Cristina Teixeira

Cristina Teixeira
Personal information
Full name Cristina Bassani Teixeira
Nationality Brazilian
Born (1958-06-25) June 25, 1958
Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Height 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Weight 56 kg (123 lb)
Sport
Sport Swimming
Strokes Breaststroke

Cristina Bassani Teixeira (born June 25, 1958 in Rio de Janeiro[1]) is a former international breaststroke swimmer from Brazil, who competed at two consecutive Summer Olympics for her native country, starting in 1972.[2]

She was at the 1971 Pan American Games, in Cali, where she finished 5th in the 100-metre breaststroke,[3] and 7th in the 200-metre breaststroke.[4]

At the 1972 Summer Olympics, in Munich, she swam the 100-metre and 200-metre breaststroke, not reaching the finals.[2]

Participated at the inaugural World Aquatics Championships in 1973 Belgrade, where she finished 16th in the 100-metre breaststroke and in the 200-metre breaststroke.[5] She also finished 12th the 4×100-metre medley, along with Valéria Borges, Jaqueline Mross and Lucy Burle.[6]

She was at the 1975 World Aquatics Championships in Cali. She swam in the 4×100-metre medley, where the Brazil's relay, composed by Christiane Paquelet, Flávia Nadalutti, Lucy Burle and Cristina Teixeira, finished 12th with a time of 4:38.75.[7] In the 200-metre breaststroke, she finished 16th, with a time of 2:47.58, nearly breaking her South American record (2:47.44).[8]

She was at the 1975 Pan American Games, in Mexico City, where she won a bronze medal in the 4×100-metre medley.[9] She also finished 5th in the 100-metre breaststroke [10] and 5th in the 200-metre breaststroke.[11]

At the 1976 Summer Olympics, in Montreal, she swam the 100-metre and 200-metre breaststroke, not reaching the finals.[2]

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