Rafael Mosca

Rafael Mósca
Personal information
Full name Rafael Motta Bacêllo Mósca
Nationality  Brazil
Born (1982-05-13) May 13, 1982
Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight 80 kg (176 lb)
Sport
Sport Swimming
Strokes Freestyle

Rafael Motta Bacêllo Mósca (born May 13, 1982 in Rio de Janeiro) is a freestyle swimmer from Brazil.[2]

Trying to prevent some respiratory problem, Mósca began to practice swimming. His mother enrolled him in a swim school at two years of age. At 11, a disease in kidney removed him from swimming pools, for a year and a half. Recovered, returned to swim at Flamengo. The first good results of Rafael appeared, and he began to consider the possibility of a career as a professional athlete.[3]

At 19 years old, he broke the 10-year hegemony of Gustavo Borges in the 200-metre freestyle, at the 2002 Jose Finkel Trophy (Brazilian Short Course Championship). Gustavo won the gold medal since 1992.[4]

Mósca swam at the 2002 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships, where he finished 4th in the 4×100-metre freestyle, 5th in the 4×200-metre freestyle, and 14th in the 200-metre freestyle.[5]

At the 2003 World Aquatics Championships, in Barcelona, Mósca finished 33rd in the 200-metre freestyle [6] and 9th in the 4×200-metre freestyle.[7]

He won the silver medal with the men's relay team in the 4×200-metre freestyle at the 2003 Pan American Games in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. His winning teammates were Carlos Jayme, Gustavo Borges, and Rodrigo Castro.[8] He also finished 7th in the 200-metre freestyle.[9]

Mósca also represented his native country at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. In which he achieved 9th place also with the men's relay team in the 4×200-metre freestyle, now with Bruno Bonfim, Carlos Jayme and Rodrigo Castro.[10] At this race, he broke the South American record, with a time of 7:22.70.[11]

At the 2004 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) in Indianapolis, Mósca won the bronze medal in the 4×200-metre freestyle, along with Rodrigo Castro, Thiago Pereira and Lucas Salatta,[12] beating the South American record, with a time of 7:06.64.[13] He also finished 19th in the 200-metre freestyle.[14]

References

  1. ↑ "Swimming Results". Retrieved 2007-08-04.
  2. ↑ "Sports Reference profile". Sports Reference. 2013. Retrieved April 19, 2013.
  3. ↑ "UOL profile". UOL (in Portuguese). 2004. Retrieved April 19, 2013.
  4. ↑ "Rafael Mósca breaks 10-year hegemony of Gustavo Borges". CBDA (in Portuguese). May 2, 2002. Retrieved April 19, 2013.
  5. ↑ "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.
  6. ↑ "Results of the 200-metre freestyle at 2003 Barcelona". OmegaTiming. July 21, 2003. Retrieved April 19, 2013.
  7. ↑ "Results of the 4×200-metre freestyle at 2003 Barcelona". OmegaTiming. July 23, 2003. Retrieved April 19, 2013.
  8. ↑ "Brazil medals at 2003 Pan". UOL (in Portuguese). 2007. Retrieved April 19, 2013.
  9. ↑ "Results of the 2003 Pan Am Games" (PDF). USA Swimming. 2003. Retrieved April 19, 2013.
  10. ↑ "Sports Reference profile". Sports Reference. 2013. Retrieved April 19, 2013.
  11. ↑ "David's Olympics". CBDA (in Portuguese). August 17, 2004. Archived from the original on December 3, 2013. Retrieved April 19, 2013.
  12. ↑ "Results of the 4×200-metre freestyle at 2004 Indianapolis". OmegaTiming. October 8, 2004. Retrieved April 19, 2013.
  13. ↑ "Kaio Márcio is gold in the 100-metre butterfly". CBDA (in Portuguese). April 6, 2006. Archived from the original on April 22, 2013. Retrieved April 19, 2013.
  14. ↑ "Results of the 200-metre freestyle at 2004 Indianapolis". OmegaTiming. October 7, 2004. Retrieved April 19, 2013.
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