José Carlos Souza Júnior (born July 13, 1971) is a former international swimmer from

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, who participated at the

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for his native country. In 1987, he went to live in the United States. He studied Business Administration at the University of Tennessee. At the

1991 World Aquatics Championships The 1991 World Aquatics Championships took place at the Claremont Superdrome in Perth, Western Australia from 3 to 13 January 1991 with 1142 participating athletes. Medal table Medal summary Diving ;Men ;Women Open water swimming ; ...

, he finished 25th in the 100-metre butterfly, and 30th in the 200-metre individual medley. José Carlos was at the

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, where he finished 7th in the 200-metre individual medley, and 8th in the 50-metre freestyle. At the

in Barcelona, his best result was the sixth place in the men's 4×100-metre freestyle. He also finished 12th in the 100-metre butterfly, and 30th in the 200-metre individual medley. In 1993 he broke two

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. On July 7, the Brazil team, composed of Fernando Scherer, Teofilo Ferreira, José Carlos Souza and

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broke the world record in 4×100-metre freestyle with a time of 3:13.97, which belonged to Sweden since March 19, 1989: 3:14.00. On December 5, Brazil again beat the record, with the same team, doing 3:12.11. This mark was achieved in the 1993 FINA World Swimming Championships, where he won gold in the 4×100-metre freestyle, and bronze in the 4×200-metre freestyle (breaking the South American record with a time of 7:09.38).HistoFINA, Volume
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. Volume III is about the World Short Course Swimming, part "a" has the statistics and the male part "b" of the female. He also finished 5th in the 4×100-metre medley, along with Maurício Menezes,

and

Rogério Romero Rogério Aoki Romero (born 22 November 1969 in Londrina, Paraná) is a former backstroke swimmer from Brazil, who competed at five consecutive Summer Olympics for his native country, starting in 1988. A resident of Belo Horizonte, he won the ...

, and 15th in the 100-metre butterfly. In 1993, he was the South American record holder in the 50-metre and 100-metre butterfly, and in the 200-metre individual medley. He won the Bronze medal in the 1992 NCAA Championships-1993 Indianapolis, in the 100-metre butterfly. Won the gold medal in the 1992 SEC Championships-1992 Fayetville, in the 100-metre butterfly. Brasil National Champion multiple times in 50-metre freestyle, 100-metre freestyle, 100-metre butterfly, 200-metre butterfly, 200-metre individual medley.

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