Luiz Melo
Personal information
Full nameLuiz Altamir Lopes Melo
Nationality Brazil
Born (1996-05-09) 9 May 1996 (age 27)
Boa Vista, Roraima, Brazil
Height1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight69 kg (152 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesButterfly, freestyle
Medal record
Men's swimming
Representing  Brazil
World Championships (SC)
Gold medal – first place 2018 Hangzhou 4×200 m freestyle
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place 2015 Toronto 4×200 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2019 Lima 4×200 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2023 Santiago 4×200 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place 2019 Lima 4×100 m medley
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Lima 400 m freestyle
South American Championships
Gold medal – first place 2016 Asunción 400 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2016 Asunción 200 m butterfly
Gold medal – first place 2016 Asunción 4×200 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place 2016 Asunción 200 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Asunción 4×100 m freestyle
Youth Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2014 Nanjing 4×100 m mixed freestyle

Luiz Altamir Lopes Melo[a] (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

  1. ^ This name uses Portuguese naming customs: the first or maternal family name is Lopes and the second or paternal family name is Melo.

References

  1. ^ "COB Profile". COB (in Portuguese). 2015. Retrieved 25 July 2015.
  2. ^ "CBDA Profile". CBDA (in Portuguese). 2015. Retrieved 25 July 2015.
  3. ^ "2013 World Junior Championships Results" (PDF). FINA. 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 July 2014. Retrieved 24 July 2015.
  4. ^ "Swimming: Brazil closes World Junior Championships with a silver medal and makes plans for Olympics". Lancenet (in Portuguese). 1 September 2013. Retrieved 25 July 2015.
  5. ^ "Matheus Santana shines, and 4x100m takes silver at Youth Games". Globoesporte (in Portuguese). 17 August 2014. Retrieved 25 July 2015.
  6. ^ "First Olympic gold of the young Brazilian swimming and world record". CBDA (in Portuguese). 22 August 2014. Retrieved 25 July 2015.
  7. ^ "Matheus Santana's Day in Nanjing". CBDA (in Portuguese). 18 August 2014. Retrieved 25 July 2015.
  8. ^ "Brazil won 6 medals, 3 more golds on the second day of Pan". Best Swimming (in Portuguese). 16 July 2015. Archived from the original on 21 July 2015. Retrieved 25 July 2015.
  9. ^ "João de Lucca surprises and takes gold in 200m freestyle: "I never imagined it"". Globoesporte (in Portuguese). 15 July 2015. Retrieved 25 July 2015.
  10. ^ "Results of the 4x200-metre freestyle at 2015 Kazan". OmegaTiming. 7 August 2015. Retrieved 7 August 2015.
  11. ^ "Bruno Fratus and Daynara in the semifinals, and 4 × 200 relay disappoints". Best Swimming (in Portuguese). 7 August 2015. Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 7 August 2015.
  12. ^ "End of the 2015 Open with 24 indexes and the Brazilian Team with 26 swimmers". Best Swim (in Portuguese). 20 December 2015. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
  13. ^ "Newcomer in Olympics, Luiz Altamir regrets 400m free result". Globoesporte (in Portuguese). 6 August 2016. Retrieved 25 July 2017.
  14. ^ "Brazil starts badly in the 4th day, only Chierighini advances". ClicRBS (in Portuguese). 9 August 2016. Retrieved 10 August 2016.
  15. ^ "Results of the 4x200-metre freestyle at 2018 Pan Pacific" (PDF). Seiko. 10 August 2018. Retrieved 14 December 2018.
  16. ^ "Results of the 200-metre freestyle at 2018 Pan Pacific" (PDF). Seiko. 9 August 2018. Retrieved 14 December 2018.
  17. ^ "Results of the 400-metre freestyle heats at 2018 Pan Pacific" (PDF). Seiko. 11 August 2018. Retrieved 14 December 2018.
  18. ^ "Results of the 4×200-metre freestyle at 2018 Hangzhou". OmegaTiming. 14 December 2018. Retrieved 14 December 2018.
  19. ^ "Brazil surprises in the 4x200m free relay and wins gold with world record in Hangzhou". Globoesporte (in Portuguese). 14 December 2018. Retrieved 14 December 2018.
  20. ^ "Results of the 200-metre butterfly at 2018 Hangzhou". OmegaTiming. 11 December 2018. Retrieved 25 December 2018.
  21. ^ "Results of the 200-metre freestyle at 2018 Hangzhou". OmegaTiming. 12 December 2018. Retrieved 14 December 2018.
  22. ^ "Results of the 4 × 200 metre freestyle heats at 2019 Gwangju" (PDF). Omega Timing. 26 July 2019. Retrieved 28 July 2019.
  23. ^ "Results of the 4 × 200 metre freestyle final at 2019 Gwangju" (PDF). Omega Timing. 26 July 2019. Retrieved 28 July 2019.
  24. ^ "Brazilian 4x200m relay broke South American record, goes to the final and guarantees the Olympic vacancy". Globoesporte (in Portuguese). 26 July 2019. Retrieved 28 July 2019.
  25. ^ "Results of the 200-metre butterfly at 2019 Gwangju" (PDF). Omega Timing. 23 July 2019. Retrieved 28 July 2019.
  26. ^ "Results of the 400-metre freestyle at 2019 Gwangju" (PDF). Omega Timing. 21 July 2019. Retrieved 28 July 2019.
  27. ^ "Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay Final" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 August 2019. Retrieved 11 August 2019.
  28. ^ "Start List" (PDF). www.lima2019.pe. ATOS. 5 August 2019. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 August 2019. Retrieved 5 August 2019.
  29. ^ "Men's 400m Freestyle - A Final" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 August 2019. Retrieved 11 August 2019.
  30. ^ "Men's 200m Butterfly - A Final" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 August 2019. Retrieved 11 August 2019.
  31. ^ "Swimming MELO Luiz Altamir - Tokyo 2020 Olympics". Tokyo 2020. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 23 August 2021. Retrieved 23 August 2021.

External links

World short-course champions in men's 4×200 m freestyle relay
Pan American Champions in men's 4 × 200 m freestyle relay
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