Maria Fernanda Costa

Maria Fernanda Costa
Maria Fernanda Costa at the 2023 Pan American Games
Personal information
Full nameMaria Fernanda de Oliveira da Silva Costa
NicknameMafê [1]
National teamBrazil
Born (2002-09-05) 5 September 2002[2]
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Sport
SportSwimming
Strokesfreestyle
Medal record
Women's swimming
Representing  Brazil
Pan American Games
Silver medal – second place2023 Santiago200 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place2023 Santiago400 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place2023 Santiago4×200 m freestyle

Maria Fernanda de Oliveira da Silva Costa (born 5 September 2002) is a Brazilian swimmer. [3][4] She finished 4th in the 400m freestyle, and 5th in the 200m freestyle, at the 2024 World Championships, in Doha.[5]

International career

2017–20

She participated in the 2019 FINA World Junior Swimming Championships held in Budapest, Hungary.[6]

2021–24

Mafe Costa made a huge improvement when he became part of the team that trains with Fernando Possenti.[7]

In June 2023, she was Brazilian champion in the Brazil Trophy in the 200m freestyle with a time of 1:57.76 and the 400m freestyle with a time of 4:06.85.[8]

At the 2023 World Aquatics Championships held in Fukuoka, Japan, she reached the final of the Women's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay, finishing in 8th place.[9][10] She also finished 12th in the Women's 400 metre freestyle,[11] 20th in the Women's 200 metre freestyle[12] and 24th in the Women's 200 metre butterfly.[13]

At the 2023 Pan American Games held in Santiago, Chile, she won three silver medals in the Women's 400 metre freestyle with a time of 4:06.68 (near the South American record of Andreina Pinto, a time of 4:06.02), in the Women's 200 metre freestyle with a time of 1:58.12, and in the 4x200m freestyle relay where Brazil almost broke the South American record, narrowly losing to the USA. [14][15][16]

At the 2024 World Aquatics Championships, she qualified for the 400m freestyle final with the 4th best time, breaking the South American record with a time of 4:05.52. It was the first time that a Brazilian reached the final of the 400m freestyle at the World Championships - Mafê reached the final together with her compatriot Gabrielle Roncatto.[17] In the final, Mafê broke the South American record again, now with a mark of 4:02.86, finishing in 4th place, just 0.47s from bronze, this being the best result of all time for Brazilian women's swimming in World Championships. in Olympic events.[18][19][20] In the 200m freestyle, Costa clocked 1:57.11 in the semi-finals, breaking the South American record, obtaining the Olympic index and Brazil's best result in the history of this event - in the women's 200m freestyle, Brazil had never qualified anyone for a final. [21] In the 200m freestyle final, Mafê again broke her limits, once again breaking the South American record, now with a time of 1:56.85, finishing in 5th place, 0.85 seconds away from bronze.[22][23] In the 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay, the team composed of Maria Fernanda Costa, Stephanie Balduccini, Aline Rodrigues and Gabrielle Roncatto obtained a historic result, reaching 4th place, Brazil's best placement in this event at the World Championships, destroying the South American record with the mark of 7:52.71.[24][25] The quartet formed by Costa, Balduccini, Rodrigues and Ana Carolina Vieira also finished 6th in the 4x100m freestyle, equaling Brazil's best result in world championships in this event.[26]

On May 7, 2024, competing in the Brazilian Olympic Swimming Trials, she broke the South American record for the 200m freestyle with a time of 1:56.37.[27] On May 11, in the same competition, she broke the Brazilian record for the 800m freestyle with a time of 8:28.92. [28]

2024 Summer Olympics

At the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, Mafê Costa reached the final of the 400m freestyle - a Brazilian woman had not reached the final of this event at the Olympics since 1948. She finished in 7th place, in her first Olympic participation, at the age of 21.[29] She also swam the 200m freestyle, reaching the semi-finals and finishing 11th - it was the best position in the history of Brazil in the women's 200m freestyle at the Olympics. In both events, she swam close to her South American records. [30][31] In the Women's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay, Brazil qualified for the final, where she opened the race by breaking the South American record with a time of 1:56.06. Brazil finished 7th in the final.[32]

2024-28

At the José Finkel Trophy, held in a short course pool, in August 2024, she broke the South American records for the 200m freestyle (1:54.46) and the 400m freestyle (3:59.33). [33][34][35][36]

At the 2024 World Aquatics Swimming Championships (25 m), she broke the South American record in the 200m freestyle, opening the Brazilian 4x200m freestyle relay in the final, with a time of 1:54.22. She finished 8th in the relay, where Brazil achieved a time of 7:46.76, a South American record for the event. She also finished 9th in the 400m freestyle, 20th in the 800m freestyle and 13th in the 200m freestyle.[37]

At the 2025 World Aquatics Championships, she finished 9th in the 400 metre freestyle and 14th in the 200 metre freestyle. [38]

In April 2026, at the Australian Open, she broke the South American record in the 800m freestyle with a time of 8:23.98. [39]

At the 2026 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships, she finished 5th in the 400m freestyle [40], 7th in the 200m freestyle, 7th in the 4x200m freestyle relay [41]and 10th in the 800m freestyle. [42]

