Alfredo Machado Explained

Alfredo Machado
Full Name:Alfredo Carlos Botelho Machado
Nicknames:Fadola
Birth Date:1953 6, df=yes
Birth Place:Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Death Place:Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Height:1.81 m
Weight:72 kg
Strokes:Freestyle

Alfredo Carlos Botelho Machado (3 June 1953 – 25 September 2012) was an international freestyle swimmer from Brazil, who competed at one Summer Olympics for his native country.[1]

He began swimming for Fluminense and then moved to Flamengo.[2]

He was at the 1971 Pan American Games, in Cali, where he won a bronze medal in the 4×200-metre freestyle,[3] breaking the South American record.[4] He also finished 5th in the 400-metre freestyle, 5th in the 400-metre individual medley (breaking the Brazilian record with a time of 4:54.7),[5] 7th in the 200-metre freestyle[6] and 8th in the 1500-metre freestyle.[7]

At the 1972 Summer Olympics, in Munich, he swam the 200-metre freestyle, 400-metre freestyle, 1500-metre freestyle, and the 4×200-metre freestyle, not reaching the finals. He broke the Brazilian record in the 1500-metre freestyle in Munich. [8]

At the 1973 Summer Universiade, in Moscow, Machado won a bronze medal in the 4×200-metre freestyle, along with José Namorado, James Huxley Adams and José Aranha.[9] [10]

He died at age 59.

Notes and References

  1. Alfredo Carlos Machado . 6 May 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200418032932/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ma/alfredo-carlos-machado-1.html . dead . 18 April 2020.
  2. Web site: Note of death . CBDA . 25 September 2012 . 6 May 2013 . pt . 8 December 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20191208220743/http://www.cbda.org.br/noticias/nota-de-falecimento . dead .
  3. Web site: Brazil medals at 1971 Pan . UOL . 2007 . 6 May 2013 . pt.
  4. Web site: O GLOBO News Archive - August 10, 1971, Morning, General, page 24 . https://archive.today/20130830025800/http://duyt0k3aayxim.cloudfront.net/PDFs_XMLs_paginas/o_globo/1971/08/10/01-primeira_secao/ge100871024PRM1-1234_g.jpg . dead . 30 August 2013 . O GLOBO . 29 August 2013.
  5. Web site: O GLOBO News Archive - August 9, 1971, Evening, General, page 42 . https://archive.today/20130829102533/http://duyt0k3aayxim.cloudfront.net/PDFs_XMLs_paginas/o_globo/1971/08/09/02-edicao_final/01-primeira_secao/ge090871042PRM2-1234_g.jpg . dead . 29 August 2013 . O GLOBO . 29 August 2013.
  6. Web site: O GLOBO News Archive - August 7, 1971, Morning, General, page 17 . https://archive.today/20130830003704/http://duyt0k3aayxim.cloudfront.net/PDFs_XMLs_paginas/o_globo/1971/08/07/01-primeira_secao/ge070871017PRM1-1234_g.jpg . dead . 30 August 2013 . O GLOBO . 29 August 2013.
  7. Web site: O GLOBO News Archive - August 11, 1971, Morning, General, page 20 . https://archive.today/20130830234507/http://duyt0k3aayxim.cloudfront.net/PDFs_XMLs_paginas/o_globo/1971/08/11/01-primeira_secao/ge110871020PRM1-1234_g.jpg . dead . 30 August 2013 . O GLOBO . 29 August 2013.
  8. Web site: Historical progression of Brazilian record of 1500-metre freestyle . Best Swimming . 8 April 2015 . 15 April 2015 . pt . https://web.archive.org/web/20150923184154/http://www.bestswimming.com.br/2015/04/08/progressao-historica-do-recorde-brasileiro-dos-1500-metros-nado-livre/ . 23 September 2015 . dead.
  9. Web site: HISTORY OF BRAZIL'S MEDALS IN UNIVERSIADES . Best Swimming . 13 August 2007 . 31 May 2013 . pt . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131108234950/http://www.bestswimming.com.br/2013/2007/08/13/histria-das-medalhas-do-brasil-nas-universades-7195/ . 8 November 2013.
  10. http://acervo.oglobo.globo.com/ O GLOBO News Archive - September 7, 1973, Morning, General, page 33

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