Marcos Macedo

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Marcos Macedo
Personal information
Full name Marcos Antônio Costa Ferreira de Macedo
Nationality  Brazil
Born (1990-09-09) September 9, 1990 (age 33)
Natal, Rio Grande do Norte
Sport
Sport Swimming
Strokes Butterfly
Club Minas TC

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]

Career

2008

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

2011

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]

2014

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]

References

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