Stephanie Balduccini
Personal information
Full nameStephanie Balduccini
National teamBrazil
Born (2004-09-20) 20 September 2004
São Paulo, Brazil
Height1.71 m (5 ft 7 in) [1]
Weight61 kg (134 lb) [2]
Sport
SportSwimming
Strokesfreestyle
Medal record
Women's swimming
Representing  Brazil
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place2023 Santiago 4×100 m mixed free
Silver medal – second place2023 Santiago 100 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place 2023 Santiago 4×200 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place2023 Santiago 4×100 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place2023 Santiago 4×100 m mixed medley
South American Games
Gold medal – first place 2022 Asunción 100 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2022 Asunción 200 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2022 Asunción 4x100 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2022 Asunción 4x200 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2022 Asunción 4x100 m medley
Gold medal – first place 2022 Asunción 4x100 mixed free
Gold medal – first place 2022 Asunción 4x100 mixed medley
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Asunción 50 m freestyle

Stephanie Balduccini (born 20 September 2004) is a Brazilian swimmer. She competed in the 2020 Summer Olympics at age 16.[3][4]

She is the daughter of Natalie, a British descendant who was born in Brazil, and Bruno. They both enrolled her in an English language school as a child, so the first language she learned was English, not Portuguese, which she later mastered.[5][6] She began her career at Paineiras do Morumby club as a child.[7] Her first international experience came in 2019, with the South American Youth Championship.[8] She stood out by winning the 50-metre freestyle event in Chile.[9] In the 2020 Brasil Swimming Trophy, he won the 50m freestyle event in the skins format. [10]

International career

2020 Summer Olympics

Balduccini qualified for Tokyo 2020 as the youngest Olympic swimmer in Brazil in 41 years (Ricardo Prado competed in Moscow in 1980 at the age of 15). The Paineiras club swimmer was responsible for the last partial, in Brazil's time-taking, at the Olympic selective in April at Parque Maria Lenk in Rio de Janeiro. She helped the team finish fourth in the world repechage, with a time of 3:38.59, and stamp their passport to Tokyo.[11]

At the 2020 Brazilian Olympic selective, she swam the 100 metre freestyle with a time of 55.03, a time that would be enough for a silver medal in the 2021 European Junior Championships.[12]

At the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Balduccini closed the Brazilian Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay at heats, with a partial of 54.06 (the best in the team).[13]

2021–24

In April 2022, she clocked a personal best of 1:57.77 to win the women’s 200 free at the Brazil Trophy, close to the South American record (1:57.28 obtained by Manuella Lyrio).[14] She also clocked 54.64 in the 100m freestyle, a time close to Larissa Oliveira's South American record of 54.03.[15]

At the age of 17, she was at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships held in Budapest, Hungary. Participating in the Brazilian 4x100m freestyle relay, formed by Ana Carolina Vieira, Giovanna Diamante, Balduccini and Giovana Reis, she finished in 6th place with a time of 3:38.10. This was the first time Brazil had qualified a women's relay for a World Aquatics Championships final since 2009, and the best placement of the country in this race in Worlds at all times.[16] She became the first Brazilian to go sub-54 in the women’s 4x100 freestyle relay. [17] In the 200m freestyle, she qualified for the semifinals in 8th place, with a time of 1:57.81. [18] In the semifinals, she finished in 12th place, with a time of 1:57.54, her best personal time, 0.26 s from the South American record, and the best placement in the history of Brazil in this competition at World Championships.[19] In the 100m freestyle, she qualified for the semifinals in 15th place, with a time of 54.48.[20] In the semifinals, she finished in 10th place, with a time of 54.10, her best personal time, 0.07 s from the South American record and the best placement in the history of Brazil in this competition at World Championships.[21] In the Brazilian 4x200m freestyle relay, formed by Balduccini, Giovanna Diamante, Aline Rodrigues and Maria Paula Heitmann, she finished in 6th place with a time of 7:58.38. This was the best placement of Brazil in this race in Worlds at all times.[22] [23][24] In the 4 × 100 metre mixed freestyle relay, she finished 6th in the final, along with Gabriel Santos, Vinicius Assunção and Giovanna Diamante, breaking the South American record and equaling the best mark in Brazil obtained in 2015. [25] In the 4 × 100 metre mixed medley relay, she finished 9th along with Guilherme Basseto, João Gomes Júnior and Giovanna Diamante.[26] She also finished 19th in the Women's 200 metre individual medley.[27]

At the 2022 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m), in Melbourne, Australia, in the Women's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay, she broke the South American record with a time of 7:48.42, along with Giovanna Diamante, Gabrielle Roncatto and Aline Rodrigues.[28][29] Brazil's relay finished 7th in the final. [30] She also finished 8h in the Mixed 4 × 50 metre freestyle relay final,[31] 9th in the Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay,[32] 16th in the Women's 100 metre freestyle[33] and in the Women's 200 metre freestyle,[34] 20th in the Women's 100 metre individual medley,[35] 25th in the Women's 200 metre individual medley[36] and 28th in the Women's 50 metre freestyle.[37][38]

At the 2023 World Aquatics Championships held in Fukuoka, Japan, she had a lower-than-expected participation, but reached the semifinals of the Women's 100 metre freestyle, finishing in 13th place.[39] She also reached the final of the Women's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay, finishing in 8th place[40] and the final of the Mixed 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay, finishing in 6th place.[41] She also finished 25th in the Women's 50 metre freestyle,[42] 26th in the Women's 200 metre freestyle,[43] 11th in the Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay,[44] 21st in the Women's 4 × 100 metre medley relay[45] and 16th in the Mixed 4 × 100 metre medley relay.[46] She left Brazil after the Fukuoka World Championships to begin studying and training at the University of Michigan. [47]

