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Luiz Altamir Melo
Personal information
Full nameLuiz Altamir Lopes Melo
Nationality Brazil
Born (1996-05-09) May 9, 1996 (age 28)
Boa Vista, Roraima, Brazil
Height1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight69 kg (152 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesFreestyle, Butterfly
Medal record
Men's swimming
Representing  Brazil
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place 2015 Toronto 4×200 m freestyle
Youth Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2014 Nanjing Mixed 4×100 m free

Luiz Altamir Lopes Melo (born May 9, 1996 in Boa Vista) is a Brazilian swimmer.[1][2]

International career

2013–16

He was at the 2013 FINA World Junior Swimming Championships, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, where he finished 5th in the 200-metre butterfly, 6th in the 4x200-metre freestyle relay, 8th in the 200-metre freestyle, and 10th in the 400-metre freestyle.[3][4]

At the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics in Nanjing, he won a silver medal in the Mixed 4 × 100 m freestyle relay.[5] He also finished 5th in the 200 metre butterfly,[6] and 7th in the 200 metre freestyle and 400 metre freestyle.[7]

At the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto, Canada, Altamir won a gold medal in the 4×200-metre freestyle relay, where he broke the Pan Am Games record with a time of 7:11.15, along with João de Lucca, Thiago Pereira, and Nicolas Oliveira.[8][9]

At the 2015 World Aquatics Championships in Kazan, he finished 15th in the Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay, along with João de Lucca, Thiago Pereira, and Nicolas Oliveira.[10][11]

At the Open tournament held in Palhoça in December 2015, he obtained qualification for the 2016 Summer Olympics in the 400-metre freestyle, with a time of 3:50.32, 0.7 seconds from the South American record.[12]

2016 Summer Olympics

At the 2016 Summer Olympics, he finished 32nd in the Men's 400 metre freestyle.[13] He also competed in the Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay, where the Brazilian relay finished in 15th place.[14]

References

  1. ^ "COB Profile". COB (in Portuguese). 2015. Retrieved July 25, 2015.
  2. ^ "CBDA Profile". CBDA (in Portuguese). 2015. Retrieved July 25, 2015.
  3. ^ "2013 World Junior Championships Results" (PDF). FINA. 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 28, 2014. Retrieved July 24, 2015. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  4. ^ "Swimming: Brazil closes World Junior Championships with a silver medal and makes plans for Olympics". Lancenet (in Portuguese). September 1, 2013. Retrieved July 25, 2015.
  5. ^ "Matheus Santana shines, and 4x100m takes silver at Youth Games". Globoesporte (in Portuguese). August 17, 2014. Retrieved July 25, 2015.
  6. ^ "First Olympic gold of the young Brazilian swimming and world record". CBDA (in Portuguese). August 22, 2014. Retrieved July 25, 2015.
  7. ^ "Matheus Santana's Day in Nanjing". CBDA (in Portuguese). August 18, 2014. Retrieved July 25, 2015.
  8. ^ "Brazil won 6 medals, 3 more golds on the second day of Pan". Best Swimming (in Portuguese). July 16, 2015. Retrieved July 25, 2015.
  9. ^ "João de Lucca surprises and takes gold in 200m freestyle: "I never imagined it"". Globoesporte (in Portuguese). July 15, 2015. Retrieved July 25, 2015.
  10. ^ "Results of the 4x200-metre freestyle at 2015 Kazan". OmegaTiming. August 7, 2015. Retrieved August 7, 2015.
  11. ^ "Bruno Fratus and Daynara in the semifinals, and 4 × 200 relay disappoints". Best Swimming (in Portuguese). August 7, 2015. Retrieved August 7, 2015.
  12. ^ "End of the 2015 Open with 24 indexes and the Brazilian Team with 26 swimmers". Best Swim (in Portuguese). December 20, 2015. Retrieved December 20, 2015.
  13. ^ "Newcomer in Olympics, Luiz Altamir regrets 400m free result". Globoesporte (in Portuguese). August 6, 2016. Retrieved July 25, 2017.
  14. ^ "Brazil starts badly in the 4th day, only Chierighini advances". ClicRBS (in Portuguese). August 9, 2016. Retrieved August 10, 2016.
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