Brazilian swimmer (born 1989)
Allan do Carmo
Full name Allan Lopes Mamédio do Carmo National team
Brazil Born (1989-08-03 ) 3 August 1989 (age 34)
Salvador, Bahia , Brazil Height 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) Weight 60 kg (132 lb) Sport
Swimming Strokes
Open water marathon
Updated on 30 July 2015
Allan Lopes Mamédio do Carmo (born 3 August 1989) is a Brazilian
swimmer , who specialized in open water marathon.
[1] He is considered one of the fastest professional open water swimmers in the world, finishing near the top of
FINA World Cup races for the 10 km marathon. He also won a bronze medal for his category at the
2007 Pan American Games in
Rio de Janeiro .
[2]
Career
Do Carmo qualified for the
2008 Summer Olympics in
Beijing , after placing sixth in the 10 km Marathon Swimming Olympic test event at
Shunyi Olympic Rowing-Canoeing Park .
[3] He swam in the first-ever Olympic
men's 10 km open water marathon , against a field of 24 other competitors, including former pool swimmers
Petar Stoychev of Bulgaria and
Thomas Lurz of Germany. Do Carmo finished the race in fourteenth place, with a time of 1:52:16.6, approximately twenty-five seconds behind winner
Maarten van der Weijden of the Netherlands.
[4]
In 2010, do Carmo narrowly missed out of the medal podium, when he finished fourth for the 10 km open water marathon at the
Pan Pacific Championships in
Long Beach, California , United States, with a time of 1:56:04.67, two minutes behind Canada's
Richard Weinberger .
[5] On that same year, do Carmo claimed a silver medal in the 5 km, but achieved again a fourth-place finish in the 10 km at the
South American Games in
Medellín .
[6] He also finished 4th in the
10 km marathon .
At the
2011 FINA World Championships in
Shanghai , do Carmo placed fifth in the
25 km marathon , with a time of 5:11:32.2; however, he displayed a poor performance in the
10 km marathon , when he finished the race farther from the medal podium in fiftieth place in 2:05:42.5.
[7] Few months later, do Carmo recovered from a major setback with a seventh-place time of 2:08.28 in the 10 km at the
Pan American Games in
Guadalajara, Mexico .
[8]
In 2012, do Carmo offered another shot for a bid to the
Summer Olympics in
London by participating at the FINA Olympic Marathon Swim Qualifier, held in
Setubal, Portugal .
[9] He competed against a field of 61 open water swimmers including Stoychev,
David Davies of Great Britain, and
Oussama Mellouli of Tunisia, who previously won an Olympic gold medal from the pool. Do Carmo, however, failed to qualify for his supposedly second Olympics, after finishing in nineteenth place, with a time of 1:46:38.0.
[10]
[11]
At the
2013 FINA World Championships in
Barcelona , do Carmo finished seventh in the
men's 10 km race .
[12]
[13] Later, in the
team event , he won the bronze medal with the Brazilian team, along with
Samuel de Bona and
Poliana Okimoto .
[14]
[15] He also swam the
25 km race , finishing 5th, reaching 3 seconds behind the race winner.
[16]
[17]
At the
2015 FINA World Championships in
Kazan , he finished 9th in the
10 km marathon .
[18] Three days later, he won the silver medal in the
Mixed 5km Team Event .
[19] On August 1, he finished 16th in the
25 km marathon .
[20]
At the
2016 Summer Olympics , he finished in 18th place in the
Men's marathon 10 kilometre .
[21]
At the
2017 FINA World Championships in
Budapest , he finished 13th in the
25 km marathon
[22] and 29th in the
10 km marathon .
[23] He also participated at the
Mixed 5km Team Event , along with
Viviane Jungblut ,
Ana Marcela Cunha and
Fernando Ponte , finishing 6th.
[24]
[25]
References
^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen;
Mallon, Bill ; et al.
"Allan do Carmo" . Olympics at Sports-Reference.com .
Sports Reference LLC . Archived from
the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 7 December 2012 .
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"Athlete revives Olympic dream" . Canada.com. 15 July 2007. Archived from
the original on 17 June 2014. Retrieved 7 December 2012 .
