Luiz Altamir Lopes Melo (born 9 May 1996 in Boa Vista) is a Brazilian swimmer.

International career

2013–16

He was at the 2013 FINA World Junior Swimming Championships, in

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, where he finished 5th in the 200-metre butterfly, 6th in the 4x200-metre freestyle relay, 8th in the 200-metre freestyle, and 10th in the 400-metre freestyle. At the

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, he won a silver medal in the Mixed 4 × 100 m freestyle relay. He also finished 5th in the 200 metre butterfly, and 7th in the 200 metre freestyle and 400 metre freestyle. At the

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, Canada, Altamir won a gold medal in the 4×200-metre freestyle relay, where he broke the Pan Am Games record with a time of 7:11.15, along with

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, and

Nicolas Oliveira Nicolas Nilo César de Oliveira (born 4 August 1987) is a Brazilian former freestyle swimmer who specialized in sprint events. International career 2006–2008 Oliveira swam at the 2006 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships, where he finished ...

. At the

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, he finished 15th in the Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay, along with

, and

. At the Open tournament held in

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in December 2015, he obtained qualification for the

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in the 400-metre freestyle, with a time of 3:50.32, 0.7 seconds from the South American record.

2016 Summer Olympics

At the

, he finished 32nd in the Men's 400 metre freestyle. He also competed in the Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay, where the Brazilian relay finished in 15th place.

2016–20

At the

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, he finished 4th in the Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay, 8th in the Men's 200 metre freestyle and 19th in the Men's 400 metre freestyle. At the 2018 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) in

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, Luiz Altamir Melo, along with

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and

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, surprised the world by winning the gold medal in the Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay, breaking the world record, with a time of 6:46.81. The relay was composed only by young people between 19 and 23 years, and was not favorite to gold. He also finished 6th in the Men's 200 metre butterfly and 8th in the Men's 200 metre freestyle. At the

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, Brazil's young

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team, now with

instead of

, lowered the South American record in almost 3 seconds, with a time of 7:07.12, at heats. They finished 7th, with a time of 7:07.64 in the final. It was the first time that Brazil's 4x200m freestyle relay had qualified for a World Championships final, and the result qualified Brazil for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. He also finished 13th in the Men's 200 metre butterfly, and 15th in the Men's 400 metre freestyle. At the

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held in

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, he won a gold medal in the Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay, breaking the Pan American Games record; a silver medal in the Men's 4 × 100 metre medley relay (by participating at heats); and a bronze medal in the Men's 400 metre freestyle. He also finished 4th in the Men's 200 metre butterfly. He competed at the

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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Melo, Luiz Altamir 1996 births Living people Brazilian male freestyle swimmers Brazilian male butterfly swimmers Male butterfly swimmers World record holders in swimming Medalists at the FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) Olympic swimmers of Brazil Swimmers at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics Swimmers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2020 Summer Olympics Pan American Games medalists in swimming Pan American Games gold medalists for Brazil Swimmers at the 2015 Pan American Games Swimmers at the 2019 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2015 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2019 Pan American Games People from Boa Vista, Roraima Sportspeople from Roraima