João Pereira (swimmer) explained

João Pereira
Fullname:João Pedro Thomaz Pereira
Birth Date:March 1905
Birth Place:São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
Death Date:27 June 1984 (aged 81)[1]
Height:1.78 m
Strokes:Freestyle

João Pedro Thomaz Pereira (March 1905  - 27 June 1984) was an Olympic freestyle swimmer from Brazil, who participated at one Summer Olympics for his native country. He was born in São Paulo.[2]

At the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, he swam the 100-metre freestyle, not reaching the finals.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: João Pereira . Olympedia.org . 26 June 2020.
  2. João Pereira . 23 June 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161203191925/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/pe/joao-pereira-1.html . dead . 3 December 2016.
  3. Web site: Los Angeles (1932): Maria Lenk é a primeira mulher brasileira nos Jogos . Los Angeles (1932): Maria Lenk is the first Brazilian woman at the Games . BOL . 30 July 2008 . 23 June 2013 . pt . https://web.archive.org/web/20140714203635/http://noticias.bol.uol.com.br/esporte/2008/07/30/ult1777u90820.jhtm . 14 July 2014 . dead.