2022 Swammy Awards: South American Feminine Swimmer of the 12 months

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2022 SOUTH AMERICAN FEMALE SWIMMER OF THE YEAR: JHENNIFER CONCEICAO, BRAZIL

Jhennifer Conceicao of Brazil is that this yr’s Swammy award for the South American Feminine Swimmer of the 12 months. A breaststroker, Conceicao has continued to interrupt her personal Brazilian and South American continental information over the course of 2022, incomes her the 2022 continental award.

Conceicao opened the yr in April on the 2022 Brazil Swimming Trophy, which serves as Brazil’s choice meet for the World Championships. In a decisive victory within the 100 breaststroke, Conceicao cleared her personal nationwide document to put up a 1:07.12, good for a FINA ‘A’ normal to land her on Brazil’s World Champs workforce. She additionally put up a dominating efficiency within the 50 breaststroke, clocking a 30.51, which is simply 0.11 off her private finest and South American document from final June. Conceicao has owned the continental document within the 50 breaststroke since 2017.

On the World Championships in Budapest, Conceicao ended up eighth in 50m breaststroke. She opened with a 30.53 in prelims, then blasted a 30.28 in semifinals to take 0.12 seconds off her South American and Brazilian document set in 2021. Conceicao was barely slower in finals with a 30.45, ending up eighth in last. She additionally swam the 100 breast, the place she posted a 1:07.40, simply off her Brazilian document set earlier within the yr. She was one spot out of advancing to semifinals, putting seventeenth general.

Conceicao continued her record-breaking streak within the quick course season. On the Jose Finkel Trophy in September, Conceicao threw down a 29.87 within the 50 breaststroke to once more decrease her personal private finest and continental document of 29.91, set in 2020 throughout the ISL season. She additionally grabbed 2nd within the 100 breaststroke with a last time of 1:06.18.

She continued her LCM season on the South American Video games in October, the place she earned bronze within the 100 breast with a 1:08.71. Conceicao missed the qualifying normal for SC Worlds, and as a substitute  ended the yr on the on the U.S. Open, the place she completed 14th within the 100 breaststroke with a 1:10.29.

HONORABLE MENTION:

• Beatriz Dizotti, Brazil – A member of Brazil’s World Championship workforce, Dizotti positioned sixth general at World Championships within the 1500m freestyle. Dizotti and Viviane Jungblut each cleared Jungblut’s earlier nationwide document in prelims, with Dizotti clocking a 16:08.35. In finals, she shaved off one other 3 seconds for a 16:05.25, marking a brand new nationwide document for sixth place. Dizotti went on to snag 2nd within the 1500 and third within the 800 on the Jose Finkel Trophy.
• Viviane Jungblut, Brazil – The opposite a part of what was a historic exhibiting for Brazil within the 1500 at World Champs is Jungblut. She clocked a 16:09.27 in prelims to qualify in seventh, additionally beneath her personal earlier nationwide document. She was barely slower in finals, however ended up seventh general with a 16:13.89. Jungblut was additionally the primary ever Brazilian to make the 800 free last at both World or the Olympics, when she completed in eighth with an 8:37.04.

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