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| Maria
COUTINHO |
| Sport |
Artistic Swimming |
| NOC |
Brazil
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| Gender | Women |
| Born | 03 Sep 1998
in Rio de Janeiro, BRA |
| Height | 1.68 m |
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Sport Specific Information |
Club / Team |
Clube de Regatas do Flamengo: Rio de Janeiro, BRA |
General Interest |
Hobbies |
Cycling, going to the beach, football. (cob.org.br, 01 Jul 2016; flamengo.com.br, 05 Jul 2019) |
Famous relatives |
Her mother Cristiana Lobo represented Brazil in artistic swimming at the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona. Her grandmother Ana Maria Lobo also competed in the sport, winning a bronze medal at the 1963 Pan American Games in Sao Paulo, Brazil, and later became a judge. (SportsDeskOnline, 17 Apr 2019; cbda.org.br, 17 Jul 2017; oglobo.globo.com, 08 May 2016; flamengo.com.br, 28 Nov 2015, 05 Jul 2019) |
Sport Specific Information |
Why this sport? |
Her grandmother and her mother both competed in the sport and introduced her to it. Her grandmother had also been an artistic swimming judge. "My grandmother always took me to competitions. I was practising swimming and I got hooked." |
General Interest |
Hero / Idol |
US swimmer Michael Phelps, Russian synchronised swimmer Natalia Ishchenko. (cob.org.br, 01 Jul 2016) |
International Debut |
Year |
2013 |
Competing for |
Brazil |
Further Personal Information |
Occupation |
Athlete |
Languages |
English, Portuguese |
General Interest |
Awards and honours |
In 2017 and 2018 she was named Artistic Swimmer of the Year by the Brazilian Olympic Committee [COB]. (flamengo.com.br, 19 Dec 2018; tudopelosurf.com.br, 23 Feb 2018) |
Sport Specific Information |
When and where did you begin this sport? |
She took up the sport in 2007 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. |
Further Personal Information |
Higher education |
Journalism - Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro: Brazil |
General Interest |
Other information |
SANCTION
In 2019 she was suspended for one year after she returned an adverse analytical finding for the prohibited substance furosemide in an out-of-competition test carried out by the Brazilian Doping Control Authority [ABCD] in June 2019. She was informed while competing at the 2019 World Championships in Gwangju, Republic of Korea. She was removed from the Brazilian team at the world championships as well as for the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, Peru. (globoesporte.globo.com, 16 Apr 2020, 16 Jul 2019; esportes.yahoo.com, 29 Sep 2019; bestswim.com.br, 14 Apr 2020) |
Ambitions |
To compete at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris. (flamengo.com.br, 04 Aug 2021) |
Sport Specific Information |
Name of coach |
Jessica Noutel [club], BRA |
Olympic Games |
| Rank |
Year |
Venue |
Event |
Result |
| 6 |
2016 |
Rio de Janeiro, BRA |
Team |
171.998 |
World Championships |
| Rank |
Year |
Venue |
Event |
Result |
| Preliminary Round |
2019 |
Gwangju, KOR |
Duet Technical Routine |
81.039 |
| 8 |
2019 |
Gwangju, KOR |
Free Routine Combination |
83.633 |
| Preliminary Round |
2019 |
Gwangju, KOR |
Duet Free Routine |
DNS |
| Preliminary Round |
2017 |
Budapest, HUN |
Solo Free Routine |
80.133 |
| Preliminary Round |
2017 |
Budapest, HUN |
Duet Technical Routine |
81.302 |
| Preliminary Round |
2017 |
Budapest, HUN |
Duet Free Routine |
82.833 |
| 10 |
2015 |
Kazan, RUS |
Free Routine Combination |
84.800 |
| 11 |
2015 |
Kazan, RUS |
Team Technical Routine |
82.937 |
| 11 |
2015 |
Kazan, RUS |
Team Free Routine |
85.267 |
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