Luiz Altamir Melo
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Luiz Altamir Lopes Melo |
| Nationality |
 Brazil |
| Born |
May 9, 1996 Boa Vista, Roraima, Brazil |
| Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) |
| Weight | 69 kg (152 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Swimming |
| Strokes | Freestyle, Butterfly |
Medal record
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Luiz Altamir Lopes Melo (born May 9, 1996 in Boa Vista) is a Brazilian swimmer.[1][2]
He was at the 2013 FINA World Junior Swimming Championships, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, where he finished 5th in the 200-metre butterfly, 6th in the 4x200-metre freestyle relay, 8th in the 200-metre freestyle, and 10th in the 400-metre freestyle.[3][4]
At the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics in Nanjing, he won a silver medal in the Mixed 4×100m freestyle relay.[5] He also finished 5th in the 200 metre butterfly,[6] and 7th in the 200 metre freestyle and 400 metre freestyle.[7]
At the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto, Canada, Altamir won a gold medal in the 4×200-metre freestyle relay, where he broke the Pan Am Games record with a time of 7:11.15, along with João de Lucca, Thiago Pereira, and Nicolas Oliveira.[8][9]
At the 2015 World Aquatics Championships in Kazan, he finished 15th in the Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay, along with João de Lucca, Thiago Pereira, and Nicolas Oliveira.[10][11]
At the Open tournament held in Palhoça in December 2015, he obtained qualification for the 2016 Summer Olympics in the 400-metre freestyle, with a time of 3:50.32, 0.7 seconds from the South American record.[12]
References
- ↑ "COB Profile". COB (in Portuguese). 2015. Retrieved July 25, 2015.
- ↑ "CBDA Profile". CBDA (in Portuguese). 2015. Retrieved July 25, 2015.
- ↑ "2013 World Junior Championships Results" (PDF). FINA. 2013. Retrieved July 24, 2015.
- ↑ "Swimming: Brazil closes World Junior Championships with a silver medal and makes plans for Olympics". Lancenet (in Portuguese). September 1, 2013. Retrieved July 25, 2015.
- ↑ "Matheus Santana shines, and 4x100m takes silver at Youth Games". Globoesporte (in Portuguese). August 17, 2014. Retrieved July 25, 2015.
- ↑ "First Olympic gold of the young Brazilian swimming and world record". CBDA (in Portuguese). August 22, 2014. Retrieved July 25, 2015.
- ↑ "Matheus Santana's Day in Nanjing". CBDA (in Portuguese). August 18, 2014. Retrieved July 25, 2015.
- ↑ "Brazil won 6 medals, 3 more golds on the second day of Pan". Best Swimming (in Portuguese). July 16, 2015. Retrieved July 25, 2015.
- ↑ "João de Lucca surprises and takes gold in 200m freestyle: "I never imagined it"". Globoesporte (in Portuguese). July 15, 2015. Retrieved July 25, 2015.
- ↑ "Results of the 4x200-metre freestyle at 2015 Kazan". OmegaTiming. August 7, 2015. Retrieved August 7, 2015.
- ↑ "Bruno Fratus and Daynara in the semifinals, and 4 × 200 relay disappoints". Best Swimming (in Portuguese). August 7, 2015. Retrieved August 7, 2015.
- ↑ "End of the 2015 Open with 24 indexes and the Brazilian Team with 26 swimmers". Best Swim (in Portuguese). December 20, 2015. Retrieved December 20, 2015.