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| Full name | Armando Souza Negreiros | ||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Brazilian | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 10 September 1985 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 79 kg (174 lb) | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | |||||||||||||||
| Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Freestyle | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Armando Souza Negreiros (born 10 September 1985) is a freestyle swimmer from Brazil. [1]
In 2003, he reached the required rate to compete in the 800-metre freestyle at the 2003 Pan American Games in Santo Domingo, but the race was excluded from the calendar. [1]
At the 2004 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) in Indianapolis, Negreiros finished 9th in the 400-metre freestyle. [2]
On 10 September 2005, he broke the short-course South American record in the 800-metre freestyle, with a time of 7:47.17. [3] On 18 December 2005, broke the short-course South American record in the 400-metre freestyle, with a time of 3:43.31. [1] [4]
At the 2006 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) in Shanghai, Negreiros finished 18th in the 400-metre freestyle, [5] and dropped the 1500-metre freestyle. [6]
He was at the 2006 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships, where he finished 9th in the 800-metre freestyle, [7] 10th in the 400-metre freestyle, [8] and 15th in the 1500-metre freestyle. [9]
Participating at the 2007 World Aquatics Championships in Melbourne, he finished 11th in the 4×200-metre freestyle, [10] 26th in the 800-metre freestyle, [11] and 31st in the 400-metre freestyle. [12] In Australia, he had the opportunity to train with one of his idols: Grant Hackett. [1]
Negreiros was at the 2007 Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro, where he won the bronze medal in the 400-metre freestyle, beating the Brazilian record with a time of 3:51.18. [13] He also finished 8th in the 1500-metre freestyle. [14]
On 18 July 2009, he broke the short-course South American record in the 800-metre freestyle, with a time of 7:43.52, at the Rio de Janeiro's State Winter Championships.
