Manuella Lyrio

Manuella Duarte Lyrio (born July 27, 1989) is a Brazilian competitive swimmer.^[1][2]

Manuella Lyrio

Personal information
Full name	Manuella Duarte Lyrio
Born	(1989-07-27) July 27, 1989 (age 36) Brasília, DF, Brazil
Height	1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
Weight	55 kg (121 lb)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Freestyle
Medal record Women's swimming Representing  Brazil Pan American Games 2019 Lima 4×100 m mixed medley 2011 Guadalajara 4x200 m freestyle 2015 Toronto 4×200 m freestyle 2019 Lima 4×100 m freestyle 2007 Rio 4x200 m freestyle 2015 Toronto 200 m freestyle 2015 Toronto 4×100 m freestyle 2019 Lima 4×200 m freestyle 2019 Lima 4×100 m medley South American Games 2014 Santiago 4x200 m freestyle 2014 Santiago 400 m freestyle

International career

2005–08

On September 9, 2005, at 16 years old, Lyrio broke the short-course South American record in the 4x200-metre freestyle relay, with a time of 8:01.78, along with Paula Baracho, Tatiana Lemos and Joanna Maranhão.^[3]

At the 2007 Pan American Games, in Rio de Janeiro, Manuella got the bronze in the 4x200-metre freestyle, along with Monique Ferreira, Tatiana Lemos and Paula Baracho.^[4]

2009–12

She was at the 2010 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships in Irvine, where she finished 6th in the 4x200-metre freestyle,^[5] 23rd in the 400-metre freestyle,^[6] 28th in the 200-metre freestyle ^[7] and 49th in the 100-metre freestyle.^[8]

Integrating Brazil national delegation that disputed the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara, Mexico,^[9] Lyrio won the silver medal in the 4x200-metre freestyle relay.,^[10] and ranked 10th in the 400-metre freestyle.^[11]

On March 14, 2012, she broke the 400-metre freestyle Brazilian record, with a time of 4:12.14.^[12]

On October 14, 2012, Manuella broke the 400-metre freestyle Brazilian record at short course, with a time of 4:06.57.^[13]

2003–16

At the 2013 World Aquatics Championships in Barcelona, she finished 22nd in the 200m freestyle, breaking the South American record, with a time of 1:59.52.^[14] She also finished 10th in the 4 × 200 m freestyle, along with Jéssica Cavalheiro, Carolina Bilich and Larissa Oliveira.^[15]

At the 2014 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) in Doha, Qatar, Lyrio finished 23rd in the Women's 400 metre freestyle.^[16] She also swam the heats of the Women's 4 × 50 metre freestyle relay.^[17]

In April 2015, participating in the Maria Lenk Trophy in Rio de Janeiro, she broke the South American record in the 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay with a time of 8:03.22, along with Joanna Maranhão, Larissa Oliveira and Gabrielle Roncatto.^[18]

At the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Lyrio began earning a bronze medal in the 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay, by participating at heats. She also finished 9th in the 200 metre butterfly.^[19][20] On the second day, Lyrio won an unprecedented bronze medal in the 200 metre freestyle, breaking the South American record, with a time of 1:58.03.^[21] On the third day, she won the silver medal in the 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay, breaking the South American record, with a time of 7:56.36, along with Larissa Oliveira, Jéssica Cavalheiro and Joanna Maranhão.^[22][23] On the fourth day, she finished 4th in the 400 metre freestyle, breaking the Brazilian record, with a time of 4:10.92.^[24]

At the 2015 World Aquatics Championships in Kazan, Lyrio finished 10th in the Women's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay, along with Jéssica Cavalheiro, Joanna Maranhão and Larissa Oliveira;^[25][26] 15th in the Women's 200 metre freestyle.;^[27][28] and 16th in the Women's 400 metre freestyle, breaking again the Brazilian record, with a time of 4:10.57^[29][30]

In December 2015, at the Open tournament held in Palhoça, Lyrio broke the Brazilian record in the 400-metre freestyle, with a time of 4:09.96.^[31]

In April 2016, at the Maria Lenk Trophy tournament held in Rio de Janeiro, Lyrio broke the Brazilian record in the 400-metre freestyle, with a time of 4:09.48.^[32]

2016 Summer Olympics

At the 2016 Summer Olympics, she broke the South American record in the Women's 200 metre freestyle heats, with a time of 1:57.28.^[33] She finished 12th in the semifinals. Nevertheless, she entered in the Brazil's swimming history, because never a Brazilian woman had managed to get in a semifinal of this proof.^[34] In the Women's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay, she broke the South American record, with a time of 7:55.68, along with Jéssica Cavalheiro, Gabrielle Roncatto and Larissa Oliveira, finishing 11th.^[35] She also competed in the Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay, finishing 11th.^[36]

2016–20

On September 12, 2016, at the José Finkel Trophy (short course competition), she broke twice the South American record in the 200-metre freestyle, with a time of 1:55.90 at heats and 1:54.76 in the final.^[37] She also broke the South American record in the 4×200-metre freestyle relay, with a time of 7:52.71, along with Joanna Maranhão, Aline Rodrigues and Larissa Oliveira.^[38]

At the 2016 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) in Windsor, Ontario, she went to the Women's 200 metre freestyle final, finishing 8th.^[39] She also finished 40th in the Women's 100 metre freestyle.^[40]

At the 2017 World Aquatics Championships in Budapest, she finished 22nd in the Women's 100 metre freestyle^[41] and 21st in the Women's 200 metre freestyle.^[42]

At the 2018 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) in Hangzhou, China, she finished 9th in the Women's 200 metre freestyle^[43] and 21st in the Women's 100 metre freestyle.^[44]

At the 2019 Pan American Games held in Lima, Peru, Lyrio won four medals in the Brazilian relays: two of them, swimming in the finals - silver in the Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay^[45] and bronze in the Women's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay,^[46] and two by participating at heats: gold in the Mixed 4 × 100 metre medley relay,^[47] and bronze in the Women's 4 × 100 metre medley relay.^[48] She also finished 6th in the Women's 200 metre freestyle.^[49]