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Manoel Villar
Personal information
Full nameManoel da Rocha Villar
Nationality Brazil
Born(1912-11-21)November 21, 1912
Brazil
DiedOctober 9, 2011(2011-10-09) (aged 98)[1]
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesFreestyle

Manoel da Rocha Villar (November 21, 1912 – October 9, 2011) was an Olympic freestyle swimmer from Brazil, who participated at two Summer Olympics for his native country.[2] At the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, he swam the 4×200-metre freestyle, finishing 7th in the final, along with Manuel Silva, Isaac Moraes and Benvenuto Nunes. He also swam the 100-metre freestyle, not reaching the finals.[2][3] At the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, he swam the 400-metre, 1500-metre, and 4×200-metre freestyle, not reaching the finals.[2]

References

  1. ^ Manoel Villar at Olympedia
  2. ^ a b c "Sports Reference Profile". Sports Reference. 2013. Archived from the original on April 18, 2020. Retrieved June 22, 2013.
  3. ^ "Los Angeles (1932): Maria Lenk is the first braziliam woman at Games". BOL (in Portuguese). July 30, 2008. Retrieved June 23, 2013.