Aram Boghossian
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| Full name | Aram Boghossian | ||||||||||||||
| Nationality |  Brazil | ||||||||||||||
| Born | November 17, 1929 Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Freestyle | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Aram Boghossian (born November 17, 1929) is a former international freestyle swimmer from Brazil.[1] He was born in Rio de Janeiro.[2] As of 2004 he was still swimming in the Masters' category.[2]
At the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, he finished 8th in the 4×200-metre freestyle final, and swam the 100-metre freestyle, finishing 14th at semifinals.[1] He broke the Brazilian record of the 100-metre freestyle in 1948. His record was broken only in 1956 by Haroldo Lara.[3]
At the inaugural Pan American Games in 1951, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, he won a silver medal in the 4×200-metre freestyle, along with Ricardo Capanema, João Gonçalves Filho, and Tetsuo Okamoto.[4] At the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, he swam the 100-metre and 4×200-metre freestyle, not reaching the finals.[1]
References
- ^ a b c "Profile at Sports Reference". Sports Reference. 2013. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18. Retrieved May 2, 2013.
- ^ a b "World Masters - Aram Boghossian wins the first Brazil gold". Best Swimming (in Portuguese). June 4, 2004. Archived from the original on June 28, 2013. Retrieved May 2, 2013.
- ^ "OUR FASTEST SWIMMER OF THE WORLD - PART I". Best Swimming. April 14, 2008. Archived from the original on September 23, 2015. Retrieved June 16, 2013.
- ^ "Brazil medals at 1951 Pan". UOL (in Portuguese). 2007. Retrieved May 2, 2013.
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