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| Full name | Matheus Ferreira de Moraes Gonche | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality |  Brazil | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 5 January 1999 Resende, Brazil | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) [1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 83 kg (183 lb) [2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Butterfly | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Matheus Ferreira de Moraes Gonche (born 5 January 1999) is a Brazilian swimmer. [3] [4]
At the 2018 South American Games, Gonche won a bronze medal in the 100m butterfly. [5]
He competed in the 2020 Summer Olympics, where he finished 43rd in the Men's 100 metre butterfly. [6]
At the 2021 Summer World University Games, he won a bronze medal in the 4x200m freestyle relay. [7]
At the Maria Lenk Trophy held in April 2022, he achieved the marks of 51.60 in the 100 m butterfly and 1:56.30 in the 200 m butterfly. With this, he was not only Brazilian champion in both events, but was ranked 7th in the world rankings in both events at that time. [8]
He was at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships held in Budapest, Hungary, where he finished 10th in the Men's 4 × 100 metre medley relay, along with João Gomes Júnior, Guilherme Basseto and Luiz Gustavo Borges., [9] 18th in the Men's 100 metre butterfly [10] and 33rd in the Men's 200 metre butterfly. [11]
Gonche won three medals at the 2022 South American Games: gold in the 100m butterfly and the 4x100m medley, and silver in the 200m butterfly. [12]
At the 2023 Pan American Games, he finished 10th in the 200m butterfly. [13]
At the 2024 World Aquatics Championships, Gonche reached a World Championship semifinal for the first time. He finished 13th in the 100 metre butterfly, with a mark of 52.12. [14] [15] He also finished 20th in the 200 metre butterfly. [16]
