About Talita Rodrigues
Lived 1934 – 2019 (aged 84). Talita Rodrigues was a Brazilian swimmer.
Talita de Alencar Rodrigues (23 August 1934 – 22 July 2019) was a Brazilian Olympic freestyle swimmer, who competed at one Summer Olympics for her native country.
Biography Rodrigues was born in Rio de Janeiro on 23 August 1934. At 13 years old, she was at the 1948 Summer Olympics, in London, where she finished 6th in the 4×100-metre freestyle, along with Eleonora Schmitt, Maria da Costa and Piedade Coutinho. Even today, she is the youngest member of a Brazilian swimming delegation in Olympic history.
At the inaugural Pan American Games in 1951, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, she claimed a bronze medal in the 4×100-metre freestyle. She also finished 5th in the 200-metre freestyle.
Rodrigues died in Araguaína, Brazil on 22 July 2019, at the age of 84.
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Brazilian swimmer
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Talita Rodrigues was born on 23 August 1934 in Rio de Janeiro.
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Talita Rodrigues died on 22 July 2019.
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Talita Rodrigues was a swimmer.
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Talita Rodrigues was Brazilian.
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APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Talita Rodrigues. https://biography.guide/talita-rodrigues/
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