Gabriel Mangabeira

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Gabriel Mangabeira
Mangabeira and Fernando Silva in 4x100m medley at 2007 Pan Am Games
Personal information
Full nameGabriel Semain Vasconcellos Mangabeira
Nickname"Manga"
National team Brazil
Born (1982-01-31) 31 January 1982 (age 42)
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Height1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Weight88 kg (194 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesButterfly
ClubAEAA/PMC, Rio de Janeiro
College teamUniversity of Florida
Medal record
Men's swimming
Representing Brazil
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place 2011 Guadalajara 4×100 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2011 Guadalajara 4×100 m medley
Silver medal – second place 2007 Rio 100 m butterfly
Silver medal – second place 2007 Rio
4×100 m medley
South American Games
Gold medal – first place 2010 Medellín 4×100 m medley

Gabriel Semain Vasconcellos Mangabeira (born 31 January 1982) is a Brazilian competition swimmer who qualified for the men's 100-metre butterfly at both the 2004 Summer Olympics and the 2008 Summer Olympics.[1] Mangabeira also won a silver medal in the 100-metre butterfly at the 2007 Pan American Games.

Early years

Mangabeira was born in Rio de Janeiro in 1982.

College career

Mangabeira attended the

All-American
honors. Mangabeira graduated from the University of Florida with a bachelor's degree in food and resource economics in 2004.

International career

He started swimming at the instigation of his grandfather, who was a swimming teacher, at the age of two years. He tried

Fluminense. Three years later, he moved to Vasco, where he stayed until 2000.[2]

He participated at the 1999 Pan American Games in Winnipeg, where he finished 11th in the 100-metre butterfly, and 11th in the 200-metre individual medley.[3] He was at the 2003 World Aquatics Championships in Barcelona, where he finished 37th in the 100-metre butterfly.[4]

Prior to the 2004 Olympics, he came to the United States, where he was trained by the Olympic champion Anthony Nesty.[2] At the 2004 Summer Olympics, Mangabeira made it to the finals of the 100-metre butterfly where he finished in sixth place, beating the South American record, and swimming alongside well-known swimmers like Ian Crocker and Michael Phelps.[1][2]

Mangabeira was a semifinalist at the 2005 World Aquatics Championships in Montreal, in the 100-metre butterfly, where he finished in 13th place,[5] and in the 50-metre backstroke, where he came in at 16th place.[6] He was at the 2006 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) in Shanghai, where he finished 19th in the 100-metre butterfly,[7] 20th in the 50-metre backstroke[8] and 9th in the 4×100-metre medley.[9] He swam at the 2006 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships, where he finished 5th in the 100-metre butterfly[10] and 7th in the 4×100-metre medley.[11]

Mangabeira also qualified to compete in the 2007 World Aquatics Championships in the 100-metre butterfly and 50-metre backstroke, but did not make it past the initial heats. He ranked 17th in the 100-metre butterfly[12] and 9th in the 4×100-metre medley,[13] helping the Brazilian relay to qualify for the 2008 Olympics.

At the

4×100-metre medley relay in heats, winning the silver medal in the event.[2] Mangabeira returned to the Olympics in 2008 to compete in the 100-metre butterfly, but did not advance beyond the first heats. He finished 23rd.[1]

In 2009, Mangabeira competed in the

César Cielo Filho
(freestyle). He swam the butterfly leg for the Brazilian medley relay team, in a race where the first 4 relays beat the U.S. world record from Beijing 2008.

At the 2010 South American Games in Medellín, Mangabeira won a gold medal in the 4×100-metre medley.[14] He was at the 2010 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships in Irvine, where he finished 4th in the 4×100-metre medley,[15] 15th in the 100-metre butterfly,[16] and 15th in the 100-metre backstroke.[17]

At the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara, Mangabeira won gold in the 4×100-metre medley[18] and in the 4×100-metre freestyle.

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Gabriel Mangabeira". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 7 February 2013. Retrieved 18 April 2013.
  2. ^ a b c d "UOL profile". UOL (in Portuguese). 2008. Retrieved 18 April 2013.
  3. ^ 1999 Full results by Swimnews
  4. ^ "Results of the 100-metre butterfly at 2003 Barcelona". OmegaTiming. 25 July 2003. Retrieved 18 April 2013.
  5. ^ "Results of the 100-metre butterfly at 2005 Montreal". OmegaTiming. 29 July 2005. Retrieved 18 April 2013.
  6. ^ "Results of the 50-metre backstroke at 2005 Montreal". OmegaTiming. 30 July 2005. Retrieved 18 April 2013.
  7. ^ "Results of the 100-metre butterfly at 2006 Shanghai". OmegaTiming. 5 April 2006. Retrieved 18 April 2013.
  8. ^ "Results of the 50-metre backstroke at 2006 Shanghai". OmegaTiming. 7 April 2006. Retrieved 18 April 2013.
  9. ^ "Results of the 4×100-metre medley at 2006 Shanghai". OmegaTiming. 9 April 2006. Retrieved 18 April 2013.
  10. ^ "Results of the 100-metre butterfly at 2006 Pan Pacific". OmegaTiming. 19 August 2006. Retrieved 20 April 2013.
  11. ^ "Results of the 4×100-metre medley at 2006 Pan Pacific". OmegaTiming. 20 August 2006. Retrieved 20 April 2013.
  12. ^ "Results of the 100-metre butterfly at 2007 Melbourne". OmegaTiming. 30 March 2007. Retrieved 18 April 2013.
  13. ^ "Results of the 4×100-metre medley at 2007 Melbourne". OmegaTiming. 1 April 2007. Retrieved 18 April 2013.
  14. ^ "On Fabiola, Joanna and Thiago's day, more 11 medals". CBDA (in Portuguese). 28 March 2010. Retrieved 28 April 2013.
  15. ^ "Results of the 4×100-metre medley at 2010 Pan Pac in Irvine". OmegaTiming. 21 August 2010. Retrieved 27 April 2013.
  16. ^ "Results of the 100-metre butterfly at 2010 Pan Pac in Irvine". OmegaTiming. 20 August 2010. Retrieved 27 April 2013.
  17. ^ "Results of the 100-metre backstroke at 2010 Pan Pac in Irvine". OmegaTiming. 18 August 2010. Retrieved 27 April 2013.
  18. ^ "Brazil team is gold in the 4×100-metre medley relay in Guadalajara". Globoesporte (in Portuguese). 21 October 2011. Retrieved 18 April 2013.

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