Luiz Altamir Melo

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Luiz Altamir Melo
Personal information
Full name Luiz Altamir Lopes Melo
Nationality  Brazil
Born (1996-05-09) May 9, 1996 (age 28)
Boa Vista, Roraima, Brazil
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Weight 69 kg (152 lb)
Sport
Sport Swimming
Strokes Freestyle, Butterfly

Luiz Altamir Lopes Melo (born May 9, 1996 in Boa Vista) is a Brazilian swimmer.[1][2]

He was at the 2013 FINA World Junior Swimming Championships, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, where he finished 5th in the 200-metre butterfly, 6th in the 4x200-metre freestyle relay, 8th in the 200-metre freestyle, and 10th in the 400-metre freestyle.[3][4]

At the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics in Nanjing, he won a silver medal in the Mixed 4×100m freestyle relay.[5] He also finished 5th in the 200 metre butterfly,[6] and 7th in the 200 metre freestyle and 400 metre freestyle.[7]

At the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto, Canada, Altamir won a gold medal in the 4×200-metre freestyle relay, where he broke the Pan Am Games record with a time of 7:11.15, along with João de Lucca, Thiago Pereira, and Nicolas Oliveira.[8][9]

At the 2015 World Aquatics Championships in Kazan, he finished 15th in the Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay, along with João de Lucca, Thiago Pereira, and Nicolas Oliveira.[10][11]

At the Open tournament held in Palhoça in December 2015, he obtained qualification for the 2016 Summer Olympics in the 400-metre freestyle, with a time of 3:50.32, 0.7 seconds from the South American record.[12]

References

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