| Miguel Valente | |
| Strokes: | Freestyle |
| Club: | Minas TC |
| Birth Date: | 16 July 1993 |
| Birth Place: | Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil |
| Height: | 1.77 m |
| Weight: | 71 kg |
Miguel Leite Valente (born 16 July 1993) is a Brazilian swimmer.[1] He competed in the men's 1500-metre freestyle event at the 2016 Summer Olympics.[2] At the 2016 Summer Olympics, he finished 31st in the men's 1500-metre freestyle.[3] [4]
On 14 September 2016, at the José Finkel Trophy (short-course competition), he broke the South American record in the 800-metre freestyle, with a time of 7:42.79. He surpassed Armando Negreiros' time of 7:43.52, conquered in 2009.[5]
At the 2019 Pan American Games held in Lima, Peru, Valente won the silver medal in the Men's 800 metre freestyle, with a time of 7:56.37.[6] He led most of the race, being surpassed only in the end by the American Andrew Abruzzo.