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Thiago Simon

Thiago Simon

Brazilian swimmer

Thiago Teixeira Simon (born April 3, 1990 in Penápolis) is a Brazilian swimmer.[1][2]

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International career

2014–16

At the 2014 South American Games in Santiago, Chile, Simon won a silver medal in the 200-metre individual medley, and a bronze medal in the 400-metre individual medley.[3][4]

At the 2014 José Finkel Trophy in Guaratinguetá, Simon broke the short-course South American record in the 200-metre breaststroke, with a time of 2:04.28.[5]

At the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto, Canada, Simon won a gold medal in the 200 metre breaststroke, with a time of 2:09.82, new Pan American Games record. He also won a gold medal in the 4×200-metre freestyle relay, by participating at heats.[6][7]

At the 2015 World Aquatics Championships in Kazan, Simon finished 29th in the Men's 200 metre breaststroke[8][9]

2016 Summer Olympics

At the 2016 Summer Olympics, he competed in the Men's 200-metre breaststroke, finishing in 36th place overall in the heats.[10]

2016-20

On 13 September 2016, at the José Finkel Trophy (short-course competition), he broke the South American record in the 200-metre breaststroke, with a time of 2:02.58.[11]

At the 2016 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) in Windsor, Ontario, Canada, he finished 9th in the Men's 200 metre breaststroke,[12] and 13th in the Men's 200 metre individual medley.[13]

At the 2017 World Aquatics Championships in Budapest, he finished 19th in the Men's 200 metre individual medley[14] and 26th in the Men's 200 metre breaststroke.[15]

References

  1. [1]
    "CBDA Profile". CBDA (in Portuguese). 2015. Retrieved July 24, 2015.
  2. [2]
    "COB Profile". COB (in Portuguese). 2015. Retrieved July 24, 2015.
  3. [3]
    "Brazilian swimming keeps shining at the South American Games". ClicRBS (in Portuguese). March 10, 2014. Retrieved July 24, 2015.
  4. [4]
    "Brazilian Swimming finds its tone". CBDA (in Portuguese). March 11, 2014. Retrieved July 24, 2015.
  5. [5]
    "Thiago Simon beats South American record that lasted five years" (in Portuguese). Terra. September 2, 2014. Retrieved July 24, 2015.
  6. [6]
    "Heats in the Pan's second day". Best Swimming (in Portuguese). July 15, 2015. Retrieved July 24, 2015.
  7. [7]
    "Brazil won 6 medals, 3 more golds on the second day of Pan". Best Swimming (in Portuguese). July 16, 2015. Retrieved July 24, 2015.
  8. [8]
    "Results of the 200-metre breaststroke at 2015 Kazan". OmegaTiming. August 6, 2015. Retrieved August 6, 2015.
  9. [9]
    "Leo de Deus passes to the semifinal, and 4 × 200 free relay win an Olympic spot". Best Swimming (in Portuguese). August 6, 2015. Retrieved August 6, 2015.
  10. [10]
    "Brazil starts badly in the 4th day, only Chierighini advances". ClicRBS (in Portuguese). August 9, 2016. Retrieved August 10, 2016.
  11. [11]
    "The first indexes come out: Simon and França. Four South American records were broken". CBDA (in Portuguese). 13 September 2016. Retrieved 25 July 2017.
  12. [12]
    "Results of the 200-metre breaststroke at 2016 Windsor". OmegaTiming. December 8, 2016. Retrieved July 25, 2017.
  13. [13]
    "Results of the 200-metre individual medley at 2016 Windsor". OmegaTiming. December 6, 2016. Retrieved July 25, 2017.
  14. [14]
    "Results of the 200-metre medley at 2017 Budapest". OmegaTiming. July 26, 2017. Retrieved July 31, 2017.
  15. [15]
    "Results of the 200-metre breaststroke at 2017 Budapest". OmegaTiming. July 27, 2017. Retrieved July 31, 2017.
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