Plauto Guimarães
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Plauto de Barros Guimarães |
| Nationality |
 Brazil |
| Born | São Paulo, Brazil |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Swimming |
| Strokes | Freestyle |
Plauto de Barros Guimarães(born in São Paulo[1]) is a former Olympic freestyle swimmer from Brazil, who participated in a Summer Olympics for his native country.[2]
He was a member of Esporte Clube Pinheiros, São Paulo.[3]
At the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, he swam the 100-metre freestyle, not reaching the finals.[2] He was also ranked to compete in the 4×200-metre freestyle, but at the Brazilian trials, Willy Otto Jordan persuaded the Brazilian principals to make a new classification proof, where Willy took the vacancy of Plauto.[3]
In 1955, he had already retired from swimming.[1]
References
- 1 2 "OUR FASTEST SWIMMER OF THE WORLD - PART I". Best Swimming (in Portuguese). April 14, 2008. Retrieved June 2, 2013.
- 1 2 "Sports Reference Profile". Sports Reference. 2013. Retrieved June 2, 2013.
- 1 2 "THE CAREER OF OUR JOHNNY WEISSMULLER - PART II". Best Swimming (in Portuguese). March 20, 2008. Retrieved June 2, 2013.
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