Michelle Lenhardt
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| Nationality |  Brazil | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 27 May 1980 Porto Alegre, Brazil | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 74 kg (163 lb) | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||
| Event | Freestyle | ||||||||||||||
| Club | EC Pinheiros | ||||||||||||||
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Michelle Lenhardt (born May 27, 1980 in Porto Alegre) is a Brazilian swimmer, who specialized in freestyle events.[1]
Graduated in advertising [2] by PUC, moved in 2004 to Santos city, where she began training in order to participate of the Olympics.
Mischa (as she is called by friends) was cut from the 2007 Pan American Games [3] due to a Brazilian Aquatic Sports Confederation error, who signed three athletes to compete in the relay instead of allowed two.
Got the vacancy to 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing thanks to Rebeca Gusmao have been cut, suspended by doping,[4] becoming the first Rio Grande do Sul's female swimmer to compete at the Olympics.
Lenhardt represented Brazil at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where she competed for the women's 4×100-metre freestyle relay, along with her fellow swimmers Flávia Cazziolato, Tatiana Barbosa, and Monique Ferreira. She swam on the third leg, with an individual-split time of 55.90 seconds, finishing last in the first heat and thirteenth overall to her team, for a total time of 3:42.85.[5] She broke the South American record of the 4x100m free.[6]
On 6 September 2009, she broke again the South American record of the 4×100-metre freestyle, with a time of 3:41.49, along with Tatiana Lemos, Monique Ferreira and Julyana Kury [7]
At the 2010 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m), in Dubai, she was at the 4×100-metre freestyle final, finishing in 8th place.[8] In this relay, she broke the short-course South American record, with a time of 3:35.95, along with Tatiana Lemos, Flavia Delaroli and Julyana Kury [9] She also got the 26th place in the 50-metre freestyle.[10]
At the 2011 World Aquatics Championships in Shanghai, obtained the 13th place in the 4×100-metre freestyle.[11]
She won Brazil's fourth silver medal for the 4×100-metre freestyle relay team at the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara, Mexico.[12]
References
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Michelle Lenhardt". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2016-12-04. Retrieved 7 December 2012.
- ^ "In swimming, Michelle fight against 30 cents to go to London". Terra (in Portuguese). October 8, 2011. Retrieved April 17, 2013.
- ^ "In swimming, Michelle fight against 30 cents to go to London". Terra (in Portuguese). October 8, 2011. Retrieved April 17, 2013.
- ^ "In swimming, Michelle fight against 30 cents to go to London". Terra (in Portuguese). October 8, 2011. Retrieved April 17, 2013.
- ^ "Women's 4×100-meter Freestyle Relay – Heat 1". NBC Olympics. Retrieved 7 December 2012.
- ^ "No place in the final, 4×100-metre freestyle women beat South American record". Globoesporte (in Portuguese). August 9, 2008. Retrieved April 17, 2013.
- ^ "Pinheiros turns the game, and ties with Flamengo in titles". CBDA (in Portuguese). September 6, 2009. Retrieved April 17, 2013.
- ^ "Results of the 4×100-metre freestyle at 2010 Dubai". OmegaTiming. December 18, 2010. Retrieved April 17, 2013.
- ^ "Dubai: Cielo hits record and walks to another podium". CBDA (in Portuguese). December 18, 2010. Retrieved April 17, 2013.
- ^ "Results of the 50-metre freestyle at 2010 Dubai". OmegaTiming. December 18, 2010. Retrieved April 17, 2013.
- ^ "Results of the 4×100-metre freestyle at 2011 Shanghai". OmegaTiming. July 24, 2011. Retrieved April 17, 2013.
- ^ "Pan American Games: USA Sets Two Pan American Games Records; Wins Nine Medals". Swimming World Magazine. 15 October 2011. Retrieved 22 November 2012.
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