Personal bests

As of August 13, 2026
Long course
Event Time Meet Date Note(s)
200 m freestyle 1:56.06 2024 Summer Olympics August 2, 2024 SA
400 m freestyle 4:02.86 2024 World Championships February 11, 2024 SA
800 m freestyle 8:23.98 2026 Australian Open April 6, 2026 NR
Short course
Event Time Meet Date Note(s)
200 m freestyle 1:54.22 2024 World Championships December 12, 2024 SA
400 m freestyle 3:59.33 José Finkel Trophy August 13, 2024 SA

Achievements

Olympic Games

  • 200m freestyle: 11th (Paris 2024)
  • 400m freestyle: 7th (Paris 2024)
  • 4x200m freestyle relay: 7th (Paris 2024)

FINA World Championships

  • 200m freestyle: 5th (Doha 2024)
  • 400m freestyle: 4th (Doha 2024)
  • 4x200m freestyle relay: 4th (Doha 2024)
  • 4x100m freestyle relay: 6th (Doha 2024)

Pan-Pacific

  • 200m freestyle: 7th (Irvine 2026)
  • 400m freestyle: 5th (Irvine 2026)
  • 4x200m freestyle relay: 7th (Irvine 2026)

References

  1. ↑ Informações sobre a nadadora Maria Fernanda Costa
  2. ↑ World Aquatics Mafê Profile
  3. ↑ "CBDA Profile Maria Fernanda Costa". CBDA. Retrieved 2023-10-26.
  4. ↑ Profile at World Aquatics
  5. ↑ Women's 400m Freestyle Final Doha 2024
  6. ↑ Maria Fernanda Costa é o Flamengo no Mundial Junior
  7. ↑ Furacão, Mafê vai de desconhecida a protagonista da natação em um ano
  8. ↑ Os melhores dos melhores do Troféu Brasul 2023
  9. ↑ Revezamento 4x200m fecha final em último lugar no Mundial Revezamento 4x200m fecha final em último lugar no Mundial
  10. ↑ "Final results" (PDF). omegatiming.com. 27 July 2023.
  11. ↑ "Heats results" (PDF). omegatiming.com. 23 July 2023.
  12. ↑ "Heats results" (PDF). omegatiming.com. 25 July 2023.
  13. ↑ "Heats results" (PDF). omegatiming.com. 26 July 2023.
  14. ↑ Stephanie Balduccini reconstrói confiança nos EUA e mira evolução até Paris
  15. ↑ Ouro no Pan de Santiago: Brasil vence os 4x200m livre masculino na natação; veja
  16. ↑ Mafê Costa ganha a medalha de prata no 200m livre
  17. ↑ Mafê Costa, Gabi Roncato e Cachorrão vão à final no Mundial de Esportes Aquáticos
  18. ↑ Women's 400m Freestyle Final Doha 2024
  19. ↑ Brasileira é quarta colocada nos 400m livre do Mundial; revezamentos 4x100m livre vão a Paris
  20. ↑ Brasil fica perto do pódio em Doha com Mafê Costa, Gabi Roncatto e Cachorrão
  21. ↑ Mafê Costa conquista vaga na final e índice olímpico nos 200m livre no Mundial de Doha
  22. ↑ 200m freestyle final Doha 2024
  23. ↑ Mafe Costa quebra novamente recorde sul-americano e é 5ª do mundo nos 200m livre
  24. ↑ Women's 4x200m Freestyle final Doha 2024
  25. ↑ Brasil é 4º nos 4x200m livre feminino, bate recorde
  26. ↑ Maria Fernanda quebra recorde sul-americano e é 4ª colocada em final inédita ao lado de Gabrielle Roncatto
  27. ↑ Com recorde sul-americano nos 200m livre, Mafê Costa volta a ser destaque no segundo dia da Seletiva Olímpica de Natação
  28. ↑ Maria Fernanda Costa e Guilherme Caribé são destaque no último dia da seletiva
  29. ↑ Brasileira Mafê Costa termina em sétimo na final dos 400m livre; australiana é bicampeã olímpica
  30. ↑ Olimpíadas 2024: Mafê cai nas semifinais dos 200m livre
  31. ↑ Nadadora da Unisanta Mafe Costa alcança a melhor posição da história do Brasil nos 200m livre
  32. ↑ Brasil fica em sétimo no 4x200m, e Mafê Costa bate recorde sul-americano individual
  33. ↑ Mafê Costa quebra mais um recorde sul-americano no Troféu José Finkel
  34. ↑ Mafê Costa quebra recorde sul-americano no Troféu José Finkel 2024
  35. ↑ Maria Fernanda Costa Scores Another South American SCM Record
  36. ↑ Maria Fernanda Costa Clocks South American SCM 400 Free Record At Jose Finkel
  37. ↑ Nadadores da Unisanta batem recordes no Mundial de Piscina Curta, na Húngria
  38. ↑ Mafê Costa assume risco por mudança de planejamento: "Não me arrependo"
  39. ↑ Brasileira supera finalista olímpica e quebra recorde na natação
  40. ↑ Mafê Costa é top-5 no Pan-Pacífico; Guilherme Cachorrão vai à final B
  41. ↑ Guilherme Caribé conquista bronze e faz melhor tempo da carreira no primeiro dia do Pan-Pacífico
  42. ↑ Guilherme Caribé chega ao terceiro bronze no Pan Pacífico igualando Cesar Cielo e Thiago Pereira
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