{{Short description|Brazilian swimmer (born 1983)}} {{Infobox swimmer | name= Julyana Kury | image= | imagesize= | caption = | fullname = Julyana Kury | nicknames = | nationality = {{BRA}} | strokes = Freestyle | club = | collegeteam = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|mf=yes|1983|6|16}} | birth_place =São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil | death_date = | death_place = | height = {{height|m=1.79|precision=0}} | weight = {{convert|71|kg|lb|abbr=on}} | medaltemplates= <!-- don't include medal templates unless there is a medal {{MedalSport | Women's swimming }} {{MedalCountry | {{BRA}} }} --> }}

'''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.<ref>{{cite web | title = Julyana Kury profile | work = UOL | year = 2008 | url = https://olimpiadas.uol.com.br/2008/atletas-brasileiros/natacao/julyana-kury.jhtm|accessdate = April 17, 2013|language=pt}}</ref><ref name=bestswimming>{{cite web|title=Julyana Kury profile in 2008 |work=Best Swimming |year=2008 |url=http://www.bestswimming.com.br/2013/2008/08/02/seleo-brasileira-perfil-de-juliana-kury-9607/ |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130616084756/http://www.bestswimming.com.br/2013/2008/08/02/seleo-brasileira-perfil-de-juliana-kury-9607/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=June 16, 2013 |accessdate=April 17, 2013 |language=pt }}</ref>

Kury served two years of suspension due to a doping, losing the chance to swim the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens.<ref name=bestswimming/> 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.<ref name=bestswimming/>

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<ref>{{cite web | title = Pinheiros turns the game, and ties with Flamengo in titles | work = CBDA | date = September 6, 2009 | url = http://www.cbda.org.br/noticias/pinheiros-vira-o-jogo-e-empata-com-o-flamengo-em-titulos-id-10833 | accessdate = April 17, 2013 | language = pt | url-status = dead | archiveurl = https://archive.today/20130422224147/http://www.cbda.org.br/noticias/pinheiros-vira-o-jogo-e-empata-com-o-flamengo-em-titulos-id-10833 | archivedate = April 22, 2013 }}</ref>

She was at the 2010 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships in Irvine, where she finished 17th in the 50-metre backstroke,<ref>{{cite web | title = Results of the 50-metre backstroke at 2010 Pan Pac in Irvine | work = OmegaTiming | date = August 19, 2010 | url = http://www.omegatiming.com/File/Download?id=00010A0B001A000000FFFFFFFFFFFF01 | accessdate = April 27, 2013}}</ref> 15th in the 50-metre freestyle <ref>{{cite web | title = Results of the 50-metre free at 2010 Pan Pac in Irvine | work = OmegaTiming | date = August 21, 2010 | url = http://www.omegatiming.com/File/Download?id=00010A0B0045000000FFFFFFFFFFFF01 | accessdate = April 27, 2013}}</ref> and 41st in the 100-metre freestyle.<ref>{{cite web | title = Results of the 100-metre freestyle at 2010 Pan Pac in Irvine | work = OmegaTiming | date = August 19, 2010 | url = http://www.omegatiming.com/File/Download?id=00010A0B0014000000FFFFFFFFFFFF01 | accessdate = April 27, 2013}}</ref>

In World Military Games, conducted in 2010 at Warendorf, Germany, she won the gold medal in the 4×100-metre freestyle.<ref>{{cite web | title = After success in the Pan-Pacific, Brazil wins 14 golds at the World Military Games | work = Globoesporte | date = August 31, 2010 | url = https://globoesporte.globo.com/aquaticos/noticia/2010/08/apos-sucesso-no-pan-pacifico-brasil-conquista-14-ouros-no-mundial-militar.html|accessdate = April 17, 2013|language=pt}}</ref>

At the 2010 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m), in Dubai, she was at the 4×100-metre freestyle final, finishing in 8th place.<ref>{{cite web | title = Results of the 4×100-metre freestyle at 2010 Dubai | work = OmegaTiming | date = December 18, 2010 | url = http://www.omegatiming.com/File/Download?id=00010A000052000000FFFFFFFFFFFF01|accessdate = April 17, 2013}}</ref> 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<ref>{{cite web | title = Dubai: Cielo hits record and walks to another podium | work = CBDA | date = December 18, 2010 | url = http://www.cbda.org.br/noticias/mundial-de-dubai-cielo-bate-recorde-e-caminha-para-mais-um-podio | accessdate = April 17, 2013 | language = pt | archive-date = December 18, 2013 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131218080418/http://www.cbda.org.br/noticias/mundial-de-dubai-cielo-bate-recorde-e-caminha-para-mais-um-podio | url-status = dead }}</ref>

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