Marcos Macedo
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| Full name | Marcos Antônio Costa Ferreira de Macedo | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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September 9, 1990 Natal, Rio Grande do Norte | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Butterfly | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Minas TC | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Marcos Antônio Costa Ferreira de Macedo (born September 9, 1990 in Natal) is a Brazilian competitive swimmer.[1] is a Brazilian professional swimmer. He currently competes for the Fiat/Minas team. Marcos won the 4 × 100 m medley relay in the 2014 World Swimming Championship (short course).[2]
International career
2008–12
He won the bronze medal in the 4×100-metre freestyle at the 2008 FINA Youth World Swimming Championships in Monterrey.[3]
At the 2011 World Aquatics Championships in Shanghai, China, Macedo finished 9th in the 4×100-metre freestyle.[4] At the 2011 Summer Universiade in Shenzhen, China, he got a silver medal in the 4×100-metre freestyle relay.[5]
2013–16
Macedo was part of the Brazilian delegation that finished in the first place the medal chart of the World Swimming Championship (short course) in Doha, with 7 golds, 1 silver and two bronzes (10 medals total).[6] Marcos won the gold medal in the 4 × 100 m relay, in the team also composed by César Cielo, Guilherme Guido, and Felipe França Silva.[2] He swam the butterfly course in 49.63, with team's total time of 3:21.14. He also qualified for the final on the men's 100 metre butterfly, and finished in 8th, 50.47.[7]
2016 Summer Olympics
At the 2016 Summer Olympics, Macedo finished 34th in the Men's 100 metre butterfly.[8]
References
- ↑ "National Ranking-Page 1" (PDF). FAGO (in Portuguese). December 20, 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 14, 2014. Retrieved December 14, 2014.
- 1 2 "Cesar Cielo Anchors Brazil to First Men's 400 Medley Relay World Title – Video". Swimming World. 2014-12-07. Retrieved 2014-12-08.
- ↑ "Troféu Maria Lenk 2013: Barcelona e Dubai" [2013 Maria Lenk Trophy: Barcelona and Dubai] (in Portuguese). CBDA. 2013-04-27. Archived from the original on 2014-12-15. Retrieved 2014-12-08.
- ↑ "Results of the 4×100-metre freestyle at 2011 Shanghai". Omega Timing. 2011-07-24. Retrieved 2014-12-08.
- ↑ "BBrasil volta com três medalhas universitárias" [Brazil back with 3 university medals] (in Portuguese). CBDA. 2011-08-25. Archived from the original on 2014-09-04. Retrieved 2014-12-08.
- ↑ "Doha Delivers The Greatest FINA Swimming World Championships Ever Hosted". FINA. 2014-12-08. Archived from the original on 2014-12-08. Retrieved 2014-12-08.
- ↑ "12th FINA WORLD SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIPS (25m) - Men's 100m Butterfly - Final Results". Omega Timing. 2014-12-07. Retrieved 2014-12-09.
- ↑ "Phelps moves forward and begins to search for tetra in the 100m butterfly". Globoesporte (in Portuguese). August 11, 2016. Retrieved August 22, 2016.