Guilherme Guido

Guilherme Guido

Guido (right), 2015
Personal information
Full name Guilherme Augusto Guido
Nationality  Brazil
Born (1987-02-12) February 12, 1987
Limeira, São Paulo, Brazil
Height 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Weight 90 kg (200 lb)
Sport
Sport Swimming
Strokes Backstroke

Guilherme Augusto Guido (born 12 February 1987) is a Brazilian backstroke swimmer who specializes in sprint events.[1]

When Guido was young, he was a big rival of César Cielo. In the tournaments in the region of Campinas, Guido used to beat Cielo in freestyle, while Cielo won the backstroke, until the age of 15, where Cielo decided to dedicate himself to freestyle and, the situation was reversed. Guilherme Guido focused on backstroke and today both him and Cielo are great Brazilian and South American swimmers.[2]

International career

2004

At 17 years old, Guido participated in his first major international tournament, the 2004 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m), in the city of Indianapolis, in October 2004. He finished 4th in the 4×100-metre medley,[3] breaking the South American record with a time of 3:33.02, along with César Cielo, Kaio Almeida and Eduardo Fischer.[4] He also finished 13th in the 100-metre backstroke,[5] 18th in the 50-metre backstroke [6] and dropped the 200-metre backstroke.[7]

2006

At the 2006 South American Games, Guido won a silver medal in the 200-metre backstroke,[8] and a bronze medal in the 100-metre backstroke.[9]

2008

At the 2008 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m), he went to the 100-metre backstroke final, finishing in 7th place.[10] Also ranked 10th in the 50-metre backstroke,[11] dropped the 200-metre backstroke [12] and was a finalist in the 4×100-metre medley ending in 6th.[13]

In 2008 already held the South American record in the 50-meter backstroke Olympic pool, with 25.10 seconds. In May, improved his record to 25.04 seconds.[14]

At the 2008 Summer Olympics, Guido finished 20th in the Men's 100 metre backstroke and 14th in the Men's 4 × 100 metre medley relay.[15]

2009

On May 7, 2009, the Maria Lenk Aquatic Center, Guido got the fifth fastest time in history in the 50-metre backstroke, with a time of 24.71 seconds.[16]

At the 2009 World Aquatics Championships, swam the 50-metre and 100-metre backstroke but did not reach the final. At the 50-metre backstroke, broke the World Championship and South American record with a time of 24.49 seconds, at heats.[17] He came fourth in the 4×100-metre medley with the Brazil team, in a race where the top four relays beat the world record of the United States from Beijing 2008.[18][19]

On September 6, 2009, Guido broke the South American record of 100-meter backstroke, which was already his: 53.24 seconds.[20]

On 21 November 2009, he broke the South American record of 100-meter backstroke in short course: 49.63 seconds.[21] On 22 November 2009, broke the South American record of 50-meter backstroke in short course: 23.39 seconds, beating the Venezuelan Albert Subirats time, 23.72 seconds.[22]

2010

At the 2010 South American Games, in Medellín, Guido won three gold medals in the 50-metre[23] and 100-metre backstroke,[24] and in the 4×100-metre medley.[25]

He was at the 2010 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships in Irvine, where he finished 4th in the 4×100-metre medley,[26] 8th in the 50-metre backstroke,[27] and 8th in the 100-metre backstroke.[28]

At the 2010 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m), Guido, along with César Cielo, Felipe França and Kaio Almeida, hit the South American record of 4×100-metre medley with 3:23.12 time, getting the bronze medal.[29] He also went to the 50-metre backstroke final, finishing in 6th place,[30] and the 100-metre backstroke final, getting in 8th [31]

2011

He was at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships, in Shanghai, where he finished 19th in the 50-metre backstroke,[32] 27th in the 100-metre backstroke [33] and 14th in the 4×100-metre medley.[34]

At the 2011 Pan American Games, Guido won gold in the 4×100-metre medley [35] and bronze in 100-metre backstroke.[36]

2012

In August 2012, broke the short-course South American record in 50-metre backstroke, which was already his: 23.31 seconds. His previous mark was 23.39 seconds.[37] In November, broke the record again: 23.18 seconds.[38]

