Tanya Anacleto

Tânia Anacleto Gregório (also Tanya Anacleto, May 1, 1976 – February 9, 2003) was a Mozambican former swimmer, who specialized in sprint freestyle events.[1] She represented Mozambique at the 2000 Summer Olympics, and also held numerous national records in a sprint freestyle double (both 50 and 100 m).[2]

Tanya Anacleto
Personal information
Full nameTânia Anacleto Gregório
Nationality Mozambique
Born(1976-05-01)1 May 1976
Beira, Mozambique
Died9 February 2003(2003-02-09) (aged 26)
Maputo, Mozambique
Height1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight59 kg (130 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesFreestyle

Anacleto competed only in the women's 50 m freestyle at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. She received a ticket from FINA, under a Universality program, in an entry time of 29.48.[3] She challenged seven other swimmers in heat three, including Nigeria's top favorite Ngozi Monu and Aruba's 15-year-old teen Roshendra Vrolijk. Diving in with a fastest reaction of 0.64 seconds, Anacleto scorched the field effortlessly to hit the wall with a second-fastest time and a Mozambican record of 28.78. Anacleto failed to advance into the semifinals, as she placed fifty-eighth overall out of 74 swimmers in the prelims.[4][5][6]

On February 9, 2003, Anacleto and her husband Reginaldo Correia were killed instantly in a road accident after their car crashed into the tree across the Mozambican countryside.[7][8]

References
  1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Tanya Anacleto". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 14 July 2019. Retrieved 25 June 2013.
  2. "After deluge Moz wants success". News24. 15 September 2000. Retrieved 24 June 2013.
  3. "Swimming – Women's 50m Freestyle Startlist (Heat 3)" (PDF). Sydney 2000. Omega Timing. Retrieved 14 June 2013.
  4. "Sydney 2000: Swimming – Women's 50m Freestyle Heat 3" (PDF). Sydney 2000. LA84 Foundation. p. 164. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 August 2011. Retrieved 14 June 2013.
  5. "Results from the Summer Olympics – Swimming (Women's 50m Freestyle)". Canoe.ca. Retrieved 14 June 2013.
  6. "Atletas de Natação fora da Competição Sidney 2000" [Swimmers are out of the competition in Sydney 2000] (in Portuguese). Mozambique Online. 25 September 2000. Retrieved 13 June 2013.
  7. "Melhor nadadora moçambicana morre em acidente de viação" [Mozambican best swimmer dies in road accident] (in Portuguese). Notícias Lusófonas. 9 February 2003. Retrieved 25 June 2013.
  8. Ernesto, Nelson (9 February 2003). "Família da natação homenageia Tânia Anacleto" [Swimming family honors Tania Anacleto] (in Portuguese). Notícias Lusófonas. Retrieved 25 June 2013.
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