César Castro
| Personal information | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Born | September 2, 1982 (age 33) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | 3 m springboard | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
.svg.png){kind=icon}
.svg.png){kind=icon}
.svg.png){kind=icon}
César Augusto Aquino de Castro (born September 2, 1982) is a Brazilian competitive diver from Brasília, Distrito Federal. Castro has represented Brazil in three consecutive Olympics Summer Olympics, 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens Games, 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, and 2012 Summer Olympics in London.
At the 2004 Summer Olympics, Castro reached the final and finished in 9th in men's individual 3m springboard. He placed 24th at the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympics and 17th at the London 2012 Olympics in the same event. At the 2009 World Aquatics Championships in Rome, Italy, Cesar finished in 5th in the Men's 3m Springboard, the best result a Brazilian has ever achieved in the history of this championship.
A son of a military Army lieutenant Jorge Rabelo de Castro and an Elementary School teacher Gilda Rabelo, Castro has one brother, Alex Castro (born January 19, 1980), who is a military Army specialized in Mountain. César Castro was married in August 2010 to Sabrina Ost.
César Castro previously trained under Brazilians coaches Giovani Casilo, Fracisco Ferrer, Ricardo Moreira and Roberto Gonçalves. In 2013, Cesar moved to Athens, Georgia Georgia where he trains at The University of Georgia with the Head coach Dan Laak.
César earned his college degree in Physical Education from Universidade Católica de Brasília in 2005 and received his MBA degree in Marketing and Sports Business from FGV Fundação Getulio Vargas in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in 2013. César Castro is sponsored by Mackenzie Presbyterian University since 2003.
César Castro was the first Brazilian diver to conquer a medal in an International FINA Fédération internationale de natation Diving Grand Prix. He was elected 9 times by the Brazil Olympic Committee as the best Brazilian diver (2002, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014). In 2004 Summer Olympics, Cesar Castro reached the Olympic Final, 52 years after the last Brazilian diver finalist in Olympic Games in Helsinki, Finland.
In addition to César Castro’s individual 3m Olympic Final, he frequently ranked top 10 in FINA world ranking; he was 4 (four) times South American Champion (2002, 2006, 2012 and 2014) and has 2 (two) Pan American Medals (silver, 2007 and bronze, 2011). Moreover, César Castro won three medals in the 2005 Izmir Universiade, Turkey and holds the total of eleven (11) medals of FINA International diving Grand Prix from the years 2002 to the most recent, 2015.
César Castro has also won (13 times) Brazilian National Diving Championships (13 tirteen times) 3m event and set numerous Brazilian national records. On the international diving stage, Cesar Castro qualified for and represented the Brazilian national Team at several distinguished international competitions such as the Pan American Games, FINA World Championships, FINA Diving World Cup, World Series, Summer Universiade and Summer Olympic Games.
References
- BBC Brazilian 2012 Olymipic atheles
- Getty Images Cesar Castro London 2012 3m springboard
- Dive Meets Cesar Castro results
External links
| ||||||
| ||||||