Miguel Leite Valente (born 16 July 1993) is a Brazilian swimmer.[1] He competed in the men's 1500-metre freestyle event at the 2016 Summer Olympics.[2] At the 2016 Summer Olympics, he finished 31st in the men's 1500-metre freestyle.[3][4]
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| Born | 16 July 1993 Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 71 kg (157 lb) | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Freestyle | ||||||||||||||
| Club | Minas TC | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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On 14 September 2016, at the José Finkel Trophy (short-course competition), he broke the South American record in the 800-metre freestyle, with a time of 7:42.79. He surpassed Armando Negreiros' time of 7:43.52, conquered in 2009.[5]
At the 2019 Pan American Games held in Lima, Peru, Valente won the silver medal in the Men's 800 metre freestyle, with a time of 7:56.37.[6] He led most of the race, being surpassed only in the end by the American Andrew Abruzzo.
References
edit- ^ "CBDA - Perfil de Atleta - Miguel Leite Valente" [CBDA - Athlete's profile - Miguel Leite Valente]. CBDA (in Portuguese). 2018. Retrieved 16 December 2018.
- ^ "Miguel Valente". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 18 August 2016. Retrieved 13 August 2016.
- ^ "Summary of the last Olympic qualifying". Best Swim (in Portuguese). 12 August 2016. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
- ^ "After 36 years, men's 4x100m medley in the Olympic final". CBDA (in Portuguese). 12 August 2016. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
- ^ "Double of the 100m breaststroke manages index for the dispute of the Worlds at Windsor". Globoesporte (in Portuguese). 15 September 2016. Retrieved 25 July 2017.
- ^ "Men's 800m Freestyle - Final" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 August 2019. Retrieved 11 August 2019.
External links
edit- Miguel Valente at World Aquatics
- Miguel Valente at Olympedia
- Miguel Valente at the Brazilian Olympic Committee (in Portuguese)
