Octávio Mobiglia (April 9, 1931 – March 2015)Octávio Mobiglia's obituary
was an

Olympic Olympic or Olympics may refer to Sports Competitions * Olympic Games, international multi-sport event held since 1896 ** Summer Olympic Games ** Winter Olympic Games * Ancient Olympic Games, ancient multi-sport event held in Olympia, Greece b ...

breaststroke Breaststroke is a swimming style in which the swimmer is on their chest and the torso does not rotate. It is the most popular recreational style due to the swimmer's head being out of the water a large portion of the time, and that it can be s ...

swimmer from Brazil, who participated at two

Summer Olympics The Summer Olympic Games (french: link=no, Jeux olympiques d'été), also known as the Games of the Olympiad, and often referred to as the Summer Olympics, is a major international multi-sport event normally held once every four years. The inau ...

for his native country. He was born in Ribeirão Preto. At the

1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics ( fi, Kesäolympialaiset 1952; sv, Olympiska sommarspelen 1952), officially known as the Games of the XV Olympiad ( fi, XV olympiadin kisat; sv, Den XV olympiadens spel) and commonly known as Helsinki 1952 ( sv, Helsin ...

in Helsinki, he swam the 200-metre breaststroke, not reaching the finals. At the

1956 Summer Olympics The 1956 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XVI Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event held in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, from 22 November to 8 December 1956, with the exception of the equestrian events, whi ...

in Melbourne, he swam the 200-metre breaststroke, not reaching the finals, being disqualified.

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1931 births 2015 deaths Brazilian male breaststroke swimmers Swimmers at the 1952 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 1956 Summer Olympics Olympic swimmers for Brazil 20th-century Brazilian sportsmen Sportspeople from Ribeirão Preto {{Brazil-swimming-bio-stub