Rui Abreu Explained

Rui Abreu
Fullname:Rui de Abreu
Birth Date:23 June 1961
Birth Place:Maputo, Portuguese Mozambique
Death Date:[1]
Death Place:St Vincent Charity Hospital, Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.

Rui Abreu (23 June 1961  - 31 October 1982) was a Portuguese backstroke and freestyle swimmer.[2] He competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics and the 1980 Summer Olympics.[3]

Abreu was found unresponsive by his roommate and rushed to hospital in Cleveland, Ohio, where he was pronounced dead.[4] Coroners determined that he had died by suicide by suffocating himself with a plastic bag.

Notes and References

  1. News: de Sousa. Neves. Rui de Abreu: uma morte assim?. Diário de Lisboa. 17. pt. 2 November 1982. 4 October 2021.
  2. Web site: RPiscina Municipal Rui Abreu . Coimbra . 7 December 2016.
  3. Rui Abreu Olympic Results . https://web.archive.org/web/20200418010046/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ab/rui-abreu-1.html . dead . 18 April 2020 . 5 December 2016.
  4. News: Byland . Kathleen . 8 November 1982 . Clipped from the Akron Beacon Journal . Akron Beacon Journal . 40.