Maria Fernanda Costa
Personal information
Full nameMaria Fernanda de Oliveira da Silva Costa
NicknameMafê [1]
National teamBrazil
Born (2002-09-05) 5 September 2002[2]
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Sport
SportSwimming
Strokesfreestyle
Medal record
Women's swimming
Representing  Brazil
Pan American Games
Silver medal – second place2023 Santiago 200 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place2023 Santiago 400 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place 2023 Santiago 4×200 m freestyle

Maria Fernanda de Oliveira da Silva Costa (born 5 September 2002) is a Brazilian swimmer. [3]

International career

2017—20

She participated in the 2019 FINA World Junior Swimming Championships held in Budapest, Hungary.[4]

2021–24

In June 2023, she was Brazilian champion in the Brazil Trophy in the 200m freestyle with a time of 1:57.76 and the 400m freestyle with a time of 4:06.85.[5]

At the 2023 World Aquatics Championships held in Fukuoka, Japan, she reached the final of the Women's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay, finishing in 8th place.[6][7] She also finished 12th in the Women's 400 metre freestyle,[8] 20th in the Women's 200 metre freestyle[9] and 24th in the Women's 200 metre butterfly.[10]

At the 2023 Pan American Games held in Santiago, Chile, she won three silver medals in the Women's 400 metre freestyle with a time of 4:06.68 (near the South American record of Andreina Pinto, a time of 4:06.02), in the Women's 200 metre freestyle with a time of 1:58.12, and in the 4x200m freestyle relay where Brazil almost broke the South American record, narrowly losing to the USA. [11][12][13]

References

  1. Informações sobre a nadadora Maria Fernanda Costa
  2. World Aquatics Mafê Profile
  3. "CBDA Profile Maria Fernanda Costa". CBDA. CBDA. Retrieved 2023-10-26.
  4. Maria Fernanda Costa é o Flamengo no Mundial Junior
  5. Os melhores dos melhores do Troféu Brasul 2023
  6. Revezamento 4x200m fecha final em último lugar no Mundial Revezamento 4x200m fecha final em último lugar no Mundial
  7. "Final results" (PDF). omegatiming.com. 27 July 2023.
  8. "Heats results" (PDF). omegatiming.com. 23 July 2023.
  9. "Heats results" (PDF). omegatiming.com. 25 July 2023.
  10. "Heats results" (PDF). omegatiming.com. 26 July 2023.
  11. Stephanie Balduccini reconstrói confiança nos EUA e mira evolução até Paris
  12. Ouro no Pan de Santiago: Brasil vence os 4x200m livre masculino na natação; veja
  13. Mafê Costa ganha a medalha de prata no 200m livre
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