Guilherme Caribé Oliveira Santos (born 2003 in Salvador) is a Brazilian swimmer.[4]

Guilherme Caribé
Personal information
Full nameGuilherme Caribé Oliveira Santos
Born (2003-03-01) 1 March 2003 (age 21) [1]
Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) [2]
Weight69 kg (152 lb) [3]
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesFreestyle
College teamTennessee
Medal record
Men's swimming
Representing  Brazil
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place 2023 Santiago 100 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2023 Santiago 4×100 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2023 Santiago 4×100 m mixed free
Silver medal – second place 2023 Santiago 4×100 m medley

At the 2021 South American Swimming Championships, he won a gold medal in the 4x100m metre freestyle relay.[5]

In 2022, he reached fourth place in the Brazilian adult ranking of all time after clocking 47.82 seconds in the 100 meter freestyle, behind only César Cielo (46.91), Marcelo Chierighini (47.68) and Nicolas Oliveira (47.78). In the same year, Caribé achieved a mark of 21.87 in the 50 meter freestyle, something that only Bruno Fratus, among Brazilians, had done in the last four years. Also in 2022, he received an invitation to study at the University of Tennessee.[6][7]

He was at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships, where he finished 12th in the Men's 100 metre freestyle,[8] 6th in the Men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay[9] and 6th in the Mixed 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay.[10]

At the 2023 Pan American Games, he won three gold medals: in the 100m freestyle, with a time of 48.06, reaching the Olympic index for the Paris Olympic Games in 2024; and in the men's 4x100m freestyle and mixed 4x100m freestyle relays of Brazil.[11][12]

On May 9, 2024, competing in the Brazilian Olympic Swimming Trials, he ran a time of 47.95 in the 100m freestyle heats,[13] guaranteeing his classification for Paris 2024. On May 11, in the same competition, he secured another Olympic place, now in the 50m freestyle, with a time of 21.88. [14]

At the 2024 Olympic Games, he reached the semi-finals of the 100m freestyle, finishing in 10th place. [15]

At the José Finkel Trophy, held in a short course pool, in August 2024, he won the 100m freestyle with a time of 45.78, four hundredths of a second away from equaling César Cielo's South American record.[16]

References

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  1. ^ Caribe weight, height, birth date
  2. ^ Caribe weight, height, birth date
  3. ^ Caribe weight, height, birth date
  4. ^ "Caribé". CBDA. 24 October 2023. Retrieved 24 October 2022.
  5. ^ O melhor revezamento 4x100m livre masculino da história do Brasil em Sul-Americanos
  6. ^ Promessa olímpica, Guilherme Caribé coleciona recordes na natação e vive nova vida nos EUA
  7. ^ Guilherme Caribé: a nova esperança da velocidade brasileira
  8. ^ Caribé wins 3rd gold at the Pan de Santiago and swimming takes six medals; dressage shines
  9. ^ Guilherme Costa bate na trave no pódio dos 400m livre no Mundial de Esportes Aquáticos
  10. ^ Revezamento misto é 6º lugar e Austrália bate o recorde mundial
  11. ^ Who is Guilherme Caribé? Swimmer already has three gold medals at the Pan de Santiago
  12. ^ Guilherme Caribé: who is the 'new Cielo', which is divided between Flamengo and USA and already has 3 gold medals at the Pan
  13. ^ Guilherme Caribé faz índice nas eliminatórias dos 100m livre
  14. ^ Cachorrão e Caribé são ouro na Seletiva de Natação e se garantem em mais uma prova em Paris
  15. ^ Guilherme Caribé é eliminado na semifinal dos 100m livre em Paris
  16. ^ Guilherme Caribé bate recorde de César Cielo em Floripa
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