João Aguiar (swimmer) explained

João Paquete Aguiar
Birth Date:	September 8, 1983
Nationality:	Angola
Occupation:	Swimmer
Known For:	Represented Angola, as a 17-year-old, at the 2000 Summer Olympics

João Carlos da Silva Paquete Aguiar (born September 8, 1983) is an Angolan swimmer, who specialized in sprint freestyle events.^[1] He represented Angola, as a 17-year-old, at the 2000 Summer Olympics, and held numerous Angolan titles and meet records in the 50 m freestyle, while playing for August 1 Swimming Club in Luanda.^[2] ^[3]

Aguiar competed only in the men's 50 m freestyle at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. He received a ticket from FINA, under a Universality program, in an entry time of 24.00.^[4] He challenged seven other swimmers in heat three, including two-time Olympians Howard Hinds of the Netherlands Antilles and Emin Guliyev of Azerbaijan. He rounded out the field to last place in 25.70, just 1.7 seconds below his entry standard, and 1.98 behind leader Estebán Blanco of Costa Rica. Aguiar failed to advance into the semifinals, as he placed sixty-third overall in the prelims. He is currently a swimming advisor at Luanda International School. He regularly coaches MiniLiga swim meets.^[5] ^[6]

Notes and References

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News: Ramos. Carlos. Natação 'militar' arrasa. "Military" swimming crushes. Portuguese. Sol Angola Jornal. 14 March 2013. 13 June 2013. dead. https://archive.today/20130615204818/http://sol.sapo.ao/Angola/Interior.aspx?content_id=71044. 15 June 2013.
News: 1º de Agosto revalida títulos no nacional por categorias. August 1 revalidates the national titles by categories. Portuguese. https://archive.today/20130616004825/http://desporto.sapo.pt/mais_modalidades/artigo/2013/02/25/1_de_agosto_revalida_t_tulos_no.html. dead. 16 June 2013. Desportes Angola. 25 February 2013. 13 June 2013.
Web site: Swimming – Men's 50m Freestyle Startlist (Heat 3). PDF. Sydney 2000. Omega Timing. 23 April 2013.
Web site: Sydney 2000: Swimming – Men's 50m Freestyle Heat 3 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110819181023/http://la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/2000/Masters/sw/SWresults.pdf . dead . 19 August 2011 . . . 103 . 28 April 2013 .
Web site: Results from the Summer Olympics – Swimming (Men's 50m Freestyle). https://archive.today/20130615204434/http://www.canoe.ca/2000GamesResults/sep21.html. usurped. June 15, 2013. Canoe.ca. 7 June 2013.