Thiago Teixeira Simon (born April 3, 1990 in

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) is a Brazilian swimmer.

International career

2014–16

At the

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, Simon won a silver medal in the 200-metre individual medley, and a bronze medal in the 400-metre individual medley. At the 2014

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, Simon broke the short-course South American record in the 200-metre breaststroke, with a time of 2:04.28. At the

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, Simon won a gold medal in the 200 metre breaststroke, with a time of 2:09.82, new Pan American Games record. He also won a gold medal in the 4×200-metre freestyle relay, by participating at heats. At the

2015 World Aquatics Championships The 16th FINA World Aquatics Championships, FINA World Championships (russian: Чемпионат мира по водным видам спорта 2015), also Aquatics 2015, were held in Kazan, Russia from 24 July to 9 August 2015. Russia host ...

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, Simon finished 29th in the Men's 200 metre breaststroke

2016 Summer Olympics

At the

2016 Summer Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics ( pt, Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 2016), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad ( pt, Jogos da XXXI Olimpíada) and also known as Rio 2016, was an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 20 ...

, he competed in the Men's 200-metre breaststroke, finishing in 36th place overall in the heats.

2016-20

On 13 September 2016, at the

(short-course competition), he broke the South American record in the 200-metre breaststroke, with a time of 2:02.58. At the

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, Canada, he finished 9th in the Men's 200 metre breaststroke, and 13th in the Men's 200 metre individual medley. At the

2017 World Aquatics Championships The 17th FINA World Championships ( hu, 2017-es úszó-világbajnokság) were held in Budapest, Hungary from 14 to 30 July 2017.

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, he finished 19th in the Men's 200 metre individual medley and 26th in the Men's 200 metre breaststroke.

References

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