Luiz Altamir Melo Explained

Luiz Melo
Full Name:Luiz Altamir Lopes Melo
Birth Date:1996 5, df=yes
Birth Place:Boa Vista, Roraima, Brazil
Height:1.74 m
Weight:69 kg
Strokes:Butterfly, freestyle

Luiz Altamir Lopes Melo (born 9 May 1996 in Boa Vista) is a Brazilian swimmer.[1] [2]

International career

2013–16

He was at the 2013 FINA World Junior Swimming Championships, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, where he finished 5th in the 200-metre butterfly, 6th in the 4x200-metre freestyle relay, 8th in the 200-metre freestyle, and 10th in the 400-metre freestyle.[3] [4]

At the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics in Nanjing, he won a silver medal in the Mixed 4 × 100 m freestyle relay.[5] He also finished 5th in the 200 metre butterfly,[6] and 7th in the 200 metre freestyle and 400 metre freestyle.[7]

At the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Altamir won a gold medal in the 4×200-metre freestyle relay, where he broke the Pan Am Games record with a time of 7:11.15, along with João de Lucca, Thiago Pereira, and Nicolas Oliveira.[8] [9]

At the 2015 World Aquatics Championships in Kazan, he finished 15th in the Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay, along with João de Lucca, Thiago Pereira, and Nicolas Oliveira.[10] [11]

At the Open tournament held in Palhoça in December 2015, he obtained qualification for the 2016 Summer Olympics in the 400-metre freestyle, with a time of 3:50.32, 0.7 seconds from the South American record.[12]

2016 Summer Olympics

At the 2016 Summer Olympics, he finished 32nd in the Men's 400 metre freestyle.[13] He also competed in the Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay, where the Brazilian relay finished in 15th place.[14]

2016–20

At the 2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships in Tokyo, Japan, he finished 4th in the Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay,[15] 8th in the Men's 200 metre freestyle[16] and 19th in the Men's 400 metre freestyle.[17]

At the 2018 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) in Hangzhou, China, Luiz Altamir Melo, along with Fernando Scheffer, Leonardo Coelho Santos and Breno Correia, surprised the world by winning the gold medal in the Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay, breaking the world record, with a time of 6:46.81. The relay was composed only of young people between 19 and 23 years and was not favorite to gold.[18] [19] He also finished 6th in the Men's 200 metre butterfly[20] and 8th in the Men's 200 metre freestyle.[21]

At the 2019 World Aquatics Championships in Gwangju, South Korea, Brazil's young 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay team, now with João de Lucca instead of Leonardo Coelho Santos, lowered the South American record in almost 3 seconds, with a time of 7:07.12, at heats.[22] They finished 7th, with a time of 7:07.64 in the final.[23] It was the first time that Brazil's 4x200m freestyle relay had qualified for a World Championships final, and the result qualified Brazil for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.[24] He also finished 13th in the Men's 200 metre butterfly,[25] and 15th in the Men's 400 metre freestyle.[26]

At the 2019 Pan American Games held in Lima, Peru, he won a gold medal in the Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay,[27] breaking the Pan American Games record; a silver medal in the Men's 4 × 100 metre medley relay (by participating at heats);[28] and a bronze medal in the Men's 400 metre freestyle.[29] He also finished 4th in the Men's 200 metre butterfly.[30]

He competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[31]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: COB Profile . COB . 2015 . 25 July 2015 . pt.
  2. Web site: CBDA Profile . CBDA . 2015 . 25 July 2015 . pt.
  3. Web site: 2013 World Junior Championships Results . FINA . 2013 . 24 July 2015 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140728150635/http://www.fina.org/H2O/docs/events/swjuniors2013/results.pdf . 28 July 2014.
  4. Web site: Swimming: Brazil closes World Junior Championships with a silver medal and makes plans for Olympics . Lancenet . 1 September 2013 . 25 July 2015 . pt.
  5. Web site: Matheus Santana shines, and 4x100m takes silver at Youth Games . Globoesporte . 17 August 2014 . 25 July 2015 . pt.
  6. Web site: First Olympic gold of the young Brazilian swimming and world record . CBDA . 22 August 2014 . 25 July 2015 . pt.
  7. Web site: Matheus Santana's Day in Nanjing . CBDA . 18 August 2014 . 25 July 2015 . pt.
  8. Web site: Brazil won 6 medals, 3 more golds on the second day of Pan . Best Swimming . 16 July 2015 . 25 July 2015 . pt . https://web.archive.org/web/20150721172510/http://www.bestswimming.com.br/2015/07/16/brasil-ganha-6-medalhas-mais-3-ouros-no-segundo-dia-de-pan/ . 21 July 2015 . dead.
  9. Web site: João de Lucca surprises and takes gold in 200m freestyle: "I never imagined it" . Globoesporte . 15 July 2015 . 25 July 2015 . pt.
  10. Web site: Results of the 4x200-metre freestyle at 2015 Kazan . OmegaTiming . 7 August 2015 . 7 August 2015.
  11. Web site: Bruno Fratus and Daynara in the semifinals, and 4 × 200 relay disappoints . Best Swimming . 7 August 2015 . 7 August 2015 . pt . https://web.archive.org/web/20150923184309/http://www.bestswimming.com.br/2015/08/07/bruno-fratus-e-daynara-nas-semifinais-e-revezamento-4x200-decepciona/ . 23 September 2015 . dead.
  12. Web site: End of the 2015 Open with 24 indexes and the Brazilian Team with 26 swimmers . Best Swim . 20 December 2015 . 20 December 2015 . pt.
  13. Web site: Newcomer in Olympics, Luiz Altamir regrets 400m free result . Globoesporte . 6 August 2016 . 25 July 2017 . pt.
  14. Web site: Brazil starts badly in the 4th day, only Chierighini advances . ClicRBS . 9 August 2016 . 10 August 2016 . pt.
  15. Web site: Results of the 4x200-metre freestyle at 2018 Pan Pacific . Seiko . 10 August 2018 . 14 December 2018.
  16. Web site: Results of the 200-metre freestyle at 2018 Pan Pacific . Seiko . 9 August 2018 . 14 December 2018.
  17. Web site: Results of the 400-metre freestyle heats at 2018 Pan Pacific . Seiko . 11 August 2018 . 14 December 2018.
  18. Web site: Results of the 4×200-metre freestyle at 2018 Hangzhou . OmegaTiming . 14 December 2018 . 14 December 2018.
  19. Web site: Brazil surprises in the 4x200m free relay and wins gold with world record in Hangzhou . Globoesporte . 14 December 2018 . 14 December 2018 . pt.
  20. Web site: Results of the 200-metre butterfly at 2018 Hangzhou . OmegaTiming . 11 December 2018 . 25 December 2018.
  21. Web site: Results of the 200-metre freestyle at 2018 Hangzhou . OmegaTiming . 12 December 2018 . 14 December 2018.
  22. Web site: Results of the 4 × 200 metre freestyle heats at 2019 Gwangju . Omega Timing . 26 July 2019 . 28 July 2019.
  23. Web site: Results of the 4 × 200 metre freestyle final at 2019 Gwangju . Omega Timing . 26 July 2019 . 28 July 2019.
  24. Web site: Brazilian 4x200m relay broke South American record, goes to the final and guarantees the Olympic vacancy . Globoesporte . 26 July 2019 . 28 July 2019 . pt.
  25. Web site: Results of the 200-metre butterfly at 2019 Gwangju . Omega Timing . 23 July 2019 . 28 July 2019.
  26. Web site: Results of the 400-metre freestyle at 2019 Gwangju . Omega Timing . 21 July 2019 . 28 July 2019.
  27. Web site: Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay Final . 2019-08-11 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190810032326/https://wrsd.lima2019.pe/PAG2019/resPAG2019/pdf/PAG2019/SWM/PAG2019_SWM_C73B1_SWMM4X200MFR----------FNL-000100--.pdf . 2019-08-10 . dead.
  28. Web site: Start List . 5 August 2019 . www.lima2019.pe . ATOS . 5 August 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190806230613/https://wrsd.lima2019.pe/PAG2019/resPAG2019/pdf/PAG2019/SWM/PAG2019_SWM_C51B1_SWMM4X100MMD----------HEAT--------.pdf . 6 August 2019 . dead.
  29. Web site: Men's 400m Freestyle - A Final . 2019-08-11 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190807020333/https://wrsd.lima2019.pe/PAG2019/resPAG2019/pdf/PAG2019/SWM/PAG2019_SWM_C74A_SWMM400MFR------------FNL---------.pdf . 2019-08-07 . dead.
  30. Web site: Men's 200m Butterfly - A Final . 2019-08-11 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190807032319/https://wrsd.lima2019.pe/PAG2019/resPAG2019/pdf/PAG2019/SWM/PAG2019_SWM_C74A_SWMM200MBF------------FNL---------.pdf . 2019-08-07 . dead.
  31. Web site: Swimming MELO Luiz Altamir - Tokyo 2020 Olympics . dead . 2021-08-23 . Tokyo 2020 . . en-us . 23 August 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210823033949/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/swimming/athlete-profile-n1330229-melo-luiz-altamir.htm .

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