Paulo Zanetti (born September 24, 1952) is a former international freestyle

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from

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, who competed at one

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for his native country. He was at the

1971 Pan American Games * The year 1971 had three partial solar eclipses (February 25, July 22 and August 20) and two total lunar eclipses (February 10, and August 6). The world population increased by 2.1% this year, the highest increase in history. Events Jan ...

, in

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, where he won a bronze medal in the 4×100-metre freestyle, breaking the South American record. At the

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, in

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, he finished 4th in the 4×100-metre freestyle (6 seconds and a half below the South American record). He also swam the 100-metre freestyle and the 4×200-metre freestyle, not reaching the finals. He was at the

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. In the 4×200-metre freestyle, he finished 12th, with a time of 8:07.41, along with Paul Jouanneau, Eduardo Alijó Neto and Paulo Mangini. He was at the

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, in

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, where he finished 6th in the 100-metre freestyle.

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