Ítalo Manzine Amaral Duarte Garófalo (born 13 March 1992) is a Brazilian competitive

swimmer Swimming is an individual or team racing sport that requires the use of one's entire body to move through water. The sport takes place in pools or open water (e.g., in a sea or lake). Competitive swimming is one of the most popular Olympic ...

who specializes in freestyle. In April 2016, at the

Maria Lenk Trophy The Brazil Swimming Trophy (Formerly: Maria Lenk Trophy) is a Brazilian competition played by teams in individual and relay swimming events. It is also known as the Brazilian Open Summer Championship and / or Brazilian Open Long Course Pool Champ ...

, held in

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, he made

César Cielo César Augusto Cielo Filho (, born 10 January 1987) is a Brazilian competitive swimmer who specializes in sprint events. He is the most successful Brazilian swimmer in history, having obtained three Olympic medals, winning six individual World ...

, the 2008 Olympic gold medalist in the 50-metre freestyle, fail to qualify for the

2016 Summer Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics ( pt, Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 2016), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad ( pt, Jogos da XXXI Olimpíada) and also known as Rio 2016, was an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 20 ...

. In the 50-metre freestyle, Cielo won the heats with 21.99, staying temporarily with the Brazil's second vacancy. However, in the final, Ítalo Duarte finished second, with a time of 21.82. Cielo finished third, with a time of 21.91. Brazil's Olympic vacancies were with

Bruno Fratus Bruno Giuseppe Fratus (born 30 June 1989) is a Brazilian competitive swimmer. He won a bronze medal in the 50-metre freestyle at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. In July 2021, Fratus became the first swimmer in history to swim the long course ...

and Ítalo Duarte. He participated in the

in Rio de Janeiro, swimming the 50 meter freestyle. He swam the 13th time in the heats and qualified for the semifinals, where he was eliminated.

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* * * * 1992 births Living people Brazilian male freestyle swimmers Olympic swimmers for Brazil Swimmers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Universiade medalists in swimming Universiade silver medalists for Brazil Medalists at the 2017 Summer Universiade Sportspeople from Belo Horizonte 21st-century Brazilian people {{Brazil-swimming-bio-stub