Stephanie Balduccini

Stephanie Balduccini (born 20 September 2004) is a Brazilian swimmer. She competed in the 2020 Summer Olympics at age 16.[1][2]

Stephanie Balduccini
Personal information
Nationality Brazil
Born (2004-09-20) 20 September 2004
São Paulo, Brazil
Sport
SportSwimming

Balduccini qualified for Tokyo 2020 as the youngest Olympic swimmer in Brazil in 41 years (Ricardo Prado competed in Moscow 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.[3]

At the 2020 Brazilian Olympic selective, she swam the 100 metre freestyle with a time of 55.03, time that would be enough for a silver medal in the 2021 European Junior Championships.[4]

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).[5]

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