| Beatriz Bezerra | |
| National Team: |  Brazil |
| Birth Date: | 1 March 2006 |
| Birth Place: | Brazil |
| Strokes: | Butterfly, freestyle |
| Show-Medals: | yes |
Beatriz Bezerra (born 1 March 2006) is a Brazilian competitive swimmer. At the 2022 World Junior Championships, she won silver medals in the 50-metre butterfly and 100-metre butterfly and a bronze medal in the 4×100-metre freestyle relay. She is a five-time gold medalist and one-time silver medalist at the 2022 South American Youth Games.
Bezerra was born 1 March 2006 in Brazil.[1]
In April and May, at the 2022 South American Youth Games, held in Rosario, Argentina, Bezerra won gold medals in the 50-metre butterfly, 4×100-metre freestyle relay, 4×100-metre medley relay, 4×100-metre mixed freestyle relay, and 4×100-metre mixed medley relay, as well as a silver medal in the 100-metre butterfly.[2] [3]
At the 2022 FINA World Junior Swimming Championships, held starting 30 August in Lima, Peru, 16-year-old Bezerra won her first medal of the Championships on day four with a silver medal in the 50-metre butterfly, finishing second behind 15-year-old Jana Pavalić of Croatia in the final with a personal pest time of 26.67 seconds.[4] [5] [6] She won her second medal the following day, splitting the third-fastest second leg relay time in the final of the 4×100-metre freestyle relay, less than two seconds slower than the fastest second leg swimmer Nikolett Pádár of Hungary, to help win the bronze medal with a final time of 3:50.13.[6] [7] [8] The sixth and final day of competition, she won her third medal, a silver medal in the 100-metre butterfly with a personal best time of 59.69 seconds.[6] [9] [10] Her three medals helped tie the all-time best medal table performance for Brazil at a single FINA World Junior Swimming Championships, a record of five total medals, one gold, three silver, and one bronze, from the first edition of the competition, held in 2006.[6] [11] [12] [13] In her other four events, she placed fifth in the finals of the 4×100-metre mixed medley relay and the 4×100-metre mixed freestyle relay, placed sixth in the final of the 100-metre freestyle with a personal best time of 56.97 seconds, and placed sixth in the final of the 50-metre freestyle with a personal best time of 26.28 seconds.[11] [14]
At the 2022 Carlos Campos Sobrinho Trophy in late November in Recife, Bezerra won the 100-metre butterfly with a new competition record of 1:00.44 after first setting a new competition record of 1:00.81 in the preliminaries.[15]
On 30 May, the first day of the 2023 Brazil National Swimming Championships in Recife, 17-year-old Bezerra placed sixth in the final of the 100-metre butterfly with a time of 1:00.55.[16] Three days later, she won her heat of the 50-metre butterfly in the preliminaries with a personal best time of 26.57 seconds and qualified for the evening final.[17] In the final she lowered her personal best time by three-tenths of a second to a 2023 World Aquatics Championships qualifying time of 26.27 seconds to win the silver medal, finishing just 0.01 seconds behind gold medalist 18-year-old Celine Bispo.[18]
| Meet | 50 free | 100 free | 50 fly | 100 fly | 4×100 free | 4×100 medley | 4×100 mixed free | 4×100 mixed medley | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SAYG 2022 (age: 16) | (27.60) | (1:01.73) | (3:49.36) | (4:18.86) | (3:39.80) | (3:58.32) | |||
| WJC 2022 (age: 16) | 6th (26.28) | 6th (56.97) | (26.67) | (59.69) | (3:50.13) | 5th (3:36.24) | 5th (3:59.50) |
| Event | Time | Meet | Location | Date | Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 50 m freestyle | 26.28 | 2022 World Junior Championships | Lima, Peru | 4 September 2022 | ||
| 100 m freestyle | 56.97 | 2022 World Junior Championships | Lima, Peru | 1 September 2022 | ||
| 50 m butterfly | 26.27 | 2023 Brazil National Swimming Championships | Recife | 2 June 2023 | ||
| 100 m butterfly | 59.69 | 2022 World Junior Championships | Lima, Peru | 4 September 2022 |