Marcos Macedo

Marcos Antônio Costa Ferreira de Macedo (born September 9, 1990 in Natal) is a Brazilian competitive swimmer.[1] is a Brazilian professional swimmer. He currently competes for the Fiat/Minas team. Marcos won the 4 × 100 m medley relay in the 2014 World Swimming Championship (short course).[2]

Marcos Macedo
Personal information
Full nameMarcos Antônio Costa Ferreira de Macedo
Nationality Brazil
Born (1990-09-09) September 9, 1990
Natal, Rio Grande do Norte
Height1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight85 kg (187 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesButterfly
ClubMinas TC

International career

2008–12

He won the bronze medal in the 4×100-metre freestyle at the 2008 FINA Youth World Swimming Championships in Monterrey.[3]

At the 2011 World Aquatics Championships in Shanghai, China, Macedo finished 9th in the 4×100-metre freestyle.[4] At the 2011 Summer Universiade in Shenzhen, China, he got a silver medal in the 4×100-metre freestyle relay.[5]

2013–16

Macedo was part of the Brazilian delegation that finished in the first place the medal chart of the World Swimming Championship (short course) in Doha, with 7 golds, 1 silver and two bronzes (10 medals total).[6] Marcos won the gold medal in the 4 × 100 m relay, in the team also composed by César Cielo, Guilherme Guido, and Felipe França Silva.[2] He swam the butterfly course in 49.63, with team's total time of 3:21.14. He also qualified for the final on the men's 100 metre butterfly, and finished in 8th, 50.47.[7]

2016 Summer Olympics

At the 2016 Summer Olympics, Macedo finished 34th in the Men's 100 metre butterfly.[8]

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References
  1. "National Ranking-Page 1" (PDF). FAGO (in Portuguese). December 20, 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 14, 2014. Retrieved December 14, 2014.
  2. "Cesar Cielo Anchors Brazil to First Men's 400 Medley Relay World Title – Video". Swimming World. 2014-12-07. Retrieved 2014-12-08.
  3. "Troféu Maria Lenk 2013: Barcelona e Dubai" [2013 Maria Lenk Trophy: Barcelona and Dubai] (in Portuguese). CBDA. 2013-04-27. Archived from the original on 2014-12-15. Retrieved 2014-12-08.
  4. "Results of the 4×100-metre freestyle at 2011 Shanghai". Omega Timing. 2011-07-24. Retrieved 2014-12-08.
  5. "BBrasil volta com três medalhas universitárias" [Brazil back with 3 university medals] (in Portuguese). CBDA. 2011-08-25. Archived from the original on 2014-09-04. Retrieved 2014-12-08.
  6. "Doha Delivers The Greatest FINA Swimming World Championships Ever Hosted". FINA. 2014-12-08. Archived from the original on 2014-12-08. Retrieved 2014-12-08.
  7. "12th FINA WORLD SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIPS (25m) - Men's 100m Butterfly - Final Results". Omega Timing. 2014-12-07. Retrieved 2014-12-09.
  8. "Phelps moves forward and begins to search for tetra in the 100m butterfly". Globoesporte (in Portuguese). August 11, 2016. Retrieved August 22, 2016.
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