Carlos Almeida (swimmer) explained

Carlos Almeida
Fullname:Carlos Fernandes Esteves de Almeida
Strokes:Breaststroke
Club:Clube de Natação da Amadora
Coach:Filipe Coelho
Arthur Albiero (U.S.)
Collegeteam:University of Louisville (U.S.)
Birth Date:4 August 1988
Birth Place:Lisbon, Portugal
Height:1.820NaN0
Weight:870NaN0
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Carlos Fernandes Esteves de Almeida (also Carlos Almeida, born 4 August 1988) is a Portuguese swimmer, who specializes in breaststroke events.[1] [2] He is a two-time Olympian, an NCAA Champion, a 2011 Big East Conference champion, and a current Portuguese record holder in the 50, 100 and 200 m breaststroke in the long and short course.[3] [4] Almeida is a resident athlete for Amadora Swimming Club in Lisbon (Portuguese: Clube de Natação da Amadora), and is coached and trained by Filipe Coelho.[1]

Almeida made his official debut at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where he competed in the men's 200 m breaststroke. He cleared a FINA B-cut of 2:15.00 from the Dutch Open in Eindhoven, Netherlands.[5] [6] Almeida blasted a 2:15 barrier and a new Portuguese record of 2:13.34 to top the second heat, but he finished only in thirty-second overall from the preliminaries.[7]

At the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, Almeida qualified for the men's 100 m breaststroke by establishing a Portuguese record and achieving a FINA B-standard entry time of 1:01.19 from the European Championships in Debrecen, Hungary.[8] [9] He challenged seven other swimmers on the third heat, including fellow two-time Olympian Martin Liivamägi of Estonia. He raced to third place by two tenths of a second (0.20) behind Greece's Panagiotis Samilidis in 1:01.40. Almeida failed to advance into the semifinals, as he placed twenty-fifth overall out of 44 swimmers on the first day of preliminaries.[10]

Almeida was a member of the swimming team for the Louisville Cardinals, with a sports administration major at the University of Louisville in Louisville, Kentucky. Almeida also became the first swimmer in school's history to claim a title at the NCAA Division I Championships in Federal Way, Washington. He blasted a time of 1:51.88 in the 200 breast stroke to match former Olympic silver medalist Ed Moses for the fourth-fastest all time in collegiate history.[11] [12]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Carlos Almeida. London2012.com. London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. 22 April 2013. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20130518054832/http://www.london2012.com/athlete/almeida-carlos-1109442/. 18 May 2013.
  2. Carlos Almeida. https://web.archive.org/web/20200418104301/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/al/carlos-almeida-2.html. dead. 18 April 2020. 22 April 2013.
  3. Web site: Swimrankings - Swimming Rankings and Results - Worldwide, International Swim Sport - Portuguese National Records Long Course. www.swimrankings.net. en. 2017-08-29.
  4. Web site: Swimrankings - Swimming Rankings and Results - Worldwide, International Swim Sport - Portuguese National Records Short Course. www.swimrankings.net. en. 2017-08-29.
  5. Web site: Olympic Cut Sheet – Men's 200m Breaststroke. PDF. 31. Swimming World Magazine. 9 April 2013.
  6. News: Dutch Open: Day Four Finals Features World Record, Several National Standards . . 9 December 2007 . 22 April 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131228193209/http://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/lane9/news/16460.asp . 28 December 2013 .
  7. Web site: Men's 200m Breaststroke Heat 2 . . . 18 January 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120821003419/http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/swimming/resultsandschedules/rsc%3DSWM032900/index.html . 21 August 2012 .
  8. News: Qualifying Athletes – Men's 100 m breaststroke . . 20 April 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20121116044024/http://www.fina.org/H2O/docs/events/london2012/sw/qual_lists/men_100breast.pdf . 16 November 2012 .
  9. News: European Long Course Championships: Close Calls, Fast Times On Second Night. Swimming World Magazine. 22 May 2012. 22 April 2013. dead. https://archive.today/20130411213635/http://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/lane9/news/World/30599.asp. 11 April 2013.
  10. Web site: Men's 100m Breaststroke Heat 3. London2012.com. London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. 11 February 2013. 4 December 2012. https://archive.today/20121204141939/www.london2012.com/swimming/event/men-100m-breaststroke/phase=swm031900/index.html. dead.
  11. News: NCAA Division I Men's Swimming and Diving Championships: Carlos Almeida Wins Louisville's First NCAA Title, Tying Closest 200 Breast Race in NCAA History . . 24 March 2012 . 22 April 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130527013044/http://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/lane9/news/College/30105.asp . 27 May 2013 .
  12. News: Martin. Ryan. Swimmer Carlos Almeida wins NCAA National Championship. The Louisville Cardinal. 3 April 2012. 22 April 2013.

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