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Full name | Tales Rocha Cerdeira | ||||||||||||||
Nationality | ![]() | ||||||||||||||
Born | Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | January 21, 1987||||||||||||||
Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||
Weight | 72 kg (159 lb) | ||||||||||||||
Sport | |||||||||||||||
Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||
Strokes | Breaststroke | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Tales Rocha Cerdeira (born January 21, 1987) is a Brazilian swimmer. [1] [2]
At the 2009 World Aquatics Championships in Rome, finished 27th in the 200-metre breaststroke. [3]
He was at the 2010 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships in Irvine, where he finished 4th in the 4×100-metre medley, [4] 7th in the 100-metre breaststroke [5] and was disqualified at the 200-metre breaststroke. [6]
At the 2010 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) held in Dubai, Tales came in 9th place in the 200-metre breaststroke race. [7]
In World Military Games conducted in 2010 in Warendorf, Germany, won the gold medal in the 50-metre, 100-metre, 200-metre breaststroke and 4×100-metre medley. [8]
In 2011 he transferred to Flamengo, obtained the index to participate in 2011 World Aquatics Championships held in Shanghai (but withdrew from participating) and the 2011 Pan American Games. [9]
At the 2011 Military World Games, got the gold medal in the 200-metre breaststroke [10] and in the 4 × 100 m medley, [11] and also won silver in the 100-metre breaststroke. [12]
He joined the national delegation that disputed the 2011 Pan American Games, in Guadalajara, going to the final and finishing in 5th place in the 200-metre breaststroke. [13]
At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he competed in the Men's 200-metre breaststroke, finishing in 14th place overall in the heats and 4th in his semifinal, narrowly missing a place in the final, finishing 9th. [14]
At the 2014 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships in Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia, he finished 5th in the 200-metre breaststroke, and 12th in the 100-metre breaststroke. [15]
At the 2016 Summer Olympics, he competed in the Men's 200-metre breaststroke, finishing in 29th place overall in the heats. [16]