Cassiano Leal Explained

Cassiano Leal
Full Name:Cassiano Schalch Leal
Birth Date:1971 12, df=yes
Birth Place:Piracicaba, São Paulo, Brazil
Height:1.87 m
Weight:82 kg
Strokes:Freestyle

Cassiano Schalch Leal (born 31 December 1971 in Piracicaba, São Paulo) is a former international freestyle swimmer from Brazil.[1]

At the 1991 Pan American Games, in Havana, Leal won the silver medal in the 4×200-metre freestyle.[2]

Leal was at the 1993 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m), in Palma de Mallorca, where he won the bronze medal in the 4×200-metre freestyle, along with José Carlos Souza, Teófilo Ferreira and Gustavo Borges (breaking the South American record with a time of 7:09.38).[3] [4] He also finished 14th (6th in the B final) in the 400-metre freestyle, with a time of 3:52.47.

At the 1995 Pan American Games, in Mar del Plata, Leal won for the second time the silver medal in the 4×200-metre freestyle.[5] He also finished 4th in the 200-metre freestyle, and 6th in the 400-metre freestyle.[6]

Participating at the 1995 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m), in Rio de Janeiro, Leal won again the bronze medal in the 4×200-metre freestyle, now along with Fernando Saez, Teófilo Ferreira and Gustavo Borges.[7] [8]

He participated at the 1996 Summer Olympics, in Atlanta, for his native country. His best and only result in Atlanta, Georgia was the 10th place in the Men's 4×200-metre freestyle.

Leal participated at the 1999 Pan American Games, in Winnipeg, where he finished 10th in the 400-metre freestyle.[9]

Notes and References

  1. Cassiano Leal . 20 April 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200418032358/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/le/cassiano-leal-1.html . dead . 2020-04-18.
  2. Web site: Brazil medals at 1991 Pan . UOL . 2007 . 20 April 2013 . pt.
  3. Web site: Brazil in the World Championships . CBDA . 26 March 2006 . https://archive.today/20130422220548/http://www.cbda.org.br/especiais/o-brasil-nos-mundiais-id-6785 . dead . 22 April 2013 . 20 April 2013 . pt.
  4. HistoFINA, Volumes IIIa (2008 ed) and IIIb (ed 2008) . ("HistoFINA" is the story of FINA. Volume III is about the World Short Course Swimming, part "a" has the statistics and the male part "b" of the female.
  5. Web site: Brazil medals at 1995 Pan . UOL . 2007 . 20 April 2013 . pt.
  6. Web site: Results at 1995 Pan Am Games in Mar del Plata . USA Swimming . 2013 . 20 April 2013 . 4 March 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304191023/http://www.usaswimming.org/_Rainbow/Documents/2087c3f2-50b6-4ffb-9fa6-88e133de5867/95_pan_am.pdf . dead .
  7. Web site: Brazil in the World Championships . CBDA . 26 March 2006 . https://archive.today/20130422220548/http://www.cbda.org.br/especiais/o-brasil-nos-mundiais-id-6785 . dead . 22 April 2013 . 20 April 2013 . pt.
  8. HistoFINA, Volumes IIIa (2008 ed) and IIIb (ed 2008) . ("HistoFINA" is the story of FINA. Volume III is about the World Short Course Swimming, part "a" has the statistics and the male part "b" of the female.
  9. http://www.swimnews.com/Magazine/1999/augmag99/aug99respanam.html 1999 Full results by Swimnews

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