Julyana Kury

Julyana Kury (born June 16, 1983 in São Paulo) is a Brazilian national delegate competitive swimmer, who joined the Brazilian national delegation in the 2008 Summer Olympics, recently held in Beijing, China, as a reserve/backup swimmer.^[1][2]

Julyana Kury

Personal information
Full name	Julyana Kury
Nationality	Brazil
Born	(1983-06-16) June 16, 1983 (age 40) São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
Height	1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	71 kg (157 lb)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Freestyle

Kury served two years of suspension due to a doping, losing the chance to swim the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens.^[2] She won a gold medal in the 4×100-metre freestyle relay and bronze medals in the 50-metre freestyle and 200-metre backstroke at the 2008 South American Championship. She won a bronze medal in the 100-metre individual medley at the 2007 World Cup in Belo Horizonte.^[2]

On 6 September 2009, she broke the South American record in the 4×100-metre freestyle (Olympic pool), with a time of 3:41.49, along with Tatiana Lemos, Monique Ferreira and Michelle Lenhardt^[3]

She was at the 2010 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships in Irvine, where she finished 17th in the 50-metre backstroke,^[4] 15th in the 50-metre freestyle ^[5] and 41st in the 100-metre freestyle.^[6]

In World Military Games, conducted in 2010 at Warendorf, Germany, she won the gold medal in the 4×100-metre freestyle.^[7]

At the 2010 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m), in Dubai, she was at the 4×100-metre freestyle final, finishing in 8th place.^[8] In this relay, she broke the short-course South American record, with a time of 3:35,95, along with Tatiana Lemos, Flavia Delaroli and Michelle Lenhardt^[9]

References

1. "Julyana Kury profile". UOL (in Portuguese). 2008. Retrieved April 17, 2013.
2. "Julyana Kury profile in 2008". Best Swimming (in Portuguese). 2008. Archived from the original on June 16, 2013. Retrieved April 17, 2013.
3. "Pinheiros turns the game, and ties with Flamengo in titles". CBDA (in Portuguese). September 6, 2009. Archived from the original on April 22, 2013. Retrieved April 17, 2013.
4. "Results of the 50-metre backstroke at 2010 Pan Pac in Irvine". OmegaTiming. August 19, 2010. Retrieved April 27, 2013.
5. "Results of the 50-metre free at 2010 Pan Pac in Irvine". OmegaTiming. August 21, 2010. Retrieved April 27, 2013.
6. "Results of the 100-metre freestyle at 2010 Pan Pac in Irvine". OmegaTiming. August 19, 2010. Retrieved April 27, 2013.
7. "After success in the Pan-Pacific, Brazil wins 14 golds at the World Military Games". Globoesporte (in Portuguese). August 31, 2010. Retrieved April 17, 2013.
8. "Results of the 4×100-metre freestyle at 2010 Dubai". OmegaTiming. December 18, 2010. Retrieved April 17, 2013.
9. . CBDA (in Portuguese). December 18, 2010. Archived from the original on December 18, 2013. Retrieved April 17, 2013.