Plauto Guimarães Explained

Plauto Guimarães
Fullname:Plauto de Barros Guimarães
Strokes:Freestyle
Birth Date:25 April 1925
Birth Place:São Paulo, Brazil

Plauto de Barros Guimarães (25 April 1925  - 10 October 1972) was an Olympic freestyle swimmer from Brazil, who participated in a Summer Olympics for his native country. He was born in São Paulo.[1] [2]

He was a member of Esporte Clube Pinheiros, São Paulo.[3]

At the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, he swam the 100-metre freestyle, not reaching the finals. He was also ranked to compete in the 4×200-metre freestyle, but at the Brazilian trials, Willy Otto Jordan persuaded the Brazilian principals to make a new classification proof, where Willy took the vacancy of Plauto.

In 1955, he had already retired from swimming.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: OUR FASTEST SWIMMER OF THE WORLD - PART I. Best Swimming. April 14, 2008. June 2, 2013. pt. https://web.archive.org/web/20150923184403/http://www.bestswimming.com.br/conteudo.php?i=8549. September 23, 2015. dead.
  2. Web site: Sports Reference Profile. Sports Reference. 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20200417190141/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/gu/plauto-guimaraes-1.html. dead. April 17, 2020. June 2, 2013.
  3. Web site: THE CAREER OF OUR JOHNNY WEISSMULLER - PART II. Best Swimming. March 20, 2008. June 2, 2013. pt. https://web.archive.org/web/20141103034056/http://www.bestswimming.com.br/conteudo.php?i=8245. November 3, 2014. dead.