Poliana Okimoto
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She competed at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, where she finished 7th in the women's 10K race. She also swam at the 2008 FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships in Sevilla, Spain.
As a former pool swimmer turned marathon swimmer who overcame her trepidation of the open water, Okimoto was the silver medalist in the women's 10K Marathon Swim at both the 2007 and 2011 Pan American Games and won the overall title of the 2010 FINA 10KM Marathon Swimming World Cup series. She is coached by her husband Ricardo Cintra.
2011 FINA World Championships
Poliana placed 6th (2:02:13.6) in the 2011 FINA World Championships in the 10K Marathon Swim in Shanghai, China which qualified her for her second Olympics at the 2012 Olympic Games in London.
2012 Olympic Marathon Swim Finalists
The women's finalists in the Olympic 10km Marathon Swim, with plenty of medal contenders, include:
Keri-Anne Payne (GBR)
Martina Grimaldi (ITA)
Marianna Lymperta (GRE)
Melissa Gorman (AUS)
Cecilia Biagioli (ITA)
Poliana Okimoto (BRA)
Jana Pechanova (CZE)
Angela Maurer (GER)
Swann Oberson (SUI)
Erika Villaecija (ESP)
Haley Anderson (USA)
Eva Risztov (HUN)
Yanqiao Fang (CHN)
Zsofia Balazs (CAN)
Ophelie Aspord (FRA)
Natalia Charlos (POL)
Anna Guseva (RUS)
Karla Sitic (CRO)
Wing Yung Natasha Terri Tang (HKG)
Yumi Kida (JPN)
Olga Beresnyeva (UKR)
Lizeth Rueda Santos (MEX)
Yanel Pinto (VEN)
Heidi Gan (MAS)
Jessica Roux (RSA)
