Marcos Macedo
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| Full name | Marcos Antônio Costa Ferreira de Macedo | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality |  Brazil | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 9 September 1990 Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 85 kg (187 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Butterfly | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Minas TC | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Marco Antônio Costa Ferreira de Macedo (born 9 September 1990 in Natal) is a Brazilian competitive swimmer.[1] is a Brazilian professional swimmer. He currently competes for the Fiat/Minas team. Marcos won the 4 × 100 m medley relay in the 2014 World Swimming Championship (short course).[2]
International career
[edit]2008–12
[edit]He won the bronze medal in the 4×100-metre freestyle at the 2008 FINA Youth World Swimming Championships in Monterrey.[3]
At the 2011 World Aquatics Championships in Shanghai, China, Macedo finished 9th in the 4×100-metre freestyle.[4] At the 2011 Summer Universiade in Shenzhen, China, he got a silver medal in the 4×100-metre freestyle relay.[5]
2013–16
[edit]Macedo was part of the Brazilian delegation that finished in the first place the medal chart of the World Swimming Championship (short course) in Doha, with 7 golds, 1 silver and two bronzes (10 medals total).[6] Marcos won the gold medal in the 4 × 100 m relay, in the team also composed by César Cielo, Guilherme Guido, and Felipe França Silva.[2] He swam the butterfly course in 49.63, with team's total time of 3:21.14. He also qualified for the final on the men's 100 metre butterfly, and finished in 8th, 50.47.[7]
2016 Summer Olympics
[edit]At the 2016 Summer Olympics, Macedo finished 34th in the Men's 100 metre butterfly.[8]
References
[edit]- ^ "National Ranking-Page 1" (PDF). FAGO (in Portuguese). 20 December 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 December 2014. Retrieved 14 December 2014.
- ^ a b "Cesar Cielo Anchors Brazil to First Men's 400 Medley Relay World Title – Video". Swimming World. 7 December 2014. Retrieved 8 December 2014.
- ^ "Troféu Maria Lenk 2013: Barcelona e Dubai" [2013 Maria Lenk Trophy: Barcelona and Dubai] (in Portuguese). CBDA. 27 April 2013. Archived from the original on 15 December 2014. Retrieved 8 December 2014.
- ^ "Results of the 4×100-metre freestyle at 2011 Shanghai". Omega Timing. 24 July 2011. Retrieved 8 December 2014.
- ^ "BBrasil volta com três medalhas universitárias" [Brazil back with 3 university medals] (in Portuguese). CBDA. 25 August 2011. Archived from the original on 4 September 2014. Retrieved 8 December 2014.
- ^ "Doha Delivers The Greatest FINA Swimming World Championships Ever Hosted". FINA. 8 December 2014. Archived from the original on 8 December 2014. Retrieved 8 December 2014.
- ^ "12th FINA WORLD SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIPS (25m) - Men's 100m Butterfly - Final Results". Omega Timing. 7 December 2014. Retrieved 9 December 2014.
- ^ "Phelps moves forward and begins to search for tetra in the 100m butterfly". Globoesporte (in Portuguese). 11 August 2016. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
External links
[edit]- Marcos Macedo at World Aquatics
- Marcos Macedo at Olympedia
- Marcos Macedo at the Brazilian Olympic Committee (in Portuguese)
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- 1990 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Natal, Rio Grande do Norte
- Brazilian male butterfly swimmers
- Brazilian male freestyle swimmers
- Medalists at the FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)
- Swimmers at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Olympic swimmers for Brazil
- Summer World University Games medalists in swimming
- FISU World University Games silver medalists for Brazil
- Medalists at the 2011 Summer Universiade
- 21st-century Brazilian sportsmen