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Poliana Okimoto (born March 8 1983 in São Paulo) is a Brazilian long-distance swimmer and Olympian.She was at the 2002 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) in Moscow where she finished 18th in the 800-metre freestyle.She won the Travessia dos Fortes on 2005.Okimoto competed in the 2007 Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro in the first appearance of the marathon swimming where she received the silver medal in the Women’s 10K the first Brazilian medal at this edition.She competed at the 2008 Olympics where she finished 7th in the Women’s 10K race.She also swam at the 2008 Open Water World Championships in Seville Spain.In 2009 Okimoto won the marathon swimming World Cup winning 9 of 11 stages held becoming the first Brazilian champion of the sport.At the 2009 World Aquatics Championships in Rome obtained the bronze medal.
