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Personal information | |
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Full name | Patricia Filler Amorim |
Born | Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | February 13, 1969
Height | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) |
Weight | 53 kg (117 lb) |
Sport | |
Sport | Swimming |
Strokes | Freestyle |
Patrícia Filler Amorim (born February 13, 1969, in Rio de Janeiro [1]) is a Jewish Brazilian [2] former Olympic freestyle swimmer [3] and former president of Clube de Regatas do Flamengo. She is the first female president ever of the club, elected on December 7, 2009. [1] [4]
She was born to a bossa nova bassist and a primary school teacher. When Amorim was 3 years old, her sister Paula who had asthma was recommended by a doctor to take up swimming to help with her asthma. Amorim started swimming by going along with Paula to the swimming classes. At 5 years old, Amorim swam across Guanabara Bay in Rio. She represented her native country at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. She retired from swimming in 1991. [1]
At the 1986 World Aquatics Championships in Madrid, Amorim finished 25th in the 200m freestyle, 24th in the 400m freestyle, and 20th in the 800m freestyle. [5]
She was at the 1987 Pan American Games, in Indianapolis, where she finished 4th in the 4×200-metre freestyle, and 5th in the 200-metre, 400-metre and 800-metre freestyle. [6]
At the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, Amorim finished 11th in the 4×100-metre medley, 21st in the 800-metre freestyle, 24th in the 400-metre freestyle, and 25th in the 200-metre freestyle. [3]
Amorim won both the 400 m and 800 m freestyle gold medals at the 1989 Maccabiah Games in Israel. [7]
Amorim broke the South American record of the 400-metre freestyle at the 1988 Summer Olympics, with a time of 4:19.64. The record lasted 10 years, and was only broken in 1998 by Nayara Ribeiro. [8]
Amorim also broke several South American records in the 800-metre free, the first in 1985 and the last in 1988 Seoul: 8:51.95. Her record lasted until 1999, when Ana Muniz did 8:48.53. She is the person who most often hit the Brazilian record of 800-metre freestyle, six times. [9]
Amorim is married to Fernando Sihman and has four children. [1]
On December 3, 2012, in spite of running for Flamengo's presidency re-election, she was defeated by Eduardo Bandeira de Mello.
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Personal information | |
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Full name | Patricia Filler Amorim |
Born | Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | February 13, 1969
Height | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) |
Weight | 53 kg (117 lb) |
Sport | |
Sport | Swimming |
Strokes | Freestyle |
Patrícia Filler Amorim (born February 13, 1969, in Rio de Janeiro [1]) is a Jewish Brazilian [2] former Olympic freestyle swimmer [3] and former president of Clube de Regatas do Flamengo. She is the first female president ever of the club, elected on December 7, 2009. [1] [4]
She was born to a bossa nova bassist and a primary school teacher. When Amorim was 3 years old, her sister Paula who had asthma was recommended by a doctor to take up swimming to help with her asthma. Amorim started swimming by going along with Paula to the swimming classes. At 5 years old, Amorim swam across Guanabara Bay in Rio. She represented her native country at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. She retired from swimming in 1991. [1]
At the 1986 World Aquatics Championships in Madrid, Amorim finished 25th in the 200m freestyle, 24th in the 400m freestyle, and 20th in the 800m freestyle. [5]
She was at the 1987 Pan American Games, in Indianapolis, where she finished 4th in the 4×200-metre freestyle, and 5th in the 200-metre, 400-metre and 800-metre freestyle. [6]
At the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, Amorim finished 11th in the 4×100-metre medley, 21st in the 800-metre freestyle, 24th in the 400-metre freestyle, and 25th in the 200-metre freestyle. [3]
Amorim won both the 400 m and 800 m freestyle gold medals at the 1989 Maccabiah Games in Israel. [7]
Amorim broke the South American record of the 400-metre freestyle at the 1988 Summer Olympics, with a time of 4:19.64. The record lasted 10 years, and was only broken in 1998 by Nayara Ribeiro. [8]
Amorim also broke several South American records in the 800-metre free, the first in 1985 and the last in 1988 Seoul: 8:51.95. Her record lasted until 1999, when Ana Muniz did 8:48.53. She is the person who most often hit the Brazilian record of 800-metre freestyle, six times. [9]
Amorim is married to Fernando Sihman and has four children. [1]
On December 3, 2012, in spite of running for Flamengo's presidency re-election, she was defeated by Eduardo Bandeira de Mello.