Matheus Santana

Matheus Santana

Personal information
Full name	Matheus Paulo de Santana
Nationality	Brazil
Born	(1996-04-02) 2 April 1996 (age 26) Rio de Janeiro, Rio de JaneiroBrazil]]
Height	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) [1]
Weight	91 kg (201 lb) [1]
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Freestyle
Club	DC Trident UNISANTA
Medal record Men's swimming Representing   Brazil World Championships (SC) 2018 Hangzhou 4×100 m freestyle 2018 Hangzhou 4×50 m medley Pan American Games 2015 Toronto 4×100 m freestyle South American Games 2014 Santiago 100 m freestyle 2014 Santiago 4×100 m freestyle 2014 Santiago 4×100 m medley Youth Olympic Games 2014 Nanjing 100 m freestyle 2014 Nanjing 50 m freestyle 2014 Nanjing 4×100 m mixed freestyle

Matheus Paulo de Santana (born 2 April 1996 in Rio de Janeiro, ^[2] Brazil) is a Brazilian swimmer. ^[3] He will represent DC Trident at the International Swimming League during the 2020 season.

International career

Santana started competing in national championships in 2008. His first national title came in the Youth I category, in November 2011. Santana swam for the Brazilian team in Multinations, at Corfu, Greece, in 2012. At the 2013 Youth South American Championships in Chile, he won the 100-metre freestyle and finished third in the 50-metre freestyle. ^[4]

2013–16

Santana was classified to the 2013 FINA World Junior Swimming Championships in Dubai, but was cut because of diabetes. ^[5]

At the 2014 South American Games in Santiago, Chile, Santana won three gold medals in the 100-metre freestyle, 4 × 100-metre freestyle and 4 × 100-metre medley, breaking the competition record in all of them. ^[3]

At the 2014 Maria Lenk Trophy in São Paulo, Santana broke the Junior world record twice in the 100-metre freestyle, with a time of 48.85 in the heats and 48.61 in the final. He qualified for the 2014 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships, but decided not to participate in this tournament due to the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics. ^{[2] [6]}

At the Brazilian Junior and Senior Swimming Championships in May 2014, he broke the Junior world record in the 100-metre freestyle again, with a time of 48.35, the sixth best time in the world in 2014 in the event. ^[7]

At the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics in Nanjing, he won a silver medal in the Mixed 4 × 100m freestyle relay. ^[8] In the 50 metre freestyle, he won a silver medal with a time of 22.43, far from his best time. ^[9] In the 100 metre freestyle, Santana won the gold and broke for the Junior world record for the fourth time, with a time of 48.25, the fifth fastest time in the world in 2014. ^[10]

At the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Santana won the gold medal in the 4 × 100-metre freestyle relay (where he broke the Pan American Games record with a time of 3:13.66, along with Marcelo Chierighini, João de Lucca and Bruno Fratus). He also finished 7th in the 100-metre freestyle. ^{[11] [12]}

At the 2015 World Aquatics Championships in Kazan, Santana finished 4th in the Men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay, again along with Marcelo Chierighini, Bruno Fratus and João de Lucca. César Cielo didn't swim the final - despite participating in the championships, he was feeling shoulder pain this day. ^{[13] [14] [15]} In the Men's 100 metre freestyle, he finished 9th with a time of 48.52, almost going to the final. ^{[16] [17]} He also finished 6th in the 4 × 100 metre mixed freestyle relay, along with Bruno Fratus, Larissa Oliveira and Daynara de Paula, breaking the South American record with a time of 3:25.58. ^[18]

2016 Summer Olympics

Santana competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics, where he helped the Brazilian Men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay to go to the final. ^[19]

2017–20

At the 2018 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) in Hangzhou, China, Santana, along with César Cielo, Marcelo Chierighini and Breno Correia, 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. ^{[20] [21]} He won another bronze medal in the Men's 4 × 50 metre medley relay, by participating at heats. ^[22] He also finished 5th in the Mixed 4 × 50 metre freestyle relay, ^[23] 17th in the Men's 50 metre butterfly ^[24] and 26th in the Men's 50 metre freestyle. ^[25]

