Breno Correia

Breno Martins Correia (born February 19, 1999 in Salvador, Bahia) is a Brazilian swimmer.[1]

Breno Correia
Personal information
Full nameBreno Martins Correia
Nationality Brazil
Born (1999-02-19) February 19, 1999
Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
Height1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight74 kg (163 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesFreestyle

Early life

He started in the ACEB team of Bahia where, under the command of Márcio Cunha and Luiz Arapiraca, he already won the first medals from Mirim to Petiz I. With the transfer of his father to Rio de Janeiro, Breno went swimming in the Clube dos Aliados with Professor Paulo Machado. Training there, he competed for Vasco, then Tijuca until he reached Flamengo. It was from Juvenil II that Breno faced the training in a more committed way. Under the command of Eduardo Pereira became one of the best young swimmers of the country until the invitation of the Pinheiros to where he transferred in 2017, at 18 years old. The midfielder swimmer who arrived in Pinheiros become a 100-meter and 200 meter specialist at the hands of coach Alberto Silva (Albertinho).[2]

International career

2018–20

At the 2018 South American Games in Cochabamba, he won two gold medals in the 100m and 4x200m freestyle, and a silver medal at the 4x100m freestyle. Soon after, in the Brazil Trophy, he was runner-up of the 200 meters freestyle (1:47.94) and finished in 6th place in the 100 meters freestyle, with a time of 48.78.[2]

At the 2018 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) in Hangzhou, China, Correia, along with Marcelo Chierighini, Matheus Santana and César Cielo, won the bronze medal in the Men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay, with a time of 3:05.15, setting a South American record.[3][4] Later, along with Fernando Scheffer, Leonardo Coelho Santos and Luiz Altamir Melo, he 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 by young people between 19 and 23 years, and was not favorite to gold.[5][6] In the Men's 4 × 100 metre medley relay, he finished 4th.[7]. He also finished 5th in the Men's 200 metre freestyle, just 0.08s away from winning the bronze medal.[8]

At the 2019 World Aquatics Championships in Gwangju, South Korea, in the Men's 100 metre freestyle, Correia reached his first World Championship final, finishing in 8th place.[9] 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.[10] They finished 7th, with a time of 7:07.64 in the final.[11] 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.[12]In the Men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay and in the Men's 4 × 100 metre medley relay, he finished 6th, helping Brazil qualify for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.[13][14]He also finished 17th in the Men's 200 metre freestyle.[15]

At the 2019 Pan American Games held in Lima, Peru, Correia won 5 medals: two golds in Men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay[16] and Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay[17], breaking the Pan American Games record in both races; and three silver medals in Men's 200 metre freestyle[18], Mixed 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay[19] and Men's 4 × 100 metre medley relay (by participating at heats).[20] He also finished 5th in the Men's 100 metre freestyle.[21]

References
  1. "ECP Profile". Esporte Clube Pinheiros (in Portuguese). 2017. Retrieved December 14, 2018.
  2. "It's time to talk about Breno Correia". SPORTV (in Portuguese). June 15, 2018. Retrieved December 14, 2018.
  3. "Brazil relay wins bronze at China World Championship, Cielo opens possible farewell with a podium". Globoesporte (in Portuguese). December 11, 2018. Retrieved December 11, 2018.
  4. "Results of the 4×100-metre freestyle at 2018 Hangzhou". OmegaTiming. December 11, 2018. Retrieved December 11, 2018.
  5. "Results of the 4×200-metre freestyle at 2018 Hangzhou". OmegaTiming. December 14, 2018. Retrieved December 14, 2018.
  6. "Brazil surprises in the 4x200m free relay and wins gold with world record in Hangzhou". Globoesporte (in Portuguese). December 14, 2018. Retrieved December 14, 2018.
  7. "Results of the 4x100-metre medley relay at 2018 Hangzhou". OmegaTiming. December 16, 2018. Retrieved December 25, 2018.
  8. "Results of the 200-metre freestyle at 2018 Hangzhou". OmegaTiming. December 12, 2018. Retrieved December 14, 2018.
  9. "Results of the 100 metre freestyle at 2019 Gwangju" (PDF). Omega Timing. 25 July 2019. Retrieved 28 July 2019.
  10. "Results of the 4 × 200 metre freestyle heats at 2019 Gwangju" (PDF). Omega Timing. 26 July 2019. Retrieved 28 July 2019.
  11. "Results of the 4 × 200 metre freestyle final at 2019 Gwangju" (PDF). Omega Timing. 26 July 2019. Retrieved 28 July 2019.
  12. "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.
  13. "Results of the 4 × 100 metre freestyle at 2019 Gwangju" (PDF). Omega Timing. 21 July 2019. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 July 2019. Retrieved 28 July 2019.
  14. "Results of the 4 × 100 metre medley at 2019 Gwangju" (PDF). Omega Timing. 28 July 2019. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 July 2019. Retrieved 28 July 2019.
  15. "Results of the 200-metre freestyle at 2019 Gwangju" (PDF). Omega Timing. 22 July 2019. Retrieved 28 July 2019.
  16. Men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay Final
  17. Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay Final
  18. Men's 200m Freestyle - A Final
  19. Mixed 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay Final
  20. "Start List" (PDF). www.lima2019.pe. ATOS. 5 August 2019. Retrieved 5 August 2019.
  21. Men's 100m Freestyle - A Final
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