João Gomes Júnior

João Gomes Júnior

Gomes at the 2016 Olympics
Personal information
Full name João Luiz Gomes Júnior
Nationality  Brazil
Born (1986-01-21) January 21, 1986
Vitória, Espírito Santo, Brazil
Height 190 cm (6 ft 3 in)[1]
Weight 89 kg (196 lb)
Sport
Sport Swimming
Strokes Breaststroke
Club Pinheiros
Coach Mirco Cevales

João Luiz Gomes Júnior (born January 21, 1986) is a Brazilian breaststroke swimmer.[2]

International career

2009–12

He was in the Brazilian national delegation who attended the 2009 World Aquatics Championships in Rome, where he competed in the 50-metre and 100-metre breaststroke. He went to the 50-metre breaststroke final, finishing in 7th place.[3] He also finished 30th in the 100-metre breaststroke.[4]

Gomes got the gold medal at the 2009 Paris Open, in the 50-metre breaststroke.[5]

At the 2010 South American Games, he won the silver medal in the 50-metre breaststroke, and bronze in the 100-metre breaststroke.[6]

He was at the 2010 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships in Irvine, where he finished 7th in the 50-metre breaststroke,[7] and 13th in the 100-metre breaststroke.[8]

At the 2010 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) in Dubai, João finished 11th in the 50-metre breaststroke.[9]

Participating in the 2011 Summer Universiade, João was silver medal in the 50-metre breaststroke, and bronze in the 100-metre breaststroke.[10][11]

At the 2012 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m), in Istanbul, João was very close to getting a historic medal. He finished in 4th place in the 50-metre breaststroke [12] and 11th in the 100-metre breaststroke,[13][14] and helped Brazil's 4×100-metre medley to go to the final [15] where the relay finished in 4th place.

2013–16

At the 2013 World Aquatics Championships in Barcelona, João finished 14th in the 100-metre breaststroke.[16][17] In the 50-metre breaststroke, he qualified in third place for the final, with a time of 27.05 seconds.[18] In the final, finished 5th, with a time of 27.20 seconds.[19][20]

At the 2014 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships in Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia, he finished 10th in the 100-metre breaststroke.[21]

At the 2014 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) in Doha, Qatar, João won three gold medals in three brazilian relays, by participating at heats, in the men's 4 × 50 metre medley relay,[22] in the men's 4 × 100 metre medley relay,[23] and in the 4 × 50 metre mixed medley relay.[24] João also finished 8th in the men's 50 metre breaststroke[25] and 23rd in the men's 100 metre breaststroke.[26][27] On December 4, 2014, João was tested positive for hydrochlorothiazide, a so-called "specified substance" which may be used to mask performance-enhancing drugs. All his results achieved on or after December 4, 2014 shall be annulled. The results of the Brazilian relays obtained were not cancelled.[28][29]

At the 2016 Maria Lenk Trophy, he classified to the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, with a time of 59.06 in the 100-meter breaststroke, second best time in the world in the year, almost breaking the Henrique Barbosa's South American record of 59.03, obtained in 2009 with technological supersuits.[30] He placed fifth at the Rio Olympics.

2016 Summer Olympics

At the 2016 Summer Olympics, he finished 5th in the men's 100 metre breaststroke final.[31] He also finished 6th in the men's 4 × 100 metre medley relay.[32]

