Jhennifer Alves da Conceição (born June 13, 1997, in Nova Friburgo) is a Brazilian swimmer.[1] Finalist at the 2022 World Championships in the 50m breaststroke.[2]
International career
2015–16
At the 2015 South American Swimming Youth Championships, held in Lima, Peru, Conceição won two gold medals in the 100-metre breaststroke, and in the 4x50-metre medley relay.[3][4]
On September 15, 2016, at the José Finkel Trophy (short course competition), she broke the South American record in the 50-metre breaststroke, with a time of 30.31.[15]
On 7 December 2017, at the Open tournament held in Rio de Janeiro, she broke the South American record in the 50-metre breaststroke, with a time of 30.51.[17]
In August 2018, at the José Finkel Trophy (short course competition), she broke the South American record in the 50-metre breaststroke, with a time of 30.00, and in the 100-metre breaststroke, with a time of 1:05.69 .[18]
In April 2019, at the 2019 Brazil Trophy, she broke two times the South American record in the 50-metre breaststroke: 30.50 at heats, and 30.47 in the final.[19]
On 21 June 2019, at the 2019 Sette Coli in Rome, she broke the South American record in the 100-metre breaststroke, with a time of 1:07.64.[20]
On 16 November 2020, at the 2020 International Swimming League, she broke the South American record in the 50-metre breaststroke (short course), with a time of 29.91.[24]
2021-24
On 26 June 2021, at the Sette Colli Trophy, she broke the South American record in the 50-metre breaststroke, with a time of 30.40.[25]
At the 2022 World Aquatics Championships held in Budapest, she qualified for the Women's 50 metre breaststroke final with a time of 30.28, a new South American record.[27] She finished 8th in the final, being the first time that a South American woman reached the final of this event in World Championships.[28]
On 15 September 2022, at the José Finkel Trophy in Recife, she broke the short course South American record in the 50-metre breaststroke, with a time of 29.87.[29]
References
^"COB Profile". COB (in Portuguese). 2015. Archived from the original on September 23, 2015. Retrieved July 25, 2015.