Rosemary Ribeiro

{{Short description|Brazilian swimmer (born 1958)}}

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| name=Rosemary Ribeiro

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| fullname = Rosemary Peres Ribeiro

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| strokes = Butterfly

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1958|3|17}}

| birth_place = Brazil

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| height = {{height|m=1.65|precision=0}}

| weight = {{convert|57|kg|lb|abbr=on}}

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{{MedalSport|Women's swimming}}

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{{MedalCompetition|Pan American Games}}

{{MedalBronze| 1971 Cali | 4x100m free}}

{{MedalBronze| 1975 Mexico City | 200m butterfly}}

{{MedalBronze| 1975 Mexico City | 4x100m free}}

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Rosemary Peres Ribeiro (born March 17, 1958) is a former international butterfly swimmer from Brazil, who participated in a Summer Olympics for her native country.{{cite web|title = Sports Reference Profile|work=Sports Reference|year = 2013|url = https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ri/rosemary-ribeiro-1.html|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200418032441/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ri/rosemary-ribeiro-1.html|url-status = dead|archive-date = April 18, 2020|accessdate =May 5, 2013}}

At 13 years old, in the 1971 Pan American Games, in Cali, she won a bronze medal in the 4×100-metre freestyle.{{cite web | title = Brazil medals at 1971 Pan | work = UOL | year = 2007 | url = http://pan.uol.com.br/pan/2007/historia/1971/nopodio.jhtm | accessdate = May 5, 2013|language=pt}} She also finished 5th in the 200-metre individual medley.{{cite web|title=O GLOBO News Archive - August 7, 1971, Morning, General, page 17|url=http://duyt0k3aayxim.cloudfront.net/PDFs_XMLs_paginas/o_globo/1971/08/07/01-primeira_secao/ge070871017PRM1-1234_g.jpg|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130830003704/http://duyt0k3aayxim.cloudfront.net/PDFs_XMLs_paginas/o_globo/1971/08/07/01-primeira_secao/ge070871017PRM1-1234_g.jpg|url-status=dead|archive-date=30 August 2013|publisher=O GLOBO|accessdate=29 August 2013}}

Participated at the inaugural World Aquatics Championships in 1973 Belgrade, where she finished 18th in the 100-metre butterfly.{{cite web|title = Results at 1973 Belgrade|work=USA Swimming|year = 2013|url = http://www.usaswimming.org/_Rainbow/Documents/003155e0-ee73-4de4-8b14-ac12cf1feb5f/73_worlds_champ.pdf|accessdate =May 5, 2013}}

In 1974, she broke the South American record in the 100-metre freestyle, with a time of 1:00.4. {{cite web | title = Historical progression of the South American record in the Women's 100-metre freestyle | work = Best Swimming | date = December 20, 2014 | url = http://www.bestswimming.com.br/2013/2014/12/20/evolucao-historica-do-recorde-sul-americano-dos-100-livre-feminino/ | accessdate = December 20, 2014 | language = pt | url-status = dead | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20141221015907/http://www.bestswimming.com.br/2013/2014/12/20/evolucao-historica-do-recorde-sul-americano-dos-100-livre-feminino/ | archivedate = December 21, 2014 }}

She was at the 1975 World Aquatics Championships in Cali. In the 200-metre butterfly, she finished with a time of 2:23.24, near from her personal best at this moment, 2:22.06, but not going to the finals.[http://acervo.oglobo.globo.com/ O GLOBO News Archive - July 27, 1975, Morning, Sports, page 36] In the 100-metre freestyle, she finished 20th, with a time of 1:01.91.[http://acervo.oglobo.globo.com/ O GLOBO News Archive - July 28, 1975, Morning, Sports, page 26]

She was at the 1975 Pan American Games, in Mexico City, where she won two bronze medals, in the 200-metre butterfly, and in the 4×100-metre freestyle.{{cite web | title = Brazil medals at 1975 Pan | work = UOL | year = 2007 | url = http://pan.uol.com.br/pan/2007/historia/1975/nopodio.jhtm | accessdate = May 5, 2013|language=pt}} She also finished 6th in the 100-metre butterfly,{{cite web|title=O GLOBO News Archive - 22 October 1975, Morning, Sports, page 26|url=http://duyt0k3aayxim.cloudfront.net/PDFs_XMLs_paginas/o_globo/1975/10/22/01-primeiro_caderno/ge221075026ESP1-1234_g.jpg|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130831115859/http://duyt0k3aayxim.cloudfront.net/PDFs_XMLs_paginas/o_globo/1975/10/22/01-primeiro_caderno/ge221075026ESP1-1234_g.jpg|url-status=dead|archive-date=31 August 2013|publisher=O GLOBO|accessdate=31 August 2013}} and 6th in the 100-metre freestyle.{{cite web|title=O GLOBO News Archive - 25 October 1975, Morning, Sports, page 23|url=http://duyt0k3aayxim.cloudfront.net/PDFs_XMLs_paginas/o_globo/1975/10/25/01-primeiro_caderno/ge251075023ESP1-1234_g.jpg|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130831152104/http://duyt0k3aayxim.cloudfront.net/PDFs_XMLs_paginas/o_globo/1975/10/25/01-primeiro_caderno/ge251075023ESP1-1234_g.jpg|url-status=dead|archive-date=31 August 2013|publisher=O GLOBO|accessdate=31 August 2013}}

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

She was at the 1983 Pan American Games, in Caracas, where she finished 8th in the 100-metre butterfly.{{cite web|title = Results at 1983 Pan Am Games in Caracas|work=USA Swimming|year = 2013|url = http://www.usaswimming.org/_Rainbow/Documents/63333eeb-2963-4275-bf46-362ba387c7c2/83_panam%5B1%5D.pdf|accessdate =June 1, 2013}}