References

  1. ↑ João Gomes Júnior. cob.org.br
  2. ↑ Best Swimming. NATIONAL TEAM PROFILES – JOÃO LUIZ GOMES JR. Accessed in April 13, 2013. (Portuguese)
  3. ↑ "Results of the 50-metre breaststroke at 2009 Rome". OmegaTiming. July 29, 2009. Retrieved April 13, 2013.
  4. ↑ "Results of the 100-metre breaststroke at 2009 Rome". OmegaTiming. July 26, 2009. Retrieved April 13, 2013.
  5. ↑ Gazeta Online Fabiola Molina wins two, and João Junior is gold in the 50-metre breaststroke in Paris. Accessed in April 13, 2013. (Portuguese)
  6. ↑ "Brazil dominates swimming in the South American Games". Estadão (in Portuguese). March 27, 2010. Retrieved April 13, 2013.
  7. ↑ "Results of the 50-metre breaststroke at 2010 Pan Pac in Irvine". OmegaTiming. August 20, 2010. Retrieved April 27, 2013.
  8. ↑ "Results of the 100-metre breaststroke at 2010 Pan Pac in Irvine". OmegaTiming. August 19, 2010. Retrieved April 27, 2013.
  9. ↑ "Results of the 100-metre breaststroke at 2010 Dubai". OmegaTiming. December 18, 2010. Retrieved April 13, 2013.
  10. ↑ "Brazil back with 3 university medals". CBDA (in Portuguese). August 25, 2011. Retrieved April 13, 2013.
  11. ↑ "João Luiz Junior wins silver at Universiade". Lancenet (in Portuguese). August 18, 2011. Retrieved April 13, 2013.
  12. ↑ "Results of the 50-metre breaststroke at 2012 Istanbul". OmegaTiming. December 16, 2012. Retrieved April 13, 2013.
  13. ↑ "Results of the 100-metre breaststroke at 2012 Istanbul". OmegaTiming. December 12, 2012. Retrieved April 13, 2013.
  14. ↑ "Brazil fight, but falls off the podium in the 4×100-metre medley in Istanbul". Globoesporte (in Portuguese). December 16, 2012. Retrieved April 13, 2013.
  15. ↑ "Results of the 4×100-metre medley heats at 2012 Istanbul". OmegaTiming. December 16, 2012. Retrieved April 13, 2013.
  16. ↑ "Felipe Lima breaks barrier of 1 minute and goes into the final of the 100-metre breaststroke". SPORTV (in Portuguese). July 28, 2013. Retrieved July 28, 2013.
  17. ↑ "Results of the 100-metre breaststroke at 2013 Barcelona". OmegaTiming. July 28, 2013. Retrieved July 28, 2013.
  18. ↑ "Felipe Lima makes a poor start, and João Júnior forward to the decision of the 50-metre breaststroke". SPORTV (in Portuguese). July 30, 2013. Retrieved July 30, 2013.
  19. ↑ "João Gomes Jr. and Leo de Deus fight, but stay without medals in Barcelona". SPORTV (in Portuguese). July 31, 2013. Retrieved July 31, 2013.
  20. ↑ "Results of the 50-metre breaststroke at 2013 Barcelona". OmegaTiming. July 31, 2013. Retrieved July 31, 2013.
  21. ↑ "Fratus won gold in the 50m freestyle with the Pan-Pacific record". CBDA (in Portuguese). August 24, 2014. Retrieved September 20, 2014.
  22. ↑ "Results of the 4x50-metre medley heats at 2014 Doha". OmegaTiming. December 4, 2014. Retrieved December 12, 2014.
  23. ↑ "Results of the 4x100-metre medley heats at 2014 Doha". OmegaTiming. December 7, 2014. Retrieved December 12, 2014.
  24. ↑ "Results of the 4x50-metre mixed medley heats at 2014 Doha". OmegaTiming. December 4, 2014. Retrieved December 12, 2014.
  25. ↑ "Results of the 50-metre breaststroke at 2014 Doha". OmegaTiming. December 7, 2014. Retrieved December 12, 2014.
  26. ↑ "Results of the 100-metre breaststroke heats at 2014 Doha". OmegaTiming. December 3, 2014. Retrieved December 12, 2014.
  27. ↑ "Doha gives to Brazil the short pool crown". CBDA. December 7, 2014. Retrieved December 12, 2014.
  28. ↑ "Joao Gomes Jr. Suspended Six Months For Positive Test". Swimming World Magazine. Retrieved December 10, 2015.
  29. ↑ Lord, Craig (February 27, 2015). "Joao Gomes Jr: Doping Positive No23 For Swim Brazil On Road To Rio 2016 Olympics". Swimvortex. Retrieved December 10, 2015.
  30. ↑ "João Gomes Jr. is the second time in the world and threatens South American record: 59.06!". Best Swimming (in Portuguese). April 15, 2016. Retrieved April 16, 2016.
  31. ↑ "Medal eludes the Brazilians, and Felipe Franca changes focus: "I want twins"". Globoesporte (in Portuguese). August 7, 2016. Retrieved August 22, 2016.
  32. ↑ "Brazil ends at 6º in the 4x100m medley and ends Rio-16 without medal in swimming". UOL (in Portuguese). August 13, 2016. Retrieved August 22, 2016.
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