Rafael Mosca
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| Full name | Rafael Motta Bacêllo Mósca | ||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality |
 Brazil | ||||||||||||||||||
| Born |
May 13, 1982 Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | ||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 80 kg (180 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Freestyle | ||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Rafael Motta Bacêllo Mósca (born May 13, 1982 in Rio de Janeiro) is a freestyle swimmer from Brazil.[2]
Trying to prevent some respiratory problem, Mósca began to practice swimming. His mother enrolled him in a swim school at two years of age. At 11, a disease in kidney removed him from swimming pools, for a year and a half. Recovered, returned to swim at Flamengo. The first good results of Rafael appeared, and he began to consider the possibility of a career as a professional athlete.[3]
At 19 years old, he broke the 10-year hegemony of Gustavo Borges in the 200-metre freestyle, at the 2002 Jose Finkel Trophy (Brazilian Short Course Championship). Gustavo won the gold medal since 1992.[4]
Mósca swam at the 2002 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships, where he finished 4th in the 4×100-metre freestyle, 5th in the 4×200-metre freestyle, and 14th in the 200-metre freestyle.[5]
At the 2003 World Aquatics Championships, in Barcelona, Mósca finished 33rd in the 200-metre freestyle [6] and 9th in the 4×200-metre freestyle.[7]
He won the silver medal with the men's relay team in the 4×200-metre freestyle at the 2003 Pan American Games in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. His winning teammates were Carlos Jayme, Gustavo Borges, and Rodrigo Castro.[8] He also finished 7th in the 200-metre freestyle.[9]
Mósca also represented his native country at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. In which he achieved 9th place also with the men's relay team in the 4×200-metre freestyle, now with Bruno Bonfim, Carlos Jayme and Rodrigo Castro.[10] At this race, he broke the South American record, with a time of 7:22.70.[11]
At the 2004 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) in Indianapolis, Mósca won the bronze medal in the 4×200-metre freestyle, along with Rodrigo Castro, Thiago Pereira and Lucas Salatta,[12] beating the South American record, with a time of 7:06.64.[13] He also finished 19th in the 200-metre freestyle.[14]
References
- ↑ "Swimming Results". Retrieved 2007-08-04.
- ↑ "Sports Reference profile". Sports Reference. 2013. Retrieved April 19, 2013.
- ↑ "UOL profile". UOL (in Portuguese). 2004. Retrieved April 19, 2013.
- ↑ "Rafael Mósca breaks 10-year hegemony of Gustavo Borges". CBDA (in Portuguese). May 2, 2002. Retrieved April 19, 2013.
- ↑ "Bruno Bonfim closes as the 12th athlete with index". CBDA (in Portuguese). August 29, 2002. Retrieved April 19, 2013.
- ↑ "Results of the 200-metre freestyle at 2003 Barcelona". OmegaTiming. July 21, 2003. Retrieved April 19, 2013.
- ↑ "Results of the 4×200-metre freestyle at 2003 Barcelona". OmegaTiming. July 23, 2003. Retrieved April 19, 2013.
- ↑ "Brazil medals at 2003 Pan". UOL (in Portuguese). 2007. Retrieved April 19, 2013.
- ↑ "Results of the 2003 Pan Am Games" (PDF). USA Swimming. 2003. Retrieved April 19, 2013.
- ↑ "Sports Reference profile". Sports Reference. 2013. Retrieved April 19, 2013.
- ↑ "David's Olympics". CBDA (in Portuguese). August 17, 2004. Retrieved April 19, 2013.
- ↑ "Results of the 4×200-metre freestyle at 2004 Indianapolis". OmegaTiming. October 8, 2004. Retrieved April 19, 2013.
- ↑ "Kaio Márcio is gold in the 100-metre butterfly". CBDA (in Portuguese). April 6, 2006. Retrieved April 19, 2013.
- ↑ "Results of the 200-metre freestyle at 2004 Indianapolis". OmegaTiming. October 7, 2004. Retrieved April 19, 2013.