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Plauto Guimarães

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Plauto Guimarães
Personal information
Full namePlauto de Barros Guimarães
Nationality Brazil
Born25 April 1925
São Paulo, Brazil
DiedOctober 10, 1972(1972-10-10) (aged 47)[1]
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesFreestyle
Medal record
Men's swimming
Representing  Brazil

Plauto de Barros Guimarães (25 April 1925 – 10 October 1972) was an Olympic freestyle swimmer from Brazil, who participated in a Summer Olympics for his native country. He was born in São Paulo.[2][3]

He was a member of Esporte Clube Pinheiros, São Paulo.[4]

At the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, he swam the 100-metre freestyle, not reaching the finals.[3] He was also ranked to compete in the 4×200-metre freestyle, but at the Brazilian trials, Willy Otto Jordan persuaded the Brazilian principals to make a new classification proof, where Willy took the vacancy of Plauto.[4]

In 1955, he had already retired from swimming.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Plauto Guimarães at Olympedia
  2. ^ a b "OUR FASTEST SWIMMER OF THE WORLD - PART I". Best Swimming (in Portuguese). April 14, 2008. Archived from the original on September 23, 2015. Retrieved June 2, 2013.
  3. ^ a b "Sports Reference Profile". Sports Reference. 2013. Archived from the original on April 17, 2020. Retrieved June 2, 2013.
  4. ^ a b "THE CAREER OF OUR JOHNNY WEISSMULLER - PART II". Best Swimming (in Portuguese). March 20, 2008. Archived from the original on November 3, 2014. Retrieved June 2, 2013.