References

1. "Matheus Santana data". COB (in Portuguese). 2014. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 23 August 2014.
2. "Matheus Santana improves world junior record in the 100m freestyle". Terra (in Portuguese). 26 April 2014. Retrieved 27 April 2014.
3. "Matheus Santana data". Santiago 2014 Official Site. 2014. Archived from the original on 27 April 2014. Retrieved 27 April 2014.
4. "How to make a World Junior recordist: Matheus Santana". Best Swimming (in Portuguese). 2 May 2014. Archived from the original on 2 May 2014. Retrieved 2 May 2014.
5. "Matheus Santana hits junior world record in the 100m". Estadão (in Portuguese). 26 April 2014. Retrieved 27 April 2014.
6. "Cesar Cielo, Jeanette Ottesen Gray Scorch 100 Frees On Final Day of Maria Lenk". Swimming World Magazine. 26 April 2014. Archived from the original on 27 April 2014. Retrieved 27 April 2014.
7. "For the third time in 15 days, Matheus Santana Breaks Junior world record". Globoesporte (in Portuguese). 9 May 2014. Retrieved 9 May 2014.
8. "Matheus Santana shines, and 4 × 100m takes silver at Youth Games". Globoesporte (in Portuguese). 17 August 2014. Retrieved 17 August 2014.
9. "Matheus loses to the older swimmer of the games and wins the silver: "I didn't train for only this"". Globoesporte (in Portuguese). 20 August 2014. Retrieved 25 August 2014.
10. "Under the gaze of Popov, Matheus hits his record, won gold, and falls into tears". Globoesporte (in Portuguese). 22 August 2014. Retrieved 25 August 2014.
11. "Brazil is gold in the 4 × 100m freestyle and Thiago Pereira opens count towards record". Globoesporte (in Portuguese). 14 July 2015. Retrieved 19 July 2015.
12. "First day of five medals, and two gold medals to Brazil, but the party was Canadian". Best Swimming (in Portuguese). 15 July 2015. Archived from the original on 21 July 2015. Retrieved 19 July 2015.
13. "Results of the 4x100-metre freestyle at 2015 Kazan". OmegaTiming. 2 August 2015. Retrieved 2 August 2015.
14. "Brazil doesn't scale Cielo to the 4 x 100 m freestyle final in Kazan". Folha de S~Paulo (in Portuguese). 2 August 2015. Retrieved 2 August 2015.
15. "First day of finals in the World Championships". Best Swimming (in Portuguese). 2 August 2015. Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 2 August 2015.
16. "Results of the 100-metre freestyle at 2015 Kazan". OmegaTiming. 5 August 2015. Retrieved 5 August 2015.
17. "Felipe France in fourth in the 50 breast, and Brazil ranks for 4 finals". Best Swimming (in Portuguese). 5 August 2015. Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 5 August 2015.
18. "Results of the 4 × 100 metre mixed freestyle relay at 2015 Kazan". OmegaTiming. 8 August 2015. Archived from the original on 3 August 2017. Retrieved 8 August 2015.
19. "The fans help, and 4x100m free from Brazil goes to the final: "Great dog fight"". Globoesporte (in Portuguese). 7 August 2016. Retrieved 10 August 2016.
20. "Brazil relay wins bronze at China World Championship, Cielo opens possible farewell with a podium". Globoesporte (in Portuguese). 11 December 2018. Retrieved 11 December 2018.
21. "Results of the 4×100-metre freestyle at 2018 Hangzhou". OmegaTiming. 11 December 2018. Retrieved 11 December 2018.
22. "Results of the 4x50-metre medley relay at 2018 Hangzhou". OmegaTiming. 15 December 2018. Retrieved 15 December 2018.
23. "Results of the Mixed 4x50-metre freestyle at 2018 Hangzhou". OmegaTiming. 12 December 2018. Retrieved 25 December 2018.
24. "Results of the 50-metre butterfly at 2018 Hangzhou". OmegaTiming. 14 December 2018. Retrieved 25 December 2018.
25. "Results of the 50-metre freestyle at 2018 Hangzhou". OmegaTiming. 13 December 2018. Retrieved 25 December 2018.

External links

• Matheus Santana at FINA
• Matheus Santana at Olympedia
• Matheus Santana at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
• Matheus Santana at the Brazilian Olympic Committee