Stephan Steverink
Personal information
Full nameStephan Alexander De Freitas Steverink
National teamBrazil Brazil
Born (2004-02-27) 27 February 2004[1]
Flamengo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesFreestyle, individual medley
ClubCR Flamengo[2]
Medal record
Men's swimming
Representing  Brazil
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
World Junior Championships 1 1 0
Junior Pan American Games 1 3 1
South American Youth Games 4 1 0
Total 6 5 1
World Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place2022 Lima400 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place2022 Lima400 m medley
Junior Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place2021 Cali–Valle4×200 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place2021 Cali–Valle800 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place2021 Cali–Valle400 m medley
Silver medal – second place2021 Cali–Valle4×100 m medley
Bronze medal – third place2021 Cali–Valle1500 m freestyle
South American Youth Games
Gold medal – first place2022 Rosario400 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place2022 Rosario1500 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place2022 Rosario200 m medley
Gold medal – first place2022 Rosario4×100 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place2022 Rosario200 m breaststroke
U.S. Open Championships
Bronze medal – third place2022 Greensboro800 m freestyle

Stephan Alexander De Freitas Steverink (born 27 February 2004) is a Brazilian competitive swimmer. He won the gold medal in the 400-metre freestyle and the silver medal in the 400-metre individual medley at the 2022 World Junior Championships. At the 2021 Junior Pan American Games, he won a gold medal in the 4×200-metre freestyle relay, silver medals in the 800-metre freestyle, 400-metre individual medley and 4×100-metre medley relay, as well as a bronze medal in the 1500-metre freestyle.

Background

Steverink was born 27 February 2004 to a Brazilian mother and a Dutch father and holds citizenship to Brazil and the Netherlands.[1][3] He trains and competes for CR Flamengo, continuing his contract with the sports club through the 2024 Summer Olympics and changing his training base to Rio de Janeiro in 2023.[2]

Career

2019–2021

In 2019, Steverink won medals at national age group competitions in both Brazil and Netherlands as part of figuring out which country to represent in international competitions.[4] Two years later, as part of swimming at the 2021 Junior Pan American Games held in Cali, Colombia, he won the gold medal in the 4×200-metre freestyle relay, the silver medal in the 800-metre freestyle with a 8:02.64, the silver medal in the 400-metre individual medley with a 4:24.35, a silver medal in the 4×100-metre medley relay, the bronze medal in the 1500-metre freestyle with a 15:34.41, and placed eighth in the b-final of the 200-metre individual medley with a 2:25.26.[5]

2022

For the 2022 South American Youth Games, held in Rosario, Argentina in April and May, Steverink won a total of four golds medals, one each in the 400-metre freestyle, 1500-metre freestyle, 200-metre individual medley, and the 4×100-metre freestyle relay, as well as a silver medal in the 200-metre breaststroke.[6][7] At the 2022 World Aquatics Championships, held at Danube Arena in June and July in Budapest, Hungary, Steverink placed sixteenth in the 400-metre individual medley with a time of 4:19.09.[8]

2022 World Junior Championships

2022 World Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place 400 m freestyle 3:48.27
Silver medal – second place 400 m individual medley 4:17.68

For the preliminaries of the 400-metre freestyle on day one of the 2022 FINA World Junior Swimming Championships, held in Lima, Peru, Steverink ranked first with a time of 3:50.24 and qualified for the final.[9] In the evening final, he won the gold medal with a personal best time of 3:48.27, finishing less than two-tenths of a second ahead of silver medalist Vlad Stancu of Romania.[10][11][12][13][14] With his win, he became the first male Brazilian swimmer to win a medal in the 400-metre freestyle at a FINA World Junior Swimming Championships and he won the first medal for Brazil at the 2022 Championships.[15] On the third day of competition, he placed sixth in the 800-metre freestyle with a time of 8:01.21.[16][17] The next day, he led-off the 4×200-metre freestyle relay in the final with a personal best time of 1:49.02, contributing to a fourth-place finish in 7:20.13, which was just 0.20 seconds slower than the bronze medal-winning team from Poland.[18]

On the fifth morning, Steverink ranked second in the preliminary heats of the 400-metre individual medley, behind Riku Yamaguchi of Japan, with a time of 4:22.29.[19] In the evening final, he lowered his time to a 4:17.68 and won the silver medal.[20][21] The following, and final, day, he placed fourth in the 1500-metre freestyle with a time of 15:23.83, which was less than six seconds slower than bronze medalist Vlad Stancu.[22]

