Talita Rodrigues

Talita Rodrigues
Personal information
Full name Talita de Alencar Rodrigues
Nationality  Brazil
Born (1934-08-23) August 23, 1934
Brazil
Sport
Sport Swimming
Strokes Freestyle

Talita de Alencar Rodrigues (born August 23, 1934) is a former Olympic freestyle swimmer from Brazil, who competed at one Summer Olympics for her native country.[1]

At 13 years old, she was at the 1948 Summer Olympics, in London, where she finished 6th in the 4×100-metre freestyle, along with Eleonora Schmidt, Maria da Costa and Piedade Coutinho.[1][2] Even today, she is the youngest member of a Brazilian swimming delegation in Olympic history.[3]

At the inaugural Pan American Games in 1951, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, she claimed a bronze medal in the 4×100-metre freestyle.[4] She also finished 5th in the 200-metre freestyle. [5]

References

  1. 1 2 "Sports Reference Profile". Sports Reference. 2013. Retrieved May 7, 2013.
  2. ↑ "THE FIVE BEST BRAZIL'S RELAYS AT ALL TIMES". Best Swimming (in Portuguese). September 22, 2005. Retrieved May 7, 2013.
  3. ↑ "Numbers of Brazilian Olympic team". Raia Quatro (in Portuguese). May 16, 2012. Retrieved May 7, 2013.
  4. ↑ "Brazil medals at 1951 Pan". UOL (in Portuguese). 2007. Retrieved May 7, 2013.
  5. ↑ "O GLOBO News Archive - March 3, 1951, Morning, General, page 12". O GLOBO. Retrieved 14 September 2013.


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