day of competition, he placed sixth in the 800-metre freestyle with a time of 8:01.21. [16] [17] The next day, he led-off the 4×200-metre freestyle relay in the final with a personal best time of 1:49.02, contributing to a fourth-place finish in 7:20.13, which was just 0.20 seconds slower than the bronze medal-winning team from Poland. [18]

On the fifth morning, Steverink ranked second in the preliminary heats of the 400-metre individual medley, behind Riku Yamaguchi of Japan, with a time of 4:22.29. [19] In the evening final, he lowered his time to a 4:17.68 and won the silver medal. [20] [21] The following, and final, day, he placed fourth in the 1500-metre freestyle with a time of 15:23.83, which was less than six seconds slower than bronze medalist Vlad Stancu. [22]

2022 U.S. Open Championships

Competing representing Brazil at the 2022 U.S. Open Swimming Championships, starting on 30 November in Greensboro, United States, Steverink won the bronze medal in the 800-metre freestyle with a time of 8:01.80, sharing the podium with fellow Brazilian and gold medalist Guilherme Costa and Venezuelan and silver medalist Alfonso Mestre. [23] The second day, he placed fifth in the 400-metre freestyle with a time of 3:51.60. [24] On the third evening, he finished in a time of 4:21.53 in the final of the 400-metre individual medley to place seventh. [25]

2023

At the 2023 Brazil National Swimming Championships in Recife, Steverink started off with a silver medal on day one (30 May) in the 400-metre freestyle, finishing second in a time of 3:50.79. [26] He followed up with a silver medal in the 1500-metre freestyle the following day with a time of 15:20.20. [27] On day four, he finished in a 2023 World Aquatics Championships qualifying time of 4:17.26 in the final of the 400-metre individual medley, winning the gold medal. [28] The fifth and final day, he won the bronze medal in the 800-metre freestyle with a final mark of 8:03.00. [29]

International championships

Meet400 free800 free1500 free200 breast200 medley400 medley4×100 free4×200 free4×100 medley
Junior level
PANJ 2021
(age: 17)		Silver medal icon.svg
(8:02.64)		Bronze medal icon.svg
(15:34.41)		8th (b)
(2:25.26)		Silver medal icon.svg
(4:24.35)		Gold medal icon.svg
(7:24.22)		Silver medal icon.svg
(3:44.19)
SAYG 2022
(age: 18)		Gold medal icon.svg
(3:51.36)		—Gold medal icon.svg
(15:17.25)		Silver medal icon.svg
(2:18.81)		Gold medal icon.svg
(2:04.93)		—Gold medal icon.svg [a]
(h - 3:37.23)		—
WJC 2022
(age: 18)		Gold medal icon.svg
(3:48.27)		6th
(8:01.21)		4th
(15:23.83)		Silver medal icon.svg
(4:17.68)		4th
(7:20.13)
Senior level
WC 2022
(age: 18)		16th
(4:19.09)
a Steverink swam only in the preliminary heats.

Personal best times

Long course metres (50 m pool)

EventTimeMeetLocationDateRef
200 m freestyle1:49.02r 2022 World Junior Championships Lima, Peru 2 September 2022 [18]
400 m freestyle3:48.27 2022 World Junior Championships Lima, Peru 30 August 2022 [10]
800 m freestyle7:57.702022 Brazil Swimming Trophy Rio de Janeiro 7 April 2022 [1]
1500 m freestyle15:14.862022 Brazil Swimming Trophy Rio de Janeiro 9 April 2022 [1]
400 m individual medley4:16.442022 Brazil Swimming Trophy Rio de Janeiro 4 April 2022 [1]

Legend: r – relay 1st leg

Awards and honours

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