Ricardo Esberad Capanema (19 September 1933 – 10 May 1998) was an international freestyle swimmer from Brazil.[1][2] At the inaugural Pan American Games in 1951, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, he won a silver medal in the 4×200-metre freestyle, along with Aram Boghossian, João Gonçalves Filho, and Tetsuo Okamoto.[3] At the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, he swam the 400-metre freestyle, not reaching the final.[2]
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| Full name | Ricardo Esberad Capanema | ||||||||||||||
| Nationality |  Brazil | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 19 September 1933 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 10 May 1998 (aged 66) | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Freestyle | ||||||||||||||
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He won the gold medal at the 1953 Summer International University Sport Week for swimming in 100m backstroke for men at Dortmund in Germany.[4]
References
edit- ^ a b "Atletas Olímpicos Brasileiros: RICARDO ESBERARD CAPANEMA". olimpianos.com.br (in Portuguese). Retrieved 4 September 2021.
- ^ a b Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Ricardo Esperard". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 2 May 2013.
- ^ "Brazil medals at 1951 Pan". UOL.com.br (in Portuguese). 2007. Retrieved 2 May 2013.
- ^ "InterSportStats". intersportstats.com. Retrieved 11 November 2024.
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