2022 U.S. Open Championships

Competing representing Brazil at the 2022 U.S. Open Swimming Championships, starting on 30 November in Greensboro, United States, Steverink won the bronze medal in the 800-metre freestyle with a time of 8:01.80, sharing the podium with fellow Brazilian and gold medalist Guilherme Costa and Venezuelan and silver medalist Alfonso Mestre.[23] The second day, he placed fifth in the 400-metre freestyle with a time of 3:51.60.[24] On the third evening, he finished in a time of 4:21.53 in the final of the 400-metre individual medley to place seventh.[25]

2023

At the 2023 Brazil National Swimming Championships in Recife, Steverink started off with a silver medal on day one (30 May) in the 400-metre freestyle, finishing second in a time of 3:50.79.[26] He followed up with a silver medal in the 1500-metre freestyle the following day with a time of 15:20.20.[27] On day four, he finished in a 2023 World Aquatics Championships qualifying time of 4:17.26 in the final of the 400-metre individual medley, winning the gold medal.[28] The fifth and final day, he won the bronze medal in the 800-metre freestyle with a final mark of 8:03.00.[29]

International championships

Meet 400 free 800 free 1500 free 200 breast 200 medley 400 medley 4×100 free 4×200 free 4×100 medley
Junior level
PANJ 2021
(age: 17)		2nd place, silver medalist(s)
(8:02.64)		3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
(15:34.41)		8th (b)
(2:25.26)		2nd place, silver medalist(s)
(4:24.35)		1st place, gold medalist(s)
(7:24.22)		2nd place, silver medalist(s)
(3:44.19)
SAYG 2022
(age: 18)		1st place, gold medalist(s)
(3:51.36)		—1st place, gold medalist(s)
(15:17.25)		2nd place, silver medalist(s)
(2:18.81)		1st place, gold medalist(s)
(2:04.93)		—1st place, gold medalist(s)[a]
(h - 3:37.23)		—
WJC 2022
(age: 18)		1st place, gold medalist(s)
(3:48.27)		6th
(8:01.21)		4th
(15:23.83)		2nd place, silver medalist(s)
(4:17.68)		4th
(7:20.13)
Senior level
WC 2022
(age: 18)		16th
(4:19.09)
a Steverink swam only in the preliminary heats.

Personal best times

Long course metres (50 m pool)

Event Time Meet Location Date Ref
200 m freestyle 1:49.02 r 2022 World Junior Championships Lima, Peru 2 September 2022 [18]
400 m freestyle 3:48.27 2022 World Junior Championships Lima, Peru 30 August 2022 [10]
800 m freestyle 7:57.70 2022 Brazil Swimming Trophy Rio de Janeiro 7 April 2022 [1]
1500 m freestyle 15:14.86 2022 Brazil Swimming Trophy Rio de Janeiro 9 April 2022 [1]
400 m individual medley 4:16.44 2022 Brazil Swimming Trophy Rio de Janeiro 4 April 2022 [1]

Legend: r – relay 1st leg

Awards and honours

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Stephan Steverink". FINA. Retrieved 31 August 2022.
  2. 1 2 Petry, Helena (8 January 2023). "Stephan Steverink renova contrato com o Flamengo ENS até Paris-2024" (in Portuguese). CR Flamengo. Retrieved 20 February 2023.
  3. ↑ Lord, Craig (4 February 2020). "Stephan Steverink: The Boy From Brazil With A Dutch Double Decision & A Paris 2024 Gold". Swimming World. Retrieved 31 August 2022.
  4. ↑ Keith, Braden (5 December 2019). "15-Year-Old Stephan Steverink Adds 4:21 In 400 IM To Big Results In Brazil". SwimSwam. Retrieved 31 August 2022.
  5. ↑ "Cali Valle 2021: Stephan Alexander De Freitas Steverink" (in Spanish). Panam Sports. Retrieved 31 August 2022.
  6. ↑ "Rosario 2022: De Freitas Steverink Stephan Alexander". ODESUR. Retrieved 11 September 2022.
  7. ↑ "Stephan Steverink projeta nadar até três provas nos Jogos de Paris" (in Portuguese). olimpiadatododia.com.br. 1 September 2022. Retrieved 2 September 2022.
  8. ↑ FINA (18 June 2022). "19th FINA World Championships Budapest (HUN): Men's 400m Individual Medley Heats Results Summary". Omega Timing. Retrieved 31 August 2022.
  9. ↑ FINA (30 August 2022). "8th FINA World Junior Swimming Championships Lima (PER): Men's 400m Freestyle Heats Results Summary". Omega Timing. Retrieved 31 August 2022.
  10. 1 2 FINA (30 August 2022). "8th FINA World Junior Swimming Championships Lima (PER): Men's 400m Freestyle Final Results". Omega Timing. Retrieved 31 August 2022.
  11. ↑ Chaves, Lincoln (30 August 2022). "Revelação brasileira conquista ouro no Mundial Júnior de natação" (in Portuguese). Agência Brasil. Retrieved 31 August 2022.
  12. ↑ de Barros, Adielson (30 August 2022). "Stephan Steverink é ouro dos 400m livre do Mundial Júnior" (in Portuguese). olimpiadatododia.com.br. Retrieved 31 August 2022.
  13. ↑ "Stephan Steverink briga até o fim e é campeão Mundial Jr nos 400m livre" (in Portuguese). Brazilian Confederation of Aquatic Sports. 30 August 2022. Retrieved 31 August 2022.
  14. ↑ "Stephan Steverink é campeão sundial júnior de natação" (in Portuguese). Globo Esporte. 30 August 2022. Retrieved 31 August 2022.
  15. ↑ "Histórico! Stephan Steverink é ouro no Mundial Júnior de natação" (in Portuguese). Lance!. 31 August 2022. Retrieved 31 August 2022.
  16. ↑ FINA (1 September 2022). "8th FINA World Junior Swimming Championships Lima (PER): Men's 800m Freestyle Results Summary". Omega Timing. Retrieved 1 September 2022.
  17. ↑ Oliviera, Natália (1 September 2022). "Brasil chega perto do pódio no Mundial Júnior de Natação" (in Portuguese). surtoolimpico.com.br. Retrieved 1 September 2022.
  18. 1 2 FINA (2 September 2022). "8th FINA World Junior Swimming Championships Lima (PER): Men's 4x200m Freestyle Final Results". Omega Timing. Retrieved 2 September 2022.
  19. ↑ FINA (3 September 2022). "8th FINA World Junior Swimming Championships Lima (PER): Men's 400m Individual Medley Heats Results Summary". Omega Timing. Retrieved 3 September 2022.
  20. ↑ FINA (3 September 2022). "8th FINA World Junior Swimming Championships Lima (PER): Men's 400m Individual Medley Final Results". Omega Timing. Retrieved 3 September 2022.
  21. ↑ Silva, Regys (3 September 2022). "Stephan Steverink é prata e Revezamento 4x100m Livres feminino é bronze no Mundial Junior de Natação" (in Portuguese). surtoolimpico.com.br. Retrieved 3 September 2022.
  22. ↑ FINA (4 September 2022). "8th FINA World Junior Swimming Championships Lima (PER): Men's 1500m Freestyle Results Summary". Omega Timing. Retrieved 4 September 2022.
  23. ↑ USA Swimming (30 November 2022). "2022 Toyota U.S. Open Championships: Men's 800m Freestyle Results Summary". Omega Timing. Retrieved 30 November 2022.
  24. ↑ USA Swimming (1 December 2022). "2022 Toyota U.S. Open Championships: Men's 400m Freestyle Final Results". Omega Timing. Retrieved 1 December 2022.
  25. ↑ USA Swimming (2 December 2022). "2022 Toyota U.S. Open Championships: Men's 400m Individual Medley Final Results". Omega Timing. Retrieved 2 December 2022.
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  28. ↑ Time Brasil (2 June 2023). "Troféu Brasil de Natação 2023 - Dia 4 - Finais" (in Portuguese; time stamp, 1:42:27 to 1:57:14). YouTube. Retrieved 2 June 2023.
  29. ↑ Time Brasil (3 June 2023). "Troféu Brasil de Natação 2023 - Dia 5 - Finais" (in Portuguese; time stamp, 1:44:31 to 2:01:21). YouTube. Retrieved 3 June 2023.
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  31. ↑ Nagime, Mateus (24 December 2022). "Retrospectiva Olímpica: atletas de base do Time Brasil em 2022" (in Portuguese). olimpiadatododia.com.br. Retrieved 18 February 2023.
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