LIMA Silvana

Brazil
Surfing
29 Oct 1984
36
Female
 
Brazil
RIO DE JANEIRO
 
Brazil

Events and Medals

Discipline Event Rank Medal
SRF Surfing Women 5

Schedule

Change
Start Time Location Event Status
Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach
Women's Round 1 - Heat 3
Finished
Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach
Women's Round 3 - Heat 6
BRA
LIMA SLIMA Silvana
12.17
POR
BONVALOT TBONVALOT Teresa
7.50
Finished
Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach
Women's Quarterfinals - Heat 3
USA
MOORE CMOORE Carissa
14.26
BRA
LIMA SLIMA Silvana
8.30
Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

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World Surfing Games

RankEventYearLocationResult
2Shortboard2019Miyazaki, JPN12.77
6Shortboard2011Playa Venao, PAN8.52
17Shortboard2010Punta Hermosa, PER7.83


WSL Championship Tour (Ranking)

RankEventYearLocationResult
12Shortboard201925150
12Shortboard201731900
13Shortboard201825915
21Shortboard20161750


WSL Championship Tour overview - Three best ranks per season and event since 2017

YearShortboard
20192 x 5th, 5 x 9th
20181 x 3rd, 2 x 5th, 1 x 9th
20171 x 1st, 1 x 5th, 4 x 9th


WSL Championship Tour - Ten best performances in last Olympic cycle

RankYearEventLocation
12017ShortboardSan Clemente, CA, USA
32018ShortboardBells Beach, VIC, AUS
52019ShortboardRio de Janeiro, BRA
52019ShortboardKeramas, INA
52018ShortboardKeramas, INA
52018ShortboardRio de Janeiro, BRA
52017ShortboardMaui, HI, USA
92019ShortboardMaui, HI, USA
92019ShortboardPeniche, POR
92019ShortboardLandes, FRA
92019ShortboardJeffreys Bay, RSA
92019ShortboardMargaret River, WA, AUS
92018ShortboardGold Coast, QLD, AUS
92017ShortboardLandes, FRA
92017ShortboardCascais, POR
92017ShortboardHuntington Beach, CA, USA
92017ShortboardBells Beach, VIC, AUS
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Athlete
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Portuguese
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Leandro Bastos [personal], BRA, from 2019
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She sustained an injury in her right knee while competing in Jeffreys Bay, South Africa, in July 2018. The injury obliged her to undergo surgery in September that same year, missing the rest of the season. (lance.com.br, 21 Jun 2019; ricosurf.com.br, 08 Jul 2018; globoesporte.globo.com, 14 Nov 2018)

She sustained a torn ligament injury in her right knee while competing in the 2012 World Tour event in Gold Coast, QLD, Australia. She underwent surgery which put an end to her 2012 season. She returned to the World Tour in 2013 thanks to an injury wild card. (worldsurfleague.com, 01 Nov 2019; ricosurf.com.br, 08 Jul 2018; blogs.diariodonordeste.com.br, 23 May 2012; almasurf.com.br, 03 Apr 2012)

In 2011, during a training session in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, she tore the anterior cruciate ligament in her left knee, which required surgery. (ricosurf.com.br, 08 Jul 2018; almasurf.com.br, 03 Apr 2012)

In 2006 she sustained an injury in her left knee while competing in Trestles Beach, CA, United States of America, which required surgery. (almasurf.com.br, 03 Apr 2012)
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She began surfing as a young girl in Paracuru, Brazil. (worldsurfleague.com, 01 Nov 2019)
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She lived by the sea in Paracuru, Brazil, and began surfing on a piece of wood on which she attached a fin. She got her first real surfboard at age 14. (worldsurfleague.com, 01 Nov 2019)
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To win a medal at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (folha.uol.com.br, 02 Dec 2019)
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As of 2019 she has been named Best Female Surfer in Brazil on eight occasions. (istoe.com.br, 23 Oct 2019)

General Interest

Preferred stance
Regular (worldsurfleague.com, 01 Nov 2019)

General
EARLY DAYS
She grew up in Paracuru, Brazil, and said that both her parents had problems with substance abuse. Her mother raised her and her four brothers alone. "My childhood was always very difficult. I lacked everything from food, medicine to education. My childhood was really a tough one." (hardcore.com.br, 01 Jun 2015; istoe.com.br, 23 Oct 2019)

SPONSORSHIP STRUGGLES
In 2016 at age 31 she claimed that she had struggled to find surfing sponsors throughout her career because of her physical appearance and injury lay-offs. She has turned to breeding French Bulldogs to help make ends meet, as well as crowdfunding and selling her house and used equipment to fund her surfing. "I don't look like a model, I'm not a babe. I'm a surfer, a professional one. If you don't look like a model you end up without a sponsor which is what happened to me. You're excluded, you're disposable. Then the idea of breeding French Bulldogs came to me. It helped me fund my trips. I was the winner in New Zealand [secondary tour] thanks to the puppies who paid for it." (bbc.com, 26 Feb 2016; stuff.co.nz, 01 Mar 2016; hardcore.com.br, 01 Jun 2015)

Legend
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Gold Medal Event
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Silver Medal Event
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Bronze Medal Event
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