On 7 November 2012, he broke the South American record of 50-meter backstroke in short course: 23.18 seconds.[39]

At the 2012 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m), Guido won the bronze medal at the 100-metre backstroke with a time of 50.50 seconds.[40] He also finished in 4th place in 50-metre backstroke [41] and the 4×100-metre medley.[42]

2014

At the 2014 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships in Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia, he finished 4th in the 4x100-metre medley relay, along with Marcelo Chierighini, Felipe França and Thiago Pereira, and 8th in the 100-metre backstroke.[43]

At the 2014 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) in Doha, Qatar, Guido won a gold medal in the Men's 4 × 50 metre medley relay, formed by Guido, Felipe França Silva, Nicholas Santos and César Cielo, considered the "Dream Team" by Cielo (formed only by medalists or world champions in their respective individual events). Brazil won the gold shattering the world record with a time of 1:30.51.[44] On December 7, Guido won his second gold in the Men's 4 × 100 metre medley relay, along with César Cielo, Marcos Macedo and Felipe França Silva, with a time of 3:21.14, South American record.[45] Guido also finished 5th in the Men's 100 metre backstroke[46] and 9th in the Men's 50 metre backstroke.[47]

2015

At the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto, Canada, Guido won the gold medal in the 4×100-metre medley relay, where he broke the Pan American Games record with a time of 3:32.68, along with Marcelo Chierighini, Felipe França Silva and Arthur Mendes. Guido opened the relay with a time of 53.12, a new Pan Am Games and South American record in the 100-metre backstroke.[48][49][50] Before, he had already won a silver medal in the 100-metre backstroke.[51][52]

At the 2015 World Aquatics Championships in Kazan, Guido finished 14th in the Men's 100 metre backstroke. He went to the semifinals, but made only a time of 53.88, far below his South American record of 53.12 obtained at the Pan American Games few days before.[53][54][55] In the Men's 50 metre backstroke, he finished 16th in the Heats, tied with Spanish Miguel Ortiz-Cañavate with a time of 25.29. It was established that there would be a swim-off between them, however Guido chose not to swim the race, preferring to rest and focus on the 4 × 100 medley relay.[56][57] He also finished 10th in the Men's 4 × 100 metre medley relay.[58][59]

At the Open tournament held in Palhoça, Guido broke the South American record in the 100-metre backstroke, with a time of 53.08.[60]

Personal bests

Guilherme Guido is the current holder, or former holder, of the following records:[61]

Long Course (50 meters):

Short course (25 meters):

