Lara Teixeira

Lara Puglia•Teixeira Cianciarulo (born 26 November 1987) is a Brazilian synchronized swimmer. Her partner in 2008 and 2012 was Nayara Figueria. In total, Teixeira competed at 3 Olympic Games, 5 World Championships and 3 Pan American Games.

Career Teixeira took up synchronised swimming at the age of 8, and began to compete for Brazil two years later.

At the 2012 Olympics, the team of Teixeria and Figueria missed the final by only 0.3 points. The team also won gold at the South American Synchronised Swimming Championships.

Now she is the High Performance Manager, and Assistant Junior National Team Coach for the US synchronised swimming team.