Adriano Niz Explained

Adriano Niz
Fullname:Adriano Manuel Santos Niz
Strokes:Freestyle
Club:Clube Fluvial Vilacondense
Coach:António Paulo Vasconcelos
Birth Date:5 March 1986
Birth Place:Póvoa de Varzim, Portugal
Height:1.81 m
Weight:73 kg
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Adriano Manuel Santos Niz (born 5 March 1986) is a Portuguese former swimmer, who specialized in freestyle events.[1] He is a single-time Olympian (2004), and currently holds a Portuguese record in the 4×100 m freestyle relay at the 2008 European Aquatics Championships in Eindhoven, Netherlands (3:23.06).[2] Niz also trains for Clube Fluvial Vilacondense, under head coach António Paulo Vasconcelos.[3]

Niz qualified for the men's 4×200 m freestyle relay, as a member of the Portuguese team, at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens.[4] [5] Teaming with Luís Monteiro, João Araújo, and Miguel Pires in heat one, Niz swam a second leg in a split of 1:52.35, but the Portuguese team settled only for seventh place and fourteenth overall with a national record of 7:27.99.[6] [7]

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Notes and References

  1. Adriano Niz. https://web.archive.org/web/20200418063217/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ni/adriano-niz-1.html. dead. 18 April 2020. 12 May 2013.
  2. News: Adriano Niz na estafeta recordista. Adriano Niz is a relay record-holder. Portuguese. Associacion de Nataçáo do Norte de Portugal (ANNP). 12 May 2013.
  3. News: O sonho já é realidade. The dream is now a reality. Portuguese. Clube Fluvial Vilacondense. 21 July 2004. 12 May 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304063500/http://cfv.no.sapo.pt/ComunicSocial/Povoa_Semanario_14.htm. 4 March 2016. dead.
  4. Web site: Swimming – Men's 4×200m Freestyle Relay Startlist (Heat 1). PDF. Athens 2004. Omega Timing. 27 April 2013.
  5. News: Natação: Adriano Niz realiza sonho dos JO na estafeta. Swimming: Adriano Niz realizes an Olympic dream in the relay. Portuguese. Jornal Record Portugal. 21 July 2004. 12 May 2013.
  6. Web site: Men's 4×200m Freestyle Heat 1. Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 17 August 2004. 31 January 2013.
  7. News: Whitten . Phillip . Men's 800 Free Relay, Day 4: US, Australia Qualify 1–2 . . 17 August 2004 . 24 April 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140327234652/http://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/lane9/news/7856.asp . 27 March 2014 .

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