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Ricardo Capanema

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Ricardo Capanema
Personal information
Full nameRicardo Esberad Capanema
Nationality Brazil
Born (1931-09-19) September 19, 1931 (age 93)
Brazil
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesFreestyle
Medal record
Men's swimming
Representing  Brazil
Pan American Games
Silver medal – second place 1951 Buenos Aires 4 x 200 m freestyle

Ricardo Esberad Capanema (born September 19, 1931) is a former international freestyle swimmer from Brazil.[1]

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 Aram Boghossian, João Gonçalves Filho, and Tetsuo Okamoto.[2]

At the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, he swam the 400-metre freestyle, not reaching the final.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "Profile at Sports Reference". Sports Reference. 2013. Retrieved May 2, 2013.
  2. ^ "Brazil medals at 1951 Pan". UOL (in Portuguese). 2007. Retrieved May 2, 2013.