Adriano Manuel Santos Niz (born 5 March 1986) is a Portuguese former swimmer, who specialized in freestyle events. He is a single-time Olympian (2004), and currently holds a Portuguese record in the 4×100 m freestyle relay at the
2008 European Aquatics Championships
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Eindhoven, Netherlands
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(3:23.06). Niz also trains for Clube Fluvial Vilacondense, under head coach António Paulo Vasconcelos.
Niz qualified for the
men's 4×200 m freestyle relay, as a member of the Portuguese team, at the
2004 Summer Olympics
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Athens
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. Teaming with
Luís Monteiro,
João Araújo, and
Miguel Pires in heat one, Niz swam a second leg in a split of 1:52.35, but the Portuguese team settled only for seventh place and fourteenth overall with a national record of 7:27.99.
References
External links
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Profile – Clube Fluvial Vilacondense
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1986 births
Living people
Portuguese male freestyle swimmers
Olympic swimmers of Portugal
Swimmers at the 2004 Summer Olympics
People from Póvoa de Varzim
Sportspeople from Porto District
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