{{Short description|Brazilian swimmer (born 1980)}} {{Infobox swimmer | name = Michelle Lenhardt | image = Michelle Lenhardt (born 1980) in the video 'Bruno Fratus e Michelle Lenhardt no programa de Ana Maria Braga'.png | image_size = <!-- Only for images narrower than 220 pixels --> | caption = In a 2021 interview | fullname = | nicknames = | national_team = {{BRA}} | strokes = Freestyle | club = EC Pinheiros | coach = | collegeteam = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1980|5|27|df=yes}} | birth_place = Porto Alegre, Brazil | death_date = | death_place = | height = {{convert|1.77|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}} | weight = {{convert|74|kg|lb|0|abbr=on}} | show-medals = yes | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | Women's swimming}} {{MedalCountry | Brazil }} {{MedalCompetition|Pan American Games}} {{MedalSilver|2011 Guadalajara | 4×100 m freestyle}} {{MedalSport | Women's bodybuilding}} {{MedalCountry | Brazil }} {{MedalCompetition|WBFF World Championships}} {{MedalGold|Toronto 2016 | Fitness +35 }} }}
'''Michelle Lenhardt''' (born May 27, 1980 in Porto Alegre) is a Brazilian swimmer and bodybuilder, who specialized in freestyle events.<ref>{{cite sports-reference|title = Michelle Lenhardt|url = https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/le/michelle-lenhardt-1.html|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200418032236/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/le/michelle-lenhardt-1.html|url-status = dead|archive-date = 18 April 2020|access-date = 7 December 2012}}</ref>
Graduated at Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul with a degree in advertising, Lenhardt moved in 2004 to Santos city, where she began training in order to participate of the Olympics.<ref name=lenhardt-olympics>{{cite web | title = In swimming, Michelle fight against 30 cents to go to London | work = Terra | date = October 8, 2011 | url = http://esportes.terra.com.br/esportes-aquaticos/na-natacao-publicitaria-luta-contra-30-centesimos-para-ir-a-londres,2a18c6b6137aa310VgnCLD200000bbcceb0aRCRD.html|accessdate = April 17, 2013|language=pt}}</ref>
Nicknamed ''Mischa'' by friends, she was removed from the Brazilian team 2007 Pan American Games<ref name=lenhardt-olympics/> due to the federation's error that signed three athletes to compete in the relay instead of allowed two. However, she got the vacancy to 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing thanks to Rebeca Gusmao having been cut, after she was ordered a doping suspension,<ref name=lenhardt-olympics/> becoming the first Rio Grande do Sul's female swimmer to compete at the Olympics.
Lenhardt represented Brazil at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where she competed for the women's 4×100-metre freestyle relay, along with her fellow swimmers Flávia Cazziolato, Tatiana Barbosa, and Monique Ferreira. She swam on the third leg, with an individual-split time of 55.90 seconds, finishing last in the first heat and thirteenth overall to her team, for a total time of 3:42.85.<ref>{{cite web|title=Women's 4×100-meter Freestyle Relay – Heat 1 |url=http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/swimming/resultsandschedules/rsc=SWW411900/index.html |publisher=NBC Olympics |accessdate=7 December 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120821063010/http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/swimming/resultsandschedules/rsc%3DSWW411900/index.html |archivedate=21 August 2012 }}</ref> She broke the South American record of the 4 × 100 m free.<ref>{{cite web | title = No place in the final, 4×100-metre freestyle women beat South American record | work = Globoesporte| date = August 9, 2008 | url = http://globoesporte.globo.com/Esportes/Pequim2008/Noticias/0,,MUL717783-16072,00-SEM+VAGA+NA+FINAL+XM+LIVRE+FEMININO+BATE+RECORDE+SULAMERICANO.html|accessdate = April 17, 2013|language=pt}}</ref>
On 6 September 2009, she broke again the South American record of the 4×100-metre freestyle, with a time of 3:41.49, along with Tatiana Lemos, Monique Ferreira and Julyana Kury<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>
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 Julyana Kury<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> She also got the 26th place in the 50-metre freestyle.<ref>{{cite web | title = Results of the 50-metre freestyle at 2010 Dubai | work = OmegaTiming | date = December 18, 2010 | url = http://www.omegatiming.com/File/Download?id=00010A000044000000FFFFFFFFFFFF01|accessdate = April 17, 2013}}</ref>
At the 2011 World Aquatics Championships in Shanghai, obtained the 13th place in the 4×100-metre freestyle.<ref>{{cite web | title = Results of the 4×100-metre freestyle at 2011 Shanghai | work = OmegaTiming | date = July 24, 2011 | url = http://www.omegatiming.com/File/Download?id=00010B0D0006000000FFFFFFFFFFFF01|accessdate = April 17, 2013}}</ref>
She won Brazil's fourth silver medal for the 4×100-metre freestyle relay team at the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara, Mexico.<ref>{{cite news|title=Pan American Games: USA Sets Two Pan American Games Records; Wins Nine Medals |url=http://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/lane9/news/World/28323.asp |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130203095343/http://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/lane9/news/World/28323.asp |url-status=dead |archive-date=3 February 2013 |publisher=Swimming World Magazine |date=15 October 2011 |accessdate=22 November 2012 }}</ref>
==Personal life==
Lenhardt married fellow Brazilian swimmer Bruno Fratus in 2014 and now serves as one of his coaches.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Race |first1=Retta |title=PARTNERS IN PERFORMANCE: BRUNO FRATUS AND MICHELLE LENHARDT |url=https://swimswam.com/partners-in-performance-bruno-fratus-and-michelle-lenhardt/ |website=Swim Swam |date=28 April 2020 |access-date=6 August 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Anderson |first1=Jared |title=BRAZILIAN OLYMPIANS BRUNO FRATUS, MICHELLE LENHARDT MARRY IN ATLANTA |url=https://swimswam.com/brazilian-olympians-bruno-fratus-michelle-lenhardt-marry-atlanta/ |website=Swim Swam |date=20 May 2014 |access-date=6 August 2021}}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *[http://olimpiadas.uol.com.br/2008/atletas-brasileiros/natacao/michele-lenhardt.jhtm Profile – UOL Esporte] {{in lang|pt}} *[https://web.archive.org/web/20120825032653/http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/athletes/athlete=63400/bio/index.html NBC Olympics Profile]
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Lenhardt, Michelle}} Category:1980 births Category:Living people Category:Olympic swimmers for Brazil Category:Swimmers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Category:Swimmers at the 2011 Pan American Games Category:Brazilian female freestyle swimmers Category:Brazilian people of German descent Category:Sportspeople from Porto Alegre Category:Pan American Games silver medalists for Brazil Category:Pan American Games swimmers for Brazil Category:Pan American Games silver medalists in swimming Category:South American Games gold medalists for Brazil Category:South American Games bronze medalists for Brazil Category:South American Games medalists in swimming Category:Competitors at the 2006 South American Games Category:Medalists at the 2011 Pan American Games Category:21st-century Brazilian sportswomen