Júlio Delamare Aquatics Centre is located in the Maracanã neighbourhood of

Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro ( , , ; literally 'River of January'), or simply Rio, is the capital of the state of the same name, Brazil's third-most populous state, and the second-most populous city in Brazil, after São Paulo. Listed by the GaWC as a b ...

, Brazil. It is one of the main swimming facilities in Rio and opened in 1978. It was named after the sports journalist

Júlio Delamare Júlio Delamare (July 1, 1928 – July 11, 1973) was a Brazilian sports journalist who worked as a journalist and sports commentator for the newspaper ''O Globo'' for more than ten years and for the television network Rede Globo, where he was the ...

, a supporter of its creation, who died five years before its inauguration. He died on the

Varig Flight 820 Varig Flight 820 was a flight of the Brazilian airline Varig that departed from Galeão International Airport in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on July 11, 1973, for Orly Airport, in Paris, France. The plane, a Boeing 707, registration PP-VJZ, made an ...

, in France. The plane caught on fire, causing it to crash.

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