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"Open Water Test Event: Olympic 10K Marathon Swim Fields Set" .
Swimming World Magazine . 1 June 2008. Archived from
the original on 29 March 2014. Retrieved 5 December 2012 .
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"Men's Marathon 10km" .
NBC Olympics . Archived from
the original on 17 August 2012. Retrieved 7 December 2012 .
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"Pan Pacific Championships: USA Finishes Pan Pacs With A Flourish" .
Swimming World Magazine . 22 August 2010. Archived from
the original on 2 October 2013. Retrieved 5 December 2012 .
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"Brazil leads the South American in athletics with 13 gold medals" . UOL (in Portuguese). March 24, 2010. Retrieved July 27, 2013 .
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"Brasileiros decepcionam nos 10km da maratona aquática" [Brazilians disappointed in the 10km marathon swimming] (in Portuguese). Globo Esporte. 20 July 2011. Retrieved 7 December 2012 .
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"Heat disrupts and Brazilians get off the podium in the marathon swimming" . Globoesporte (in Portuguese). October 22, 2011. Retrieved April 18, 2013 .
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"Strong field competes in Setubal (POR) for last Olympic marathon swimming berths" .
FINA . 8 June 2012. Archived from
the original on 15 August 2012. Retrieved 7 December 2012 .
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"London 2012 – Marathon Swimming – FINA Olympic 10km Marathon Swimming Qualifier – Setubal (POR) – Results" .
FINA . 11 June 2012. Archived from
the original on 9 November 2012. Retrieved 7 December 2012 .
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"Marathon Swim Qualifier (Men): Mellouli (TUN), also a champion in open water" .
FINA . 10 June 2012. Archived from
the original on 15 August 2012. Retrieved 7 December 2012 .
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"Results of the 10 km Marathon Swimming at 2013 Barcelona" . OmegaTiming . July 22, 2013. Retrieved July 27, 2013 .
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"33 year-ond Greek takes his second World gold at the Men's 10K race; brazilian is 7th" . SPORTV (in Portuguese). July 22, 2013. Retrieved July 22, 2013 .
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"Tireless, Poliana help male duo and invoice bronze by teams" . SPORTV (in Portuguese). July 25, 2013. Retrieved July 25, 2013 .
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"Results of the Marathon Swimming Teams at 2013 Barcelona" . OmegaTiming . July 25, 2013. Retrieved July 25, 2013 .
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"Results of the 25 km Marathon Swimming at 2013 Barcelona" . OmegaTiming . July 27, 2013. Retrieved July 27, 2013 .
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"Ana Marcela can't win the second title in the 25km and stays out of the podium" . UOL (in Portuguese). July 27, 2013. Retrieved July 27, 2013 .
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"Results of the 10 km marathon at 2015 Kazan" .
OmegaTiming . July 27, 2015. Retrieved July 30, 2013 .
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"Results of the Mixed 5km Team at 2015 Kazan" .
OmegaTiming . July 30, 2015. Retrieved July 30, 2013 .
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"Results of the 25 km marathon at 2015 Kazan" .
OmegaTiming . August 1, 2015. Archived from
the original on May 11, 2018. Retrieved August 1, 2015 .
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"Allan do Carmo regrets 18th place, but exalts the growth of the aquatic marathon" . ESPN (in Portuguese). August 17, 2016. Retrieved July 25, 2017 .
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"Results of the 25 km marathon at 2017 Budapest" .
OmegaTiming . July 21, 2017. Archived from
the original on July 27, 2017. Retrieved July 31, 2017 .
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"Results of the 10 km marathon at 2017 Budapest" .
OmegaTiming . July 18, 2017. Archived from
the original on July 27, 2017. Retrieved July 31, 2017 .
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"Brazilian quartet is sixth in the relay race; France takes another gold" . Globoesporte (in Portuguese). July 20, 2017. Retrieved July 29, 2017 .
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"Results of the Mixed 5km Team at 2017 Budapest" .
OmegaTiming . July 20, 2017. Archived from
the original on July 27, 2017. Retrieved July 29, 2017 .
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