Luís Monteiro (swimmer) explained

Luís Monteiro
Full Name:Luís Miguel Rodrigues Monteiro
Birth Date:22 January 1983
Birth Place:Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal
Height:1.91 m
Weight:80 kg
Strokes:Freestyle
Club:FC Porto
Coach:Rui Sardinha
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Luís Miguel Rodrigues Monteiro (born 22 January 1983) is a Portuguese former swimmer, who specialized in freestyle events.[1] He is a fourth-place finalist in the 200 m freestyle (1:52.33) at the 2001 European Junior Swimming Championships in Valletta, Malta.[2] Monteiro is a member of the swimming team for Football Club Porto (Portuguese: [[FC Porto (swimming)|Futebol Clube do Porto]]), and is trained by long-time coach and mentor Rui Sardinha.[3]

Monteiro qualified for two swimming events at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, by clearing a FINA B-cut of 1:50.93 (200 m freestyle) from the World Championships in Barcelona, Spain.[4] [5] In the 200 m freestyle, Monteiro challenged seven other swimmers on the fifth heat, including three-time Olympian Jacob Carstensen of Denmark. He touched out Poland's Łukasz Drzewiński to take a fifth spot and twenty-ninth overall by 0.12 of a second in 1:51.78.[6] [7] He also teamed up with Adriano Niz, João Araújo, and Miguel Pires in the 4 × 200 m freestyle relay. Swimming the lead-off leg in heat one, Monteiro set his own personal best of 1:50.43, but the Portuguese team settled only for seventh place and fourteenth overall in a new national record of 7:27.99.[8] [9]

Notes and References

  1. Luís Monteiro . https://web.archive.org/web/20200418123747/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/mo/luis-monteiro-2.html . dead . 18 April 2020 . 27 April 2013.
  2. News: Euro Juniors Day One: Britain's Goddard Streaks 4:19 in IM . https://archive.today/20130630093153/http://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/lane9/news/2658.asp . dead . 30 June 2013 . . 6 July 2001 . 27 April 2013.
  3. News: Albuquerque . Nuno . Natação: Luís Monteiro esperançado em chegar a Atenas . Swimming: Luís Monteiro hoping to reach Athens . Portuguese . . 1 August 2002 . 27 April 2013.
  4. Web site: Swimming – Men's 200m Freestyle Startlist (Heat 5) . . . Omega Timing . 19 April 2013.
  5. News: Albuquerque . Nuno . Natação: Luís Monteiro "ganha" Jogos Olímpicos de Atenas . Swimming: Luís Monteiro obtains a place for the Athens Olympics . Portuguese . . 1 August 2002 . 27 April 2013.
  6. Web site: Men's 200m Freestyle Heat 5 . . . 15 August 2004 . 31 January 2013.
  7. News: Thomas . Stephen . Men's 200 Freestyle Prelims: Thorpe Fastest in 1:47.22; Hoogie, Keller, Phelps and Hackett All in the Mix . . 15 August 2004 . 27 March 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131228213735/http://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/lane9/news/7808.asp . 28 December 2013.
  8. Web site: Men's 4×200m Freestyle Heat 1 . . . 17 August 2004 . 31 January 2013.
  9. News: Whitten . Phillip . Men's 800 Free Relay, Day 4: US, Australia Qualify 1–2y . . 17 August 2004 . 24 April 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140327234652/http://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/lane9/news/7856.asp . 27 March 2014.

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