Luiz Arapiraca

Luiz Rogério Lima Arapiraca (born 26 December 1987 in Feira de Santana) is a Brazilian competitive swimmer. Arapicara won the gold medal in the 1500-metre freestyle and the bronze medal in the 400-metre freestyle Juvenile B, at the 2005 South American Youth Championships. At the

2006 South American Games The VIII South American Games (Spanish: ''Juegos Sudamericanos''; Portuguese: ''Jogos Sul-Americanos'') were a multi-sport event held from 9 to 19 November 2006 in Buenos Aires, Argentina, with some events taking place in Mar del Plata (canoeing, ...

, he won the gold medal in the 800-metre freestyle, in the 1500-metre freestyle, and bronze in the 4×200-metre freestyle Arapiraca competed 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 Com ...

, in

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, where he went to the 1500-metre freestyle final, finishing in fifth place. In 2009, at the

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, Arapiraca distinguished himself by breaking two old Brazilian swimming records:

Luiz Lima Luiz Eduardo Carneiro da Silva de Souza Lima (born 10 December 1977) is a long-distance freestyle swimmer and Federal Deputy of Rio de Janeiro from Brazil, who competed at two consecutive Summer Olympics for his native country, starting in ...

's 1500-metre freestyle record, that existed 11 years ago, and Djan Madruga's 800-metre freestyle record, which lingered since 1980, and finally fell after 29 years. At the 2009 Jose Finkel Trophy, he broke the South American record of Venezuelan Ricardo Monasterio, 15:15.05, with a time of 15:13.13. He was 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 Organi ...

, where he earned the gold medal in the 1500-metre freestyle, and silver in the 800-metre freestyle He was at the

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, where he finished 20th in the 800-metre freestyle, and 17th in the 1500-metre freestyle. On 3 May 2011, Arapiraca broke again the South American record of the 1500-metre freestyle, with a time of 15:12.69. 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, ...

, he finished 13th in the 1500-metre freestyle. In 2012, Arapiraca became the champion of the

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. He had already won the race in 2010. Arapiraca classified to participate in the 5 km marathon swimming at the

2013 World Aquatics Championships The 15th FINA World Championships ( ca, Campionat Mundial de Natació de 2013, es, Campeonato Mundial de Natación de 2013) were held from 20 July to 4 August in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.1987 births Living people Sportspeople from Feira de Santana Swimmers at the 2007 Pan American Games Swimmers at the 2011 Pan American Games South American Games gold medalists for Brazil South American Games silver medalists for Brazil South American Games bronze medalists for Brazil South American Games medalists in swimming Competitors at the 2006 South American Games Competitors at the 2010 South American Games Pan American Games competitors for Brazil Brazilian male freestyle swimmers Sportspeople from Bahia 20th-century Brazilian people 21st-century Brazilian people