Manuel Dos Santos (swimmer)
Manoel dos Santos Júnior (born 22 February 1939) is a former Brazilian swimmer, former world record holder and a bronze medalist in 100-metre freestyle at the 1960 Summer Olympics, Olympic Games in Rome in 1960. Early life At 4 years of age, Manoel spent months in a hospital, recovering from recurrent threats of pneumonia and similar diseases, that his body suffered. His father saw in swimming the salvation of that drama. Before completing eleven years old, in early 1950, Manoel was studying in Rio Claro, in the Gymnasium Koelle, a German college. The boy found himself away from his family, which he saw only on holidays and "holy week", when he took the train to the western state. There in Rio Claro, the rigid routine of the college, Manoel fits well with the swimming program. In a 20-meter pool, under the guidance of Bruno Buch, his first master, he began to train, compete and make the team gym. The strongest swimmer of the group was a boy three years older than Manoel, named ...
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Guararapes
Guararapes is a municipality near Araçatuba in the state of São Paulo in Brazil. The population is 33,100 (2020 est.) in an area of 956 km². The elevation is 415 m. This place name comes from the Tupi language Old Tupi, Ancient Tupi or Classical Tupi (also spelled as Tupí) is an extinct Tupian language which was spoken by the aboriginal Tupi people of Brazil, mostly those who inhabited coastal regions in South and Southeast Brazil. It belongs to the ..., meaning "drums". References Municipalities in São Paulo (state) {{SaoPauloState-geo-stub ...
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