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Guilherme Guido Biography and Statistics". sports-reference.com. Retrieved September 8, 2009.
  2. ↑ "How Champions are born: Cielo Gold cost $ 2 and cry of rage". Globoesporte (in Portuguese). 22 July 2012. Retrieved April 3, 2013.
  3. ↑ "Results of the 4×100-metre medley at 2004 Indianapolis". OmegaTiming. October 11, 2004. Retrieved May 13, 2013.
  4. ↑ "Brazilian success at 25 meters". CBDA (in Portuguese). October 11, 2004. Retrieved May 13, 2013.
  5. ↑ "Results of the 100-metre backstroke at 2004 Indianapolis". OmegaTiming. October 7, 2004. Retrieved May 13, 2013.
  6. ↑ "Results of the 50-metre backstroke at 2004 Indianapolis". OmegaTiming. October 9, 2004. Retrieved May 13, 2013.
  7. ↑ "Results of the 200-metre backstroke at 2004 Indianapolis". OmegaTiming. October 11, 2004. Retrieved May 13, 2013.
  8. ↑ "Brazilian swimming conquers 12 medals". CBDA (in Portuguese). November 16, 2006. Retrieved April 28, 2013.
  9. ↑ "Brazil wins 11 more medals in swimming". CBDA (in Portuguese). November 17, 2006. Retrieved April 28, 2013.
  10. ↑ "Results of the 100-metre backstroke at Manchester 2008". OmegaTiming. April 10, 2008. Retrieved April 3, 2013.
  11. ↑ "Results of the 50-metre backstroke at Manchester 2008". OmegaTiming. April 11, 2008. Retrieved April 3, 2013.
  12. ↑ "Results of the 200-metre backstroke at Manchester 2008". OmegaTiming. April 13, 2008. Retrieved April 3, 2013.
  13. ↑ "Results of the 4×100-metre medley at Manchester 2008". OmegaTiming. April 13, 2008. Retrieved April 3, 2013.
  14. ↑ "Maria Lenk Trophy: Guilherme Guido hits South American record of 50-metre backstroke". Globoesporte (in Portuguese). May 8, 2008. Retrieved April 3, 2013.
  15. ↑ "Sports Reference profile". Sports Reference. 2015. Retrieved January 17, 2015.
  16. ↑ "Fabiola Molina overcome mononucleosis and guarantees the best time of his career". Globoesporte (in Portuguese). May 7, 2009. Retrieved April 3, 2013.
  17. ↑ "With record, Guido goes to the semifinals in the 50-metre backstroke, with the best Rome time". Globoesporte (in Portuguese). August 1, 2009. Retrieved April 3, 2013.
  18. ↑ "U.S. hit 4×100-metre medley World Record; Brazil is 4th". UOL (in Portuguese). August 2, 2009. Retrieved April 3, 2013.
  19. ↑ "Results of the 4×100-metre medley final at Rome 2009". OmegaTiming. August 2, 2009. Retrieved April 3, 2013.
  20. ↑ "Guido and relay hit South American record on the last day of Jose Finkel". Globoesporte (in Portuguese). September 6, 2009. Retrieved April 3, 2013.
  21. ↑ "Guilherme Guido and Nicholas dos Santos surprise and win in Singapore". Globoesporte (in Portuguese). November 21, 2009. Retrieved April 3, 2013.
  22. ↑ "Brazil with gold and the domain of South America". CBDA (in Portuguese). November 22, 2009. Retrieved April 3, 2013.
  23. ↑ "Brazil, 27 wins in 51 podium finishes". CBDA (in Portuguese). March 29, 2010. Retrieved April 28, 2013.
  24. ↑ "Joanna Maranhao wins her fourth gold, and Brazil has 28 medals in Medellin". Globoesporte (in Portuguese). March 28, 2010. Retrieved April 28, 2013.
  25. ↑ "On Fabiola, Joanna and Thiago's day, more 11 medals". CBDA (in Portuguese). March 28, 2010. Retrieved April 28, 2013.
  26. ↑ "Results of the 4×100-metre medley at 2010 Pan Pac in Irvine". OmegaTiming. August 21, 2010. Retrieved April 27, 2013.
  27. ↑ "Results of the 50-metre breaststroke at 2010 Pan Pac in Irvine". OmegaTiming. August 19, 2010. Retrieved April 27, 2013.
  28. ↑ "Results of the 100-metre breaststroke at 2010 Pan Pac in Irvine". OmegaTiming. August 18, 2010. Retrieved April 27, 2013.
  29. ↑ "Brazilian Quartet is bronze". Globoesporte (in Portuguese). December 19, 2010. Retrieved April 3, 2013.
  30. ↑ "Results of the 50-metre backstroke at Dubai 2010". OmegaTiming. December 18, 2010. Retrieved April 3, 2013.
  31. ↑ "Results of the 100-metre backstroke at Dubai 2010". OmegaTiming. December 16, 2010. Retrieved April 3, 2013.
  32. ↑ "Results of the 50-metre backstroke in Shanghai 2011". OmegaTiming. July 30, 2011. Retrieved April 3, 2013.
  33. ↑ "Results of the 100-metre backstroke in Shanghai 2011". OmegaTiming. July 25, 2011. Retrieved April 3, 2013.
  34. ↑ "Results of the 4×100-metre medley in Shanghai 2011". OmegaTiming. July 31, 2011. Retrieved April 3, 2013.
  35. ↑ "Brazil wins the 4×100-metre medley". Globoesporte (in Portuguese). October 21, 2011. Retrieved April 3, 2013.
  36. ↑ "Thiago Pereira takes gold in 100-metre backstroke in Guadalajara". Lancenet (in Portuguese). October 17, 2011. Retrieved April 3, 2013.
  37. ↑ "Guido beats South American record and makes for World index: 'Overcome'". SPORTV (in Portuguese). August 22, 2012. Retrieved April 3, 2013.
  38. ↑ "Guido sets record South American and Delaroli postpones retirement". CBDA (in Portuguese). November 7, 2012. Retrieved April 3, 2013.
  39. ↑ "Guido breaks South American record and Delaroli postpones retirement". CBDA (in Portuguese). November 7, 2012. Retrieved September 21, 2014.
  40. ↑ "Guilherme Guido conquer the first medal of Brazil in Istanbul". Globoesporte (in Portuguese). December 13, 2012. Retrieved April 3, 2013.
  41. ↑ "Results of the 50-metre backstroke in Istanbul 2012". OmegaTiming. December 15, 2012. Retrieved April 3, 2013.
  42. ↑ "Results of the 4×100-metre medley in Istanbul 2012". OmegaTiming. December 16, 2012. Retrieved April 3, 2013.
  43. ↑ "Fratus won gold in the 50m freestyle with the Pan-Pacific record". CBDA (in Portuguese). August 24, 2014. Retrieved September 20, 2014.
  44. ↑ "Results of the 4x50-metre medley at 2014 Doha". OmegaTiming. December 4, 2014. Retrieved December 12, 2014.
  45. ↑ "Results of the 4x100-metre medley at 2014 Doha". OmegaTiming. December 7, 2014. Retrieved December 12, 2014.
  46. ↑ "Results of the 100-metre backstroke at 2014 Doha". OmegaTiming. December 4, 2014. Retrieved December 12, 2014.
  47. ↑ "Results of the 50-metre backstroke at 2014 Doha". OmegaTiming. December 4, 2014. Retrieved December 12, 2014.
  48. ↑ "Without Thiago Pereira, Brazilian relay closes swimming with gold". O Estado de S.Paulo (in Portuguese). July 18, 2015. Retrieved July 19, 2015.
  49. ↑ "Gold Weight: Yane dominates pentathlon, and swimmers win "by stroke"". Globoesporte (in Portuguese). July 19, 2015. Retrieved July 19, 2015.
  50. ↑ "How it was the last day of the Pan in Toronto". Best Swimming (in Portuguese). July 19, 2015. Retrieved July 19, 2015.
  51. ↑ "Etiene Medeiros is the first Brazilian woman swimming champion at Pan American Games". ClicRBS (in Portuguese). July 18, 2015. Retrieved July 19, 2015.
  52. ↑ "Historic day for Brazil women's swimming in the Pan". Best Swimming (in Portuguese). July 18, 2015. Retrieved July 19, 2015.
  53. ↑ "Results of the 100-metre backstroke at 2015 Kazan". OmegaTiming. August 3, 2015. Retrieved August 3, 2015.
  54. ↑ "Double world champion, Cielo gets no medal in the 50m butterfly in Kazan; Nicholas Santos is silver". ESPN (in Portuguese). August 3, 2015. Retrieved August 3, 2015.
  55. ↑ "Brazil wins silver with Nicholas Santos, in an evening with 2 World Records". Best Swimming (in Portuguese). August 3, 2015. Retrieved August 3, 2015.
  56. ↑ "Etiene goes to semifinal of 50, and Brazil in the final of the mixed relay". Best Swimming (in Portuguese). August 8, 2015. Retrieved August 8, 2015.
  57. ↑ "Results of the 50-metre backstroke at 2015 Kazan". OmegaTiming. August 8, 2015. Retrieved August 8, 2015.
  58. ↑ "Results of the 4x100-metre medley at 2015 Kazan". OmegaTiming. August 9, 2015. Retrieved August 9, 2015.
  59. ↑ "Last heats day in Kazan". Best Swimming (in Portuguese). August 9, 2015. Retrieved August 9, 2015.
  60. ↑ "Index, South American Record and World Record in the second day at Palhoça". Best Swim (in Portuguese). December 17, 2015. Retrieved December 17, 2015.
  61. ↑ "Men's Swimming Records". CBDA (in Portuguese). 2014. Retrieved September 21, 2014.

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