The 2023 Pan American Games held in Santiago, Chile, once again motivated the youngest swimmer on the Brazilian swimming team. There were five medals won, including a silver in the 100m freestyle, where she was defeated only by Olympic medalist Maggie Mac Neil, and a gold in the Mixed 4x100m freestyle relay where she was directly responsible for the victory, closing the relay with a split of 53.43, taking almost 1 second difference to the US relay. She also won silver in the 4x200m freestyle relay where Brazil almost broke the South American record, narrowly losing to the USA, and bronze in the 4x100m freestyle and 4x100m mixed medley relays.[48]

Personal bests

As of June 22, 2022
Long course
Event Time Meet Date Note(s)
100 m freestyle 54.10 2022 World Championships June 22, 2022
200 m freestyle 1:57.54 2022 World Championships June 20, 2022

References

  1. ↑ COB Tokyo 2020 page 11
  2. ↑ COB Tokyo 2020 page 11
  3. ↑ "Swimming BALDUCCINI Stephanie". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 2021-10-02. Retrieved 2021-07-24.
  4. ↑ Stephanie Balduccini canta, dança e coleciona medalhas na natação de olho em Paris 2024
  5. ↑ Caçula da natação nas Olimpíadas é alfabetizada em inglês e ganhou cachorro em aposta por vaga
  6. ↑ Stephanie Balduccini canta, dança e coleciona medalhas na natação de olho em Paris 2024
  7. ↑ Stephanie Balduccini OTD
  8. ↑ Aos 16, Stephanie Balduccini faz história na natação em Tóquio
  9. ↑ Notas do terceiro dia do Campeonato Sul-Americano Juvenil
  10. ↑ STEPHANIE BALDUCCINI E LUCAS PEIXOTO VENCEM PROVAS DE 50M LIVRE DE SKINS DO TROFÉU BRASIL DE NATAÇÃO
  11. ↑ Stephanie Balduccini, a mais jovem nadadora olímpica do país em 41 anos
  12. ↑ Stephanie Balduccini seria prata nos 100 livre do Europeu Júnior
  13. ↑ "Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay Heats Results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2021-08-02. Retrieved 2021-07-25.
  14. ↑ Budapest 2022, Day 1 South America Recap: Balduccini, Costa Make History
  15. ↑ Nova geração classifica 4x100m feminino para Mundial de natação
  16. ↑ Guilherme Costa conquista o bronze na estreia do Brasil no Campeonato Mundial de Budapeste
  17. ↑ Budapest 2022, Day 1 South America Recap: Balduccini, Costa Make History
  18. ↑ Women's 200m free heats results Budapest 2022
  19. ↑ Women's 200m free semifinals results Budapest 2022
  20. ↑ Women's 100m free heats results Budapest 2022
  21. ↑ Women's 100m free semifinals results Budapest 2022
  22. ↑ Women's 4x200m free final results Budapest 2022
  23. ↑ Revezamento feminino fica em 6º no 4x200m livre em Budapeste
  24. ↑ Americana é retirada de maca de piscina após final do nado artístico do Mundial
  25. ↑ Guilherme Costa avança a mais uma final e iguala recorde de Cielo e Prado no Mundial, veja dia positivo do Brasil
  26. ↑ PARCIAIS E ANÁLISES TÉCNICAS DO BRASIL NO DIA 4 DE ELIMINATÓRIAS
  27. ↑ Women's 200m medley heats results Budapest 2022
  28. ↑ "Women's 4×200m Freestyle Relay Results" (PDF). Omega. 14 December 2022. Retrieved 14 December 2022.
  29. ↑ Revezamento 4×200 livre feminino do Brasil bate recorde sul-americano e está na final
  30. ↑ Women's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay Final results
  31. ↑ Mixed 4x50m Freestyle – Final – Results
  32. ↑ Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay Heats results
  33. ↑ Women's 100 metre freestyle Semifinal results
  34. ↑ Women's 200m Freestyle – Heats – Results Summary
  35. ↑ Women's 100m Individual Medley – Heats – Results Summary
  36. ↑ Women's 200m Individual Medley – Heats – Results Summary
  37. ↑ Women's 50m Freestyle – Heats – Results Summary
  38. ↑ BALANÇO FINAL DA CAMPANHA DO BRASIL NO CAMPEONATO MUNDIAL DE PISCINA CURTA DE MELBOURNE
  39. ↑ "Semifinals results" (PDF). omegatiming.com. 27 July 2023.
  40. ↑ "Final results" (PDF). omegatiming.com. 27 July 2023.
  41. ↑ "Final results" (PDF). omegatiming.com. 29 July 2023.
  42. ↑ "Heats results" (PDF). omegatiming.com. 29 July 2023.
  43. ↑ "Heats results" (PDF). omegatiming.com. 25 July 2023.
  44. ↑ "Heats results" (PDF). omegatiming.com. 23 July 2023. Retrieved 23 July 2023.
  45. ↑ "Heats results" (PDF). omegatiming.com. 30 July 2023. Retrieved 30 July 2023.
  46. ↑ "Heats results" (PDF). omegatiming.com. 26 July 2023. Retrieved 26 July 2023.
  47. ↑ Stephanie Balduccini reconstrói confiança nos EUA e mira evolução até Paris
  48. ↑ Stephanie Balduccini reconstrói confiança nos EUA e mira evolução até Paris
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