Gabriel Semain Vasconcellos Mangabeira (born 31 January 1982) is a Brazilian competition swimmer who qualified for the men's 100-metre butterfly at both the 2004 Summer Olympics and the 2008 Summer Olympics. Mangabeira also won a silver medal in the 100-metre butterfly at the

2007 Pan American Games The 2007 Pan American Games, officially known as the XV Pan American Games, were a major continental multi-sport event that took place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from July 13 to 29, 2007. A total of 5,633 athletes from 42 National Olympic C ...

Early years

Mangabeira was born in

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in 1982.

College career

Mangabeira attended the

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in Gainesville, Florida, where he swam for coach

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team in the

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(NCAA) competition from 2001 to 2004. As a Gator swimmer, he received eighteen All-American honors. Mangabeira graduated from the University of Florida with a bachelor's degree in food and resource economics in 2004.

International career

He started swimming at the instigation of his grandfather, who was a swimming teacher, at the age of two years. He tried

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at 10 years old, but left due to his mother. His first club was the Canto do Rio in Niterói. At age 13, he moved to

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. Three years later, he moved to Vasco, where he stayed until 2000. He participated at the

1999 Pan American Games The 1999 Pan American Games, officially the XIII Pan American Games or the 13th Pan American Games, was a major international multi-sport event that was held from July 23 to August 8, 1999, in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada and surrounding towns and ...

in Winnipeg, where he finished 11th in the 100-metre butterfly, and 11th in the 200-metre individual medley. He was at the 2003 World Aquatics Championships in Barcelona, where he finished 37th in the 100-metre butterfly. Prior to the 2004 Olympics, he came to the United States, where he was trained by the Olympic champion

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. At the 2004 Summer Olympics, Mangabeira made it to the finals of the 100-metre butterfly where he finished in sixth place, beating the South American record, and swimming alongside well-known swimmers like

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and

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. Mangabeira was a semifinalist at the 2005 World Aquatics Championships in Montreal, in the 100-metre butterfly, where he finished in 13th place, and in the 50-metre backstroke, where he came in at 16th place. He was at the

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in Shanghai, where he finished 19th in the 100-metre butterfly, 20th in the 50-metre backstroke and 9th in the 4×100-metre medley. He swam at the

2006 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships The tenth edition of the Pan Pacific Swimming Championships, a long course (50 m) event, was held in 2006 in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, from August 17–20. Six world records A world record is usually the best global and mo ...

, where he finished 5th in the 100-metre butterfly and 7th in the 4×100-metre medley. Mangabeira also qualified to compete in the 2007 World Aquatics Championships in the 100-metre butterfly and 50-metre backstroke, but did not make it past the initial heats. He ranked 17th in the 100-metre butterfly and 9th in the 4×100-metre medley, helping the Brazilian relay to qualify for the 2008 Olympics. At the

in Rio de Janeiro, he won the silver medal in the 100-metre butterfly, and also helped the Brazilian 4×100-metre medley relay in heats, winning the silver medal in the event. Mangabeira returned to the Olympics in 2008 to compete in the 100-metre butterfly, but did not advance beyond the first heats. He finished 23rd. In 2009, Mangabeira competed in the

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in the 100-metre butterfly and 4×100-metre medley relay, and reached the finals in both events, finishing eighth in the individual race and fourth in the relay, which he swam with

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(backstroke),

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(breaststroke) and

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(freestyle). He swam the butterfly leg for the Brazilian medley relay team, in a race where the first 4 relays beat the U.S. world record from Beijing 2008. At the

2010 South American Games The IX South American Games (Spanish: ''Juegos Sudamericanos''; Portuguese: ''Jogos Sul-Americanos'') was a multi-sport event held between 19 and 30 March 2010 in Medellín, Colombia. The Games were organized by the South American Sports Org ...

in Medellín, Mangabeira won a gold medal in the 4×100-metre medley. He was at the

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in Irvine, where he finished 4th in the 4×100-metre medley, 15th in the 100-metre butterfly, and 15th in the 100-metre backstroke. At the

2011 Pan American Games The 2011 Pan American Games, officially the XVI Pan American Games, was an international multi-sport event that was held from October 14–30, 2011, in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico. Some events were held in the nearby cities of Ciudad Guzmán, ...

in Guadalajara, Mangabeira won gold in the 4×100-metre medley and in the 4×100-metre freestyle.

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Mangabeira, Gabriel 1982 births Living people Florida Gators men's swimmers Brazilian male butterfly swimmers Brazilian male backstroke swimmers Brazilian male freestyle swimmers Brazilian male medley swimmers Olympic swimmers of Brazil Swimmers from Rio de Janeiro (city) Swimmers at the 1999 Pan American Games Swimmers at the 2003 Pan American Games Swimmers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2007 Pan American Games Swimmers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2011 Pan American Games Pan American Games gold medalists for Brazil Pan American Games silver medalists for Brazil Pan American Games medalists in swimming South American Games gold medalists for Brazil South American Games medalists in swimming Competitors at the 2010 South American Games Medalists at the 2007 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2011 Pan American Games 21st-century Brazilian people

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College career

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