Luiz Altamir Melo

Luiz Altamir Melo
Personal information
Full name Luiz Altamir Lopes Melo
Nationality  Brazil
Born (1996-05-09) May 9, 1996
Boa Vista, Roraima, Brazil
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight 69 kg (152 lb)
Sport
Sport Swimming
Strokes Freestyle, Butterfly

Luiz Altamir Lopes Melo (born May 9, 1996 in Boa Vista) is a Brazilian swimmer.[1][2]

He was at the 2013 FINA World Junior Swimming Championships, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, where he finished 5th in the 200-metre butterfly, 6th in the 4x200-metre freestyle relay, 8th in the 200-metre freestyle, and 10th in the 400-metre freestyle.[3][4]

At the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics in Nanjing, he won a silver medal in the Mixed 4×100m freestyle relay.[5] He also finished 5th in the 200 metre butterfly,[6] and 7th in the 200 metre freestyle and 400 metre freestyle.[7]

At the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto, Canada, Altamir won a gold medal in the 4×200-metre freestyle relay, where he broke the Pan Am Games record with a time of 7:11.15, along with João de Lucca, Thiago Pereira and Nicolas Oliveira.[8][9]

At the 2015 World Aquatics Championships in Kazan, he finished 15th in the Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay, along with João de Lucca, Thiago Pereira and Nicolas Oliveira.[10][11]

At the Open tournament held in Palhoça in December 2015, he obtained qualification for the 2016 Summer Olympics in the 400-metre freestyle, with a time of 3:50.32, 0.7 seconds from the South American record.[12]

References

  1. "COB Profile". COB (in Portuguese). 2015. Retrieved July 25, 2015.
  2. "CBDA Profile". CBDA (in Portuguese). 2015. Retrieved July 25, 2015.
  3. "2013 World Junior Championships Results" (PDF). FINA. 2013. Retrieved July 24, 2015.
  4. "Swimming: Brazil closes World Junior Championships with a silver medal and makes plans for Olympics". Lancenet (in Portuguese). September 1, 2013. Retrieved July 25, 2015.
  5. "Matheus Santana shines, and 4x100m takes silver at Youth Games". Globoesporte (in Portuguese). August 17, 2014. Retrieved July 25, 2015.
  6. "First Olympic gold of the young Brazilian swimming and world record". CBDA (in Portuguese). August 22, 2014. Retrieved July 25, 2015.
  7. "Matheus Santana's Day in Nanjing". CBDA (in Portuguese). August 18, 2014. Retrieved July 25, 2015.
  8. "Brazil won 6 medals, 3 more golds on the second day of Pan". Best Swimming (in Portuguese). July 16, 2015. Retrieved July 25, 2015.
  9. "João de Lucca surprises and takes gold in 200m freestyle: "I never imagined it"". Globoesporte (in Portuguese). July 15, 2015. Retrieved July 25, 2015.
  10. "Results of the 4x200-metre freestyle at 2015 Kazan". OmegaTiming. August 7, 2015. Retrieved August 7, 2015.
  11. "Bruno Fratus and Daynara in the semifinals, and 4 × 200 relay disappoints". Best Swimming (in Portuguese). August 7, 2015. Retrieved August 7, 2015.
  12. "End of the 2015 Open with 24 indexes and the Brazilian Team with 26 swimmers". Best Swim (in Portuguese). December 20, 2015. Retrieved December 20, 2015.
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