João Bevilaqua de Lucca (born 6 January 1990 in

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) is a Brazilian swimmer. He won the silver medal in the 4×200-metre freestyle at the

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, and the bronze medal in the 4×100-metre freestyle at the 2008 FINA Youth World Swimming Championships in

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International career

2011–12

He joined the Brazilian national delegation who attended the

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, where he finished 14th in the 4×200-metre freestyle.

2012 Summer Olympics

He participated in the

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, as the Brazilian reserve of the 4×100-metre medley.

2013–16

He qualified to compete in the

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. João de Lucca finished 11th in the 4×200-metre freestyle, along with

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 ...

, Fernando Santos and Vinícius Waked. At the

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, he won a bronze medal in the Brazilian 4×100-metre freestyle relay, along with

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and

. He also finished 7th in the 100-metre freestyle, and 11th in the 200-metre freestyle. At the

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, João de Lucca won a bronze medal in the 4 × 50 metre mixed freestyle relay (along with

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and

Larissa Oliveira Larissa Martins de Oliveira (born 16 February 1993) is a Brazilian Freestyle swimming, freestyle Swimming (sport), swimmer. International career 2012–16 At the 2012 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) in Istanbul, she finished 6th in the ...

). The Brazilian team broke the South American record with a time of 1:29.17, only 4 hundredths slower than Russia, who won the silver medal. He also won a gold medal in the Men's 4 × 50 metre medley relay, by participating at heats. In the Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay, João de Lucca broke three South American records: at heats, with a time of 6:55.50; in the final, with a time of 6:54.43 (where Brazil finished in 6th place) and also set a South American record in the 200-metre freestyle with a time of 1:41.85, opening the relay for Brazil. In the Men's 100 metre freestyle, João de Lucca qualified in 2nd place for the final, with a time of 46.29. In the final, finished in 7th place. In the Brazilian Men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay, João de Lucca finished in 8th place in the final. In the Men's 200 metre freestyle (it was the first race of the competition for de Lucca), he did not swim well and failed to qualify for the final, finishing in 19th place. However, with the 1:41.85 obtained in the 4x200-metre relay, João de Lucca could have obtained the bronze medal in the 200-metre freestyle. At the

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, Canada, de Lucca won three gold medals: in the 200-metre freestyle, with a time of 1:46.42, a new Pan Am Games and South American record; in the 4×200-metre freestyle relay, where he broke the Pan Am Games record with a time of 7:11.15, along with

Luiz Altamir Melo 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 Dubai, United Arab Emirates, where he finished 5th in the 200-metr ...

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and

; and in the 4×100-metre freestyle relay, where he broke the Pan Am Games record with a time of 3:13.66, along with

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and

. At the

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, João de Lucca finished 4th in the Men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay, along with

and

. César Cielo didn't swam the final - despite being participating in the championship, he was feeling shoulder pain on this day. In the Men's 200 metre freestyle, he performed poorly. He went to the semifinals, but made only a time of 1:48.23, far below his South American record of 1:46.42 obtained at the Pan American Games few days before, and finished 16th overall. He also finished 9th in the 4 × 100 metre mixed medley relay, along with Felipe Lima,

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and

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

and

2016 Summer Olympics

At the

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, he went to the Men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay final, finishing in 5th place. He also competed in the Men's 200 metre freestyle, finishing in 25th place, and in the Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay, where the Brazilian relay finished in 15th place.

2017–20

After the Rio 2016 Games, João de Lucca became discouraged, leaving to join the Brazilian team in 2017 and 2018. He divided his time between training, and coaching a team in the city of Louisville, and even thought about retiring. But in 2019, he won a place for the World Championships and the Pan American Games again. At the

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, Brazil's young

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team, now with João de Lucca instead of

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, 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 freestyle relay had qualified for a World Championships final, and the result qualified Brazil for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. 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. In the Mixed 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay, he won a silver medal, by participating at heats.

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