10 Facts About Tatiane Sakemi

Tatiane Mayumi Sakemi was born on March 22,1986 and is a Brazilian swimmer of Japanese ancestry, who specialized in breaststroke events.

Tatiane Sakemi is a member of the swimming team for Esporte Clube Pinheiros in Sao Paulo.

In international rankings, Sakemi was not among the 150 best in the world by 2007.

Tatiane Sakemi edged out Iceland's Erla Dogg Haraldsdottir to take the fifth spot and thirty-ninth overall by three hundredths of a second, in 1:11.75.

Swimming the breaststroke leg, Tatiane Sakemi recorded a time of 1:10.42, and the Brazilian team finished the heats in tenth overall with a final time of 4:02.61.

In 2009, Tatiane Sakemi broke many South American records: at Olympic pool, broke the 50m breaststroke record with a time of 30s81, the 100m breaststroke with 1m07s67, and the 200m breaststroke with 2m29s46, all in May In short course, on November, broke the record of the 50m breaststroke with 30s50, the 100m breaststroke with 1m06s49, and the 200m breaststroke with 2m26s44.

Tatiane Sakemi was at the 2010 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships in Irvine, where she finished 18th in the 50m breaststroke, 22nd in the 100m breaststroke and dropped the 200m breaststroke.

Tatiane Sakemi won three medals in the same stroke at the 2010 South American Games in Medellin, Colombia, and led her Brazilian team to take the runner-up trophy at the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara, Mexico.

Tatiane Sakemi is a five-time Brazilian record holder in both long and short course swimming, including two from the Maria Lenk Trophy in Rio de Janeiro.

Tatiane Sakemi is the current holder, or former holder, of the following records:.