Orlando Amêndola
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Full name | Orlando Amêndola | ||||||||||||||
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Born | 2 November 1899[1] Brazil | ||||||||||||||
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Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||
Strokes | Freestyle | ||||||||||||||
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Orlando Amêndola (born 2 November 1899, date of death unknown) was an Olympic freestyle swimmer, Water polo player and rower from Brazil, who participated at one Summer Olympics for his native country.[2]
He was one of the first Brazilians who participated at the Olympics.[3] At the 1920 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, the first time that Brazil participated in the Games, he swam the 100-metre freestyle, not reaching the finals. He also participated in the Water Polo, finishing fourth with the Brazil team.[2] Also participated in rowing.[3]
References
- ^ Orlando Amêndola at Olympedia
- ^ a b "Sports Reference Profile". Sports Reference. 2013. Archived from the original on April 18, 2020. Retrieved June 17, 2013.
- ^ a b "ANTWERP 1920". COB (in Portuguese). 2013. Retrieved June 17, 2013.
Categories:
- 1899 births
- Brazilian male swimmers
- Brazilian male water polo players
- Swimmers at the 1920 Summer Olympics
- Water polo players at the 1920 Summer Olympics
- Olympic swimmers of Brazil
- Olympic water polo players of Brazil
- Brazilian male rowers
- Brazilian swimming biography stubs
- Brazilian water polo biography stubs