Beatriz Bezerra (born 1 March 2006) is a Brazilian competitive swimmer. At the 2022 World Junior Championships, she won silver medals in the 50-metre butterfly and 100-metre butterfly and a bronze medal in the 4×100-metre freestyle relay. She is a five-time gold medalist and one-time silver medalist at the 2022 South American Youth Games.

Background Bezerra was born 1 March 2006 in Brazil."Beatriz Bezerra". FINA. Retrieved 12 September 2022.

Career 2022 In April and May, at the 2022 South American Youth Games, held in Rosario, Argentina, Bezerra won gold medals in the 50-metre butterfly, 4×100-metre freestyle relay, 4×100-metre medley relay, 4×100-metre mixed freestyle relay, and 4×100-metre mixed medley relay, as well as a silver medal in the 100-metre butterfly."Rosario 2022: Bezerra Beatriz". ODESUR. Retrieved 12 September 2022."These are the champions the first week of Rosario 2022". santiago2023.org. 3 May 2022. Retrieved 28 April 2023.

2022 World Junior Championships At the 2022 FINA World Junior Swimming Championships, held starting 30 August in Lima, Peru, 16-year-old Bezerra won her first medal of the Championships on day four with a silver medal in the 50-metre butterfly, finishing second behind 15-year-old Jana Pavalić of Croatia in the final with a personal pest time of 26.67 seconds.FINA (2 September 2022). "8th FINA World Junior Swimming Championships Lima (PER): Women's 50m Butterfly Final Results". Omega Timing. Retrieved 12 September 2022."Beatriz Bezerra é prata nos 50 m borboleta no Mundial Júnior" (in Portuguese). olimpiadatododia.com.br. 2 September 2022. Retrieved 12 September 2022.Chaves, Lincoln (5 September 2022). "Natação: Brasil iguala melhor campanha da história em Mundiais Júnior" (in Portuguese). Agência Brasil. Retrieved 12 September 2022. She won her second medal the following day, splitting the third-fastest second leg relay time in the final of the 4×100-metre freestyle relay, less than two seconds slower than the fastest second leg swimmer Nikolett Pádár of Hungary, to help win the bronze medal with a final time of 3:50.13.FINA (3 September 2022). "8th FINA World Junior Swimming Championships Lima (PER): Women's 4x100m Freestyle Final Results". Omega Timing. Retrieved 12 September 2022.Silva, Regys (3 September 2022). "Stephan Steverink é prata e Revezamento 4x100m Livres feminino é bronze no Mundial Junior de Natação" (in Portuguese). surtoolimpico.com.br. Retrieved 12 September 2022. The sixth and final day of competition, she won her third medal, a silver medal in the 100-metre butterfly with a personal best time of 59.69 seconds.FINA (4 September 2022). "8th FINA World Junior Swimming Championships Lima (PER): Women's 100m Butterfly Final Results". Omega Timing. Retrieved 12 September 2022.Gentile, Gabriel (4 September 2022). "Beatriz Bezerra leva mais uma prata no Mundial Jr. de natação" (in Portuguese). olimpiadatododia.com.br. Retrieved 12 September 2022. Her three medals helped tie the all-time best medal table performance for Brazil at a single FINA World Junior Swimming Championships, a record of five total medals, one gold, three silver, and one bronze, from the first edition of the competition, held in 2006.Costa, Guilherme (5 September 2022). "Medalhas no Mundial júnior dão gás para natação feminina" (in Portuguese). Globo Esporte. Retrieved 12 September 2022."Fim de semana fecha campanha recorde do Brasil na natação e tem medalhas no triatlo e no taekwondo" (in Portuguese). Brazilian Olympic Committee. 5 September 2022. Retrieved 12 September 2022."Brazil conquista cinco medalhas no Mundial Júnior de Natação" (in Portuguese). Federação Aquática Paulista. 10 September 2022. Retrieved 12 September 2022. In her other four events, she placed fifth in the finals of the 4×100-metre mixed medley relay and the 4×100-metre mixed freestyle relay, placed sixth in the final of the 100-metre freestyle with a personal best time of 56.97 seconds, and placed sixth in the final of the 50-metre freestyle with a personal best time of 26.28 seconds.FINA (4 September 2022). "8th FINA World Junior Swimming Championships Lima (PER): Results Book". Omega Timing. Retrieved 12 September 2022.

At the 2022 Carlos Campos Sobrinho Trophy in late November in Recife, Bezerra won the 100-metre butterfly with a new competition record of 1:00.44 after first setting a new competition record of 1:00.81 in the preliminaries."Beatriz Bezerra e Guilherme Escudero batem recordes de campeonato no segundo dia de Brasileiro Juvenil" (in Portuguese). CBDA. 27 November 2022. Retrieved 17 February 2023.

2023 On 30 May, the first day of the 2023 Brazil National Swimming Championships in Recife, 17-year-old Bezerra placed sixth in the final of the 100-metre butterfly with a time of 1:00.55.Time Brasil (30 May 2023). "Troféu Brasil de Natação 2023 - Dia 1 - Finais" (in Portuguese; time stamp 1:15:23 to 1:19:17). YouTube. Retrieved 31 May 2023. Three days later, she won her heat of the 50-metre butterfly in the preliminaries with a personal best time of 26.57 seconds and qualified for the evening final.Time Brasil (2 June 2023). "Troféu Brasil de Natação 2023 - Dia 4 - Eliminatórias" (in Portuguese; time stamp 59:14 to 1:00:32). YouTube. Retrieved 2 June 2023. In the final she lowered her personal best time by three-tenths of a second to a 2023 World Aquatics Championships qualifying time of 26.27 seconds to win the silver medal, finishing just 0.01 seconds behind gold medalist 18-year-old Celine Bispo.Time Brasil (2 June 2023). "Troféu Brasil de Natação 2023 - Dia 4 - Finais" (in Portuguese; time stamp 52:14 to 1:01:06). YouTube. Retrieved 2 June 2023.

International championships (50 m) Meet50 free100 free50 fly100 fly4×100 free4×100 medley4×100 mixed free4×100 mixed medley SAYG 2022(age: 16) (27.60) (1:01.73) (3:49.36) (4:18.86) (3:39.80) (3:58.32) WJC 2022(age: 16) 6th(26.28) 6th(56.97) (26.67) (59.69) (3:50.13) 5th(3:36.24) 5th(3:59.50)

Personal best times Long course metres (50 m pool) Event Time Meet Location Date Ref 50 m freestyle 26.28 2022 World Junior Championships Lima, Peru 4 September 2022 100 m freestyle 56.97 2022 World Junior Championships Lima, Peru 1 September 2022 50 m butterfly 26.27 2023 Brazil National Swimming Championships Recife 2 June 2023 100 m butterfly 59.69 2022 World Junior Championships Lima, Peru 4 September 2022

Awards and honours Brazilian Olympic Committee, Year-end Junior Athletes Retrospective, highlight: 2022"Retrospectiva 2022: natação se destaca e comanda medalhas do Brasil em Mundiais Juniors no ano" (in Portuguese). Brazilian Olympic Committee. 16 December 2022. Retrieved 20 February 2023. Olimpíada Todo Dia, Youth Athletes Retrospective, highlight: 2022Nagime, Mateus (24 December 2022). "Retrospectiva Olímpica: atletas de base do Time Brasil em 2022" (in Portuguese). olimpiadatododia.com.br. Retrieved 18 February 2023.

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