Rafaela Sumida

Class:
Sophomore
High School:
Colegio Criativo/Flamengo
Hometown:
Marilia, São Paulo/ Brazil

2025-26:

Season Best: 50 Freestyle: 23.88
Season Best: 100 Freestyle: 51.01
Season Best: 200 Freestyle: 1:48.29
Season Best: 400 Freestyle: 4:27.90
Season Best: 500 Freestyle: 4:55.23
Season Best: 50 Backstroke: 28.12
Season Best: 100 Backstroke: 57.79
Season Best: 200 Backstroke: 2:20.59
Season Best: 200 Individual Medley: 2:24.80

Earned All-Conference honors in the 800 free relay … Finished second in the 400 Medley Relay with a 3:52.89 time with Andrea Zeebe, Paula Gaya Bisquerra, and Olcaytu Hatipoglu (10/10) ... Placed second in the 400 freestyle relay with the Eliza Lennox, Hatipoglu, Varvara Gkiouzepa Petropoulou with a 3:26.74 (10/11) ... Came in second in the 200 freestyle with a time of 1:54.99 (10/25) ... Took first in the 200 freestyle relay with a time of 1:35.18 with Lennox, Hatipoglu, and Petropoulou (11/7) ... Finished third during the 800 freestyle with a 7:22.81 time with Lise Coetzee, Phoebe Johnson, and Zeebe (11/20) ... Came in third during the 400 medley relay with Zeebe, Bisquerra, and Lennox with a time of 3:45.27 (12/16) ... Finished second during the 800 freestyle with Zeebe, Coetzee, and Johnson with a time of 7:25.29 (12/17) ... Took first in the 200 freestyle relay with Hatipoglu, Nicole Fant, and Lennox with a 1:35.12 time (1/16) ... Placed first in the 400 medley relay with Lennox, Coetzee, and Hatipoglu with a time of 3:29.59 (1/17) ... Placed third in the 800 freestyle relay with a time of 7:16.10 with Coetzee, Zeebe, and Johnson (2/21) to earn All-Conference honors ...

2024-25:

Season Best: 50 Freestyle: 24.39
Season Best: 100 Freestyle: 50.39
Season Best: 200 Freestyle: 1:48.16
Season Best: 500 Freestyle: 4:51.40
Season Best: 1000 Freestyle: 10:04.05
Season Best: 100 Backstroke: 56.83
Season Best: 200 Backstroke: 2:04.13

Part of the AAC Championship 800 free relay team that set the school record (7:10.83) … Part of AAC Championship 400 free relay team and set the school record (3:17.66) … Part of the AAC Championship 200 free relay that set the school record (1:30.07) … Ranks seventh all-time at Tulane in the 100 free (50.39) … Ranks eighth all-time at Tulane in the 200 free (1:48.16) … Ranks eighth all-time in the 500 free (4:51.40) … Placed fifth all-time at Tulane in the 1000 free (10:04.05) … Had eighth individual top-three finishes on the season including an event victory in the 200 free against Liberty – 1:51.81 (10/19) ...

Prior to Tulane: Sumida, a Brazilian multi-national age champion, has also participated in multiple international competitions. At the 2022 World Junior Championships, she was a bronze medalist in the 800 free relay to help Brazil achieve the highest place finish in history. She was also Youth South American champion and a national medalist at Jose Finkel Trophy in 2023. She intends to major in Political Economy with Concentration in Internacional Perspectives.