Nicholas Santos

Nicholas Santos
Nicholas Santos and Henrique Martins, 2015
Personal information
Full name Nicholas Araújo Dias dos Santos
National team  Brazil
Born (1980-02-14) 14 February 1980
Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil
Height 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Weight 87 kg (192 lb)
Sport
Sport Swimming
Strokes Freestyle/Butterfly
Club Unisanta

Nicholas Araújo Dias dos Santos (born 14 February 1980) is a Brazilian competitive swimmer who specializes in freestyle and butterfly sprint events. Nicholas swims for Esporte Clube Pinheiros. He swam the 50-metre freestyle at the 2008 Summer Olympics and was a member of the Brazilian 4×100-meter freestyle team at the 2012 Summer Olympics.[1]

International career

2001–2004

His first participation in the World Championships was in the 2001 World Aquatics Championships in Fukuoka, where he finished 30th in the 50-metre freestyle.[2][3]

In November 17, he broke the short-course South American record of the 50-metre butterfly, with a time of 23.82 seconds.[4]

At the 2002 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) in Moscow, Nicholas finished 23rd in the 50-metre freestyle[5] and 13th in the 50-metre butterfly.[6]

He swam at the 2002 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships, where he finished 9th in the 50-metre freestyle.[7]

Participating in the 2003 World Aquatics Championships in Barcelona, Nicholas finished 40th in the 50-metre butterfly.[8]

On September 10, 2004, Santos broke the short-course South American record of the 50-metre freestyle with a time of 21.32 seconds, coming close to beat the World Record that belonged to Frédérick Bousquet with 21.10 seconds.[9]

At the 2004 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) in Indianapolis, Nicholas Santos won the silver medal in the 4 × 100-metre freestyle[10] and bronze in the 50-metre freestyle.[11] He also participated in the 50-metre butterfly, where he was disqualified,[12] and the 100-metre freestyle, where he was in the finals, placing 8th.[13]

2005–2008

Santos and César Cielo
at 2007 Pan American Games

At the 2005 Summer Universiade, Nicholas won a bronze medal in the 50-metre freestyle and in the 50-metre butterfly.[14]

Santos swam at the 2006 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships, where he finished 10th in the 50-metre freestyle.[15]

At the 2007 Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro, he became champion in 4 × 100-metre freestyle, with a new Pan-American record made by the Brazilian team: 3:15.90,[16] and was also a silver medalist in the 50-metre freestyle, with a time of 22.18 seconds.[17]

Nicholas competed in the 2007 Summer Universiade, where he won a gold medal in the 50-metre freestyle and a silver medal in the 50-metre butterfly.[18] He broke the competition record in the 50-metre freestyle, with a time of 22.12 seconds.[19]

2008 Summer Olympics

Nicholas participated in the 2008 Summer Olympics in the 50-metre freestyle, where he reached the semi-finals, finishing in 16th position.[20]

2009–2012

In May 10, 2009, he broke the South American record in the 4 × 100-metre freestyle, with a time of 3:14.45, along with Nicolas Oliveira, César Cielo, and Fernando Silva.[21]

At the 2009 World Aquatics Championships in Rome, he qualified for the 50-metre butterfly finals, finishing in 5th place.[22] He also reached the semi-finals of the 50-metre freestyle, with a time of 21.69 seconds, and finished in 10th place.[23] On September 2, 2009, at the end of the José Finkel Trophy, he won with a time of 21.55 seconds, surpassing his personal best.[24]

In September 4, 2009, he broke the Americas record for the 50-metre butterfly, with a time of 22.87 seconds. This record was broken by César Cielo just three years later, with a time of 22.76 seconds.[25][26]

In November 15, 2009, in short pool (25 m), he completed the 50-metre freestyle in 20.90 seconds and became the first South American to swim the distance under 21 seconds. He shared with César Cielo the short-course South American record in the 50-metre freestyle: 21.32 seconds. He established the time in 2004 and Cielo in 2008.[27]

He was champion of the 2009 FINA Swimming World Cup at the Singapore step in November 2009, beating the Olympic Champion Roland Schoeman in the finals of both the 50-metre butterfly and the 50-metre freestyle.[28][29] At this World Cup, he broke the South American record of the 50-metre butterfly with a time of 22.17 seconds in Berlin and 22.16 seconds in Singapore and the South American record of the 50-metre freestyle with a time of 20.74 seconds in Berlin.[30]

In August 2010, at the 2010 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships in Irvine, California, United States, Nicholas earned the silver medal in 50-metre butterfly.[31] He also finished 13th in the 50-metre freestyle.[32]

In December 2010, at the 2010 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) in Dubai, Nicholas Santos, along with César Cielo, Marcelo Chierighini, and Nicolas Oliveira, won the bronze medal in the 4 × 100-metre freestyle with a time of 3:05.74, South American record, leaving behind the American team.[33] Nicholas also got the 13th place in the 50-metre freestyle[34] and 4th place in the 50-metre butterfly.[35]

At the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara, Nicholas won the gold medal in the 4 × 100-metre freestyle.[36]

In April 2012, he improved his personal best in 50-metre butterfly to 22.79 seconds.[25]

2012 Summer Olympics

He participated in 2012 Summer Olympics in London, in the 4 × 100-metre freestyle, where he finished in 9th place.[20]

2012–2016

In December 2012, already 32 years old, Nicholas Santos attended the 2012 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) in Istanbul and won the gold medal in the 50-metre butterfly with a time of 22.22 seconds, beating the Championship record.[37]

At the 2013 World Aquatics Championships in Barcelona, Santos qualified to the 50-metre butterfly finals in the first place, with a time of 22.81 seconds.[38] In the finals, his time worsened to 23.21 seconds, finishing in 4th place.[39][40] In the 4 × 100-metre medley, he finished 12th, along with Leonardo de Deus, Felipe Lima, and Marcelo Chierighini.[41]

Santos (left) wins silver in Kazan 2015
Santos (centre) wins silver in Kazan 2015

At the 2013 FINA Swimming World Cup in Beijing, China, Santos broke the short-course South American record in the 50-metre butterfly, with a time of 22.13.[42]

At the 2014 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships in Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia, he finished 8th in the 100-metre butterfly, and 16th in the 50-metre freestyle.[43]

At the 2014 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) in Doha, Qatar, Santos won two gold medals on the same day. At 4 December, in the Men's 4 × 50 metre medley relay, formed by Santos, César Cielo, Felipe França Silva and Guilherme Guido, considered the "Dream Team" by Cielo (formed only by medalists or world champions in their respective individual events), Brazil won the gold shattering the world record with a time of 1:30.51.[44] At the same day, he also won the gold medal in the 4 × 50 metre mixed medley relay, along with Felipe França Silva, Etiene Medeiros and Larissa Oliveira, breaking the South American record with a time of 1:37.26, only 0.09 seconds from beating USA's world record (1:37.17).[45] Santos was also trying to defend his title in the Men's 50 metre butterfly, obtained in Istanbul 2012. In the final, he faced Chad le Clos, the world's best butterfly swimmer at the time, World and Olympic champion. Santos broke the Americas record, with a time of 22.08, but lost the gold to the South African, who broke the Championship record, with a time of 21.95.[46] Santos also swam the Men's 100 metre butterfly, finishing in 14th place.[47]

At the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Santos finished 10th in the 50-metre freestyle.[48][49]

At the 2015 World Aquatics Championships in Kazan, Santos, 35 years old, won one of the most important medals in his career, the silver medal in the Men's 50 metre butterfly.[50][51][52] He became the oldest medalist in the history of the World Championships - aged 35 years and 171 days old, broke the record of Mark Warnecke, gold medalist of the 50 breaststroke at Montreal 2005, which took the podium at 35 years and 162 days old. [53]

2016–20

At the 2016 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) in Windsor, Ontario, Canada, he won a silver medal at the 4 × 50 metre mixed medley relay, along with Etiene Medeiros, Larissa Oliveira and Felipe Lima. [54] He also finished 9th in the Men's 50 metre butterfly[55] and 32nd in the Men's 50 metre freestyle.[56]

At the age of 37, at the Maria Lenk Trophy held in May 2017, he was able to beat the Americas record in the 50m butterfly, with a time of 22.61, being close to the world record of 22.43 did by Rafa Muñoz, at the super-suits era.[57]

At the 2017 World Aquatics Championships in Budapest, in the Men's 50 metre butterfly, he won again the silver medal, with a time of 22.79. [58] He broke a record that was his own: the oldest athlete in history to win a medal in the World Championships.

Records

Nicholas Santos is the current holder, or former holder, of the following records:[59]

Long course (50 m):

  • Americas record holder of the 50-metre butterfly: 22.61, time obtained on May 5, 2017
  • Former South American record holder of the 4 × 100-metre freestyle: 3:14.15, time obtained on May 10, 2009, along with Nicolas Oliveira, Fernando Silva, and César Cielo

Short course (25 m):

References

  1. ↑ https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sa/nicholas-santos-1.html at Sports Reference
  2. ↑ FINA: 9th World Championships: Men, 50m Freestyle
  3. ↑ 9th FINA World Swimming Championships:Heats Results Sunday July 22 - Swimming Day 1
  4. ↑ "Final Results". CBDA (in Portuguese). November 16, 2001. Archived from the original on July 14, 2014. Retrieved May 11, 2013.
  5. ↑ "Results of the 50-metre freestyle at 2002 Moscow". OmegaTiming. April 4, 2002. Retrieved April 6, 2013.
  6. ↑ "Results of the 50-metre butterfly at 2002 Moscow". OmegaTiming. April 5, 2002. Retrieved April 6, 2013.
  7. ↑ "Bruno Bonfim closes as the 12th athlete with index". CBDA (in Portuguese). August 29, 2002. Archived from the original on June 15, 2013. Retrieved April 19, 2013.
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  9. ↑ "South American record of Brazil will be approved by FINA". UOL (in Portuguese). September 15, 2004. Retrieved July 28, 2013.
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  11. ↑ "Results of the 50-metre freestyle at 2004 Indianapolis". OmegaTiming. October 9, 2004. Retrieved April 6, 2013.
  12. ↑ "Results of the 50-metre butterfly at 2004 Indianapolis". OmegaTiming. October 9, 2004. Retrieved April 6, 2013.
  13. ↑ "Results of the 100-metre freestyle at 2004 Indianapolis". OmegaTiming. October 11, 2004. Retrieved April 6, 2013.
  14. ↑ "Nicholas Santos is bronze at 50-metre freestyle". Globoesporte (in Portuguese). August 17, 2005. Retrieved April 6, 2013.
  15. ↑ "Results of the 50-metre freestyle at 2006 Pan Pacific". OmegaTiming. August 20, 2006. Retrieved April 20, 2013.
  16. ↑ "4×100-metre freestyle relay is gold". Globoesporte (in Portuguese). July 20, 2007. Retrieved April 6, 2013.
  17. ↑ "Party and golds close historical participation". Globoesporte (in Portuguese). July 22, 2007. Retrieved April 6, 2013.
  18. ↑ "Nicholas Santos is gold at Universiade". Globoesporte (in Portuguese). August 14, 2007. Retrieved April 6, 2013.
  19. ↑ "Swimming - Records broken by event" (PDF). International Federation of University Sports (FISU). August 14, 2007. Retrieved April 6, 2013.
  20. 1 2 "Sports Reference Profile". Sports Reference. 2013. Retrieved April 6, 2013.
  21. ↑ "Elite troop, green and yellow". CBDA (in Portuguese). May 10, 2009. Retrieved July 28, 2013.
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  23. ↑ "Results of the 50-metre freestyle at 2009 Rome". OmegaTiming. July 31, 2009. Retrieved April 6, 2013.
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  25. 1 2 "Emotion, records and more positions on top of the world rankings". CBDA (in Portuguese). April 27, 2012. Archived from the original on May 6, 2014. Retrieved July 28, 2013.
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  27. ↑ "Brazil has 22 of the 23 records of male continent". CBDA (in Portuguese). November 15, 2009. Retrieved April 6, 2013.
  28. ↑ "Guido and Nicholas surprise and win in Singapore". Globoesporte (in Portuguese). November 21, 2009. Retrieved April 6, 2013.
  29. ↑ "Nicholas takes another gold, and closes the Brazil World Cup with 27 medals". Globoesporte (in Portuguese). November 22, 2009. Retrieved April 6, 2013.
  30. ↑ "Two gold medals and a bronze in Singapore". CBDA (in Portuguese). November 21, 2009. Archived from the original on September 4, 2014. Retrieved July 28, 2013.
  31. ↑ "With a new cap, Cielo bills gold, and pulls double in the 50-metre butterfly". Globoesporte (in Portuguese). August 18, 2010. Retrieved April 6, 2013.
  32. ↑ "Results of the 50-metre freestyle finals at 2010 Pan Pacific". OmegaTiming. August 21, 2010. Retrieved December 24, 2013.
  33. ↑ "Led by Cielo, Brazil's 4×100-metre freestyle is bronze in Dubai". Globoesporte (in Portuguese). December 15, 2010. Retrieved April 6, 2013.
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  35. ↑ "Results of the 50-metre butterfly at 2010 Dubai". OmegaTiming. December 18, 2010. Retrieved April 6, 2013.
  36. ↑ "With a new pan-american record, Brazil takes gold in 4×100-metre freestyle". Terra (in Portuguese). October 16, 2011. Retrieved April 6, 2013.
  37. ↑ "Nicholas Santos is champion in 50-metre butterfly at the World Swimming Championships". Globoesporte (in Portuguese). December 15, 2012. Retrieved April 6, 2013.
  38. ↑ "Nicholas and Cielo rehearse a double, and go to the 50-metre butterfly final". SPORTV (in Portuguese). July 28, 2013. Retrieved July 28, 2013.
  39. ↑ "Sovereign, Cielo takes 50-metre butterfly and conquer the world championship for the second time". SPORTV (in Portuguese). July 29, 2013. Retrieved July 29, 2013.
  40. ↑ "Results of the 50-metre butterfly at 2013 Barcelona". OmegaTiming. July 29, 2013. Retrieved July 29, 2013.
  41. ↑ "Results of the 4×100-metre medley at 2013 Barcelona". OmegaTiming. August 4, 2013. Retrieved August 4, 2013.
  42. ↑ "Nicholas Santos wins gold and breaks record in Beijing". CBDA (in Portuguese). November 13, 2013. Retrieved September 21, 2014.
  43. ↑ "Fratus won gold in the 50m freestyle with the Pan-Pacific record". CBDA (in Portuguese). August 24, 2014. Retrieved September 20, 2014.
  44. ↑ "Results of the 4x50-metre medley at 2014 Doha". OmegaTiming. December 4, 2014. Retrieved December 12, 2014.
  45. ↑ "Results of the 4x50-metre mixed medley at 2014 Doha". OmegaTiming. December 4, 2014. Retrieved December 12, 2014.
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  47. ↑ "Results of the 100-metre butterfly at 2014 Doha". OmegaTiming. December 3, 2014. Retrieved December 12, 2014.
  48. ↑ "Heats at the Pan's fourth day". Best Swimming (in Portuguese). July 17, 2015. Retrieved July 19, 2015.
  49. ↑ Men's 50m Freestyle - B Final
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  51. ↑ "Results of the 50-metre butterfly at 2015 Kazan". OmegaTiming. August 3, 2015. Retrieved August 3, 2015.
  52. ↑ "Brazil wins silver with Nicholas Santos, in an evening with 2 World Records". Best Swimming (in Portuguese). August 3, 2015. Retrieved August 3, 2015.
  53. ↑ "Save the less young medalist of World Championships". SPORTV (in Portuguese). August 3, 2015. Retrieved August 3, 2015.
  54. ↑ "Results of the 4x50-metre mixed medley relay at 2016 Windsor". OmegaTiming. December 8, 2016. Retrieved July 25, 2017.
  55. ↑ "Results of the 50-metre butterfly at 2016 Windsor". OmegaTiming. December 9, 2016. Retrieved July 25, 2017.
  56. ↑ "Results of the 50-metre freestyle at 2016 Windsor". OmegaTiming. December 8, 2016. Retrieved July 25, 2017.
  57. ↑ "Nicholas breaks records of Cielo, leads ranking, but does not guarantee vacancy in the World-wide one; understand". Globoesporte (in Portuguese). May 5, 2017. Retrieved May 5, 2017.
  58. ↑ "Results of the 50-metre butterfly at 2017 Budapest". OmegaTiming. July 24, 2017. Retrieved July 26, 2017.
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