Nicolas Nilo César de Oliveira (born 4 August 1987) is a Brazilian former

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who specialized in sprint events.

International career

2006–2008

Oliveira swam at the

2006 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships The tenth edition of the Pan Pacific Swimming Championships, a long course (50 m) event, was held in 2006 in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, from August 17–20. Six world records A world record is usually the best global and mo ...

, where he finished 6th in the 4 × 200-metre freestyle, 14th in the 100-metre freestyle, 25th in the 200-metre freestyle, and was disqualified in the 4 × 100-metre freestyle. His first appearance in World Championships, was at the

2007 World Aquatics Championships The 2007 World Aquatics Championships, or the XII FINA World Championships, were held in Melbourne, Australia from 17 March to 1 April 2007. The competition took place at three locations in central Melbourne: the Melbourne Sports and Aquatic C ...

held in

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, where he helped the 4 × 100-metre and 4 × 200-metre freestyle relay teams to qualify for the

2008 Summer Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 Nat ...

. Oliveira earned 46th place in the 50-metre freestyle, 26th in the 100-metre freestyle, 17th in 200-metre freestyle, 8th in the 4 × 100-metre freestyle, and 11th in the 4 × 200-metre freestyle. At the

2007 Pan American Games The 2007 Pan American Games, officially known as the XV Pan American Games, were a major continental multi-sport event that took place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from July 13 to 29, 2007. A total of 5,633 athletes from 42 National Olympic C ...

, Oliveira won the gold medal in the 4 × 100-metre freestyle relay and in the 4 × 200-metre freestyle. He also ranked fourth in the 200-metre freestyle.

2008 Summer Olympics

At the

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, he participated in the 4 × 100-metre freestyle relay (where he was disqualified), 4 × 200-metre freestyle (16th place), and 4 × 100-metre medley (14th place).

2009–2012

At the

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, along with

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, Guilherme Roth, and Fernando Silva, he finished 4th in the 4 × 100-metre freestyle relay; with

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, and

Lucas Salatta Lucas Vinícius Yokoo Salatta (born 27 April 1987 in São Paulo) is a Brazilian backstroke swimmer. At his 1998 state championship, Salatta set two age records in the 100m freestyle (1:04.50) and 100m butterfly (1:09.30) with only 11 years ol ...

, he got the 10th place in the 4 × 200-metre freestyle. He also competed in the 100-metre freestyle finals, placing 8th, and finished in 18th place in the 200-metre freestyle. He competed in the 2010 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships in Irvine, where he finished 5th in the 4 × 200-metre freestyle, 12th in the 100-metre freestyle, and 22nd in the 200-metre freestyle. At the

2010 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) The 10th FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) was held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates from 15–19 December 2010. This swimming-only championships took place in the Dubai Sports Complex; all events were swum in a 25-meter ( short-course) ...

held in

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, the Brazilian national team, composed of

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, and Nicolas Oliveira, won the bronze medal in the 4 × 100-metre freestyle, with a time of 3:05.74 (South American record), with Brazil beating the American team. He also won the bronze medal in the 4 × 100-metre medley race, by participating at heats. Participating in the 2011 World Aquatics Championships held in

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, Oliviera finished 13th in the 200-metre freestyle, 9th in the 4 × 100-metre freestyle, and 14th in the 4 × 200-metre freestyle. He was in

2011 Summer Universiade The 2011 Summer Universiade ( zh, c=2011年夏季世界大学生运动会, p=Èr líng yī yī Nián xiàjì shìjiè dàxuéshēng yùndònghuì), the XXVI Summer Universiade ( zh, c=第二十六届夏季世界大学生运动会, p=Dì Èrshí ...

, where he won the silver medal in the 4 × 100-metre freestyle. At the

2011 Pan American Games The 2011 Pan American Games, officially the XVI Pan American Games, was an international multi-sport event that was held from October 14–30, 2011, in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico. Some events were held in the nearby cities of Ciudad Guzmán, ...

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, Oliviera won the gold medal in the 4 × 100-metre freestyle relay and silver in the 4 × 200-metre freestyle. He also came in ninth place in the 200-metre freestyle.

2012 Summer Olympics

At the

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, Oliveira finished 9th in the 4 × 100-metre freestyle and 24th in the 100-metre freestyle.

2012–2016

Frustration with the result in England (24th in the 100-metre freestyle) made the Brazilian withdraw from swimming for six months. Oliveira went through a difficult process to rebuild, but he returned to compete