Carlos Almeida (swimmer)
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Carlos Fernandes Esteves de Almeida |
| National team |
 Portugal |
| Born |
4 August 1988 Lisbon, Portugal |
| Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) |
| Weight | 87 kg (192 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Swimming |
| Strokes | Breaststroke |
| Club | Clube de Natação da Amadora[1] |
| College team | University of Louisville (U.S.)[1] |
| Coach |
Filipe Coelho Arthur Almeida (U.S.)[1] |
Carlos Fernandes Esteves de Almeida (also Carlos Almeida, born August 4, 1988) is a Portuguese swimmer, who specialized in breaststroke events.[1][2] He is a two-time Olympian, a 2011 Big East Conference champion, and a current Portuguese record holder in the 100 and 200 m breaststroke. Almeida is a resident athlete for Amadora Swimming Club in Lisbon (Portuguese: Clube de Natação da Amadora), and is coached and trained by Filipe Coelho.[1]
Almeida made his official debut at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where he competed in the men's 200 m breaststroke. He cleared a FINA B-cut of 2:15.00 from the Dutch Open in Eindhoven, Netherlands.[3][4] Almeida blasted a 2:15 barrier and a new Portuguese record of 2:13.34 to top the second heat, but he finished only in thirty-second overall from the preliminaries.[5]
At the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, Almeida qualified for the men's 100 m breaststroke by establishing a Portuguese record and achieving a FINA B-standard entry time of 1:01.19 from the European Championships in Debrecen, Hungary.[6][7] He challenged seven other swimmers on the third heat, including fellow two-time Olympian Martin Liivamägi of Estonia. He raced to third place by two tenths of a second (0.20) behind Greece's Panagiotis Samilidis in 1:01.40. Almeida failed to advance into the semifinals, as he placed twenty-fifth overall out of 44 swimmers on the first day of preliminaries.[8]
Almeida is a member of the swimming team for the Louisville Cardinals, and currently, a fourth-year senior with a sports administration major at the University of Louisville in Louisville, Kentucky. Almeida also became the first swimmer in his school's history to claim a 200 m breaststroke title at the NCAA Division I Championships in Federal Way, Washington. He blasted a time of 1:51.88 to match former Olympic silver medalist Ed Moses for the fourth-fastest all time in collegiate history.[9][10]
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 "Carlos Almeida". London 2012. Retrieved 22 April 2013.
- ↑ "Carlos Almeida". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 22 April 2013.
- ↑ "Olympic Cut Sheet – Men's 200m Breaststroke" (PDF). Swimming World Magazine. p. 31. Retrieved 9 April 2013.
- ↑ "Dutch Open: Day Four Finals Features World Record, Several National Standards". Swimming World Magazine. 9 December 2007. Retrieved 22 April 2013.
- ↑ "Men's 200m Breaststroke Heat 2". Beijing 2008. NBC Olympics. Retrieved 18 January 2013.
- ↑ "Qualifying Athletes – Men's 100 m breaststroke" (PDF). FINA. Retrieved 20 April 2013.
- ↑ "European Long Course Championships: Close Calls, Fast Times On Second Night". Swimming World Magazine. 22 May 2012. Retrieved 22 April 2013.
- ↑ "Men's 100m Breaststroke Heat 3". London 2012. Retrieved 11 February 2013.
- ↑ "NCAA Division I Men's Swimming and Diving Championships: Carlos Almeida Wins Louisville's First NCAA Title, Tying Closest 200 Breast Race in NCAA History". Swimming World Magazine. 24 March 2012. Retrieved 22 April 2013.
- ↑ Martin, Ryan (3 April 2012). "Swimmer Carlos Almeida wins NCAA National Championship". The Louisville Cardinal. Retrieved 22 April 2013.