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Cristina Teixeira

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Nationality
  
Brazil

Strokes
  
Breaststroke

Sport
  
Swimming


Weight
  
56 kg (123 lb)

Height
  
1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)

Name
  
Cristina Teixeira

Full name
  
Cristina Bassani Teixeira

Born
  
June 25, 1958 (age 65) (
1958-06-25
)
Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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Cristina Bassani Teixeira (born June 25, 1958 in Rio de Janeiro) is a former international breaststroke swimmer from Brazil, who competed at two consecutive Summer Olympics for her native country, starting in 1972.

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She was at the 1971 Pan American Games, in Cali, where she finished 5th in the 100-metre breaststroke, and 7th in the 200-metre breaststroke.

At the 1972 Summer Olympics, in Munich, she swam the 100-metre and 200-metre breaststroke, not reaching the finals.

Participated at the inaugural World Aquatics Championships in 1973 Belgrade, where she finished 16th in the 100-metre breaststroke and in the 200-metre breaststroke. She also finished 12th the 4×100-metre medley, along with Valéria Borges, Jaqueline Mross and Lucy Burle.

She was at the 1975 World Aquatics Championships in Cali. She swam in the 4×100-metre medley, where the Brazil's relay, composed by Christiane Paquelet, Flávia Nadalutti, Lucy Burle and Cristina Teixeira, finished 12th with a time of 4:38.75. In the 200-metre breaststroke, she finished 16th, with a time of 2:47.58, nearly breaking her South American record (2:47.44).

She was at the 1975 Pan American Games, in Mexico City, where she won a bronze medal in the 4×100-metre medley. She also finished 5th in the 100-metre breaststroke and 5th in the 200-metre breaststroke.

At the 1976 Summer Olympics, in Montreal, she swam the 100-metre and 200-metre breaststroke, not reaching the finals.

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References

Cristina Teixeira Wikipedia