Armando Souza Negreiros (born 10 September 1985) is a freestyle swimmer from Brazil.[1]
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| Full name | Armando Souza Negreiros | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 10 September 1985 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 79 kg (174 lb) | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Freestyle | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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In 2003, he reached the required rate to compete in the 800-metre freestyle at the 2003 Pan American Games in Santo Domingo, but the race was excluded from the calendar.[1]
At the 2004 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) in Indianapolis, Negreiros finished 9th in the 400-metre freestyle.[2]
On 10 September 2005, he broke the short-course South American record in the 800-metre freestyle, with a time of 7:47.17.[3] On 18 December 2005, broke the short-course South American record in the 400-metre freestyle, with a time of 3:43.31.[1][4]
At the 2006 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) in Shanghai, Negreiros finished 18th in the 400-metre freestyle,[5] and dropped the 1500-metre freestyle.[6]
He was at the 2006 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships, where he finished 9th in the 800-metre freestyle,[7] 10th in the 400-metre freestyle,[8] and 15th in the 1500-metre freestyle.[9]
Participating at the 2007 World Aquatics Championships in Melbourne, he finished 11th in the 4×200-metre freestyle,[10] 26th in the 800-metre freestyle,[11] and 31st in the 400-metre freestyle.[12] In Australia, he had the opportunity to train with one of his idols: Grant Hackett.[1]
Negreiros was at the 2007 Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro, where he won the bronze medal in the 400-metre freestyle, beating the Brazilian record with a time of 3:51.18.[13] He also finished 8th in the 1500-metre freestyle.[14]
On 18 July 2009, he broke the short-course South American record in the 800-metre freestyle, with a time of 7:43.52, at the Rio de Janeiro's State Winter Championships.
References
edit- ^ a b c d "UOL profile". UOL (in Portuguese). 2007. Retrieved 28 April 2013.
- ^ "Results of the 400-metre freestyle at 2004 Indianapolis". OmegaTiming. 9 October 2004. Retrieved 28 April 2013.
- ^ "Armando Negreiros breaks 800-metre freestyle record". Globoesporte (in Portuguese). 10 September 2005. Retrieved 28 April 2013.
- ^ "Kaio, on top of the world in his three races". CBDA (in Portuguese). 18 December 2005. Archived from the original on 18 February 2014. Retrieved 28 April 2013.
- ^ "Results of the 400-metre freestyle at 2006 Shanghai". OmegaTiming. 7 April 2006. Retrieved 28 April 2013.
- ^ "Results of the 1500-metre freestyle at 2006 Shanghai". OmegaTiming. 9 April 2006. Retrieved 28 April 2013.
- ^ "Results of the 800-metre freestyle at 2006 Pan Pacific". OmegaTiming. 17 August 2006. Retrieved 28 April 2013.
- ^ "Results of the 400-metre freestyle at 2006 Pan Pacific". OmegaTiming. 19 August 2006. Retrieved 28 April 2013.
- ^ "Results of the 1500-metre freestyle at 2006 Pan Pacific". OmegaTiming. 20 August 2006. Retrieved 28 April 2013.
- ^ "Results of the 4×200-metre freestyle at 2007 Melbourne". OmegaTiming. 30 March 2007. Retrieved 28 April 2013.
- ^ "Results of the 800-metre freestyle at 2007 Melbourne". OmegaTiming. 27 March 2007. Retrieved 28 April 2013.
- ^ "Results of the 400-metre freestyle at 2007 Melbourne". OmegaTiming. 25 March 2007. Retrieved 28 April 2013.
- ^ "Negreiros wins bronze in the 400-metre freestyle". Terra (in Portuguese). 18 July 2007. Retrieved 28 April 2013.
- ^ "Thiago Pereira shines with his sixty gold". Globoesporte (in Portuguese). 21 July 2007. Retrieved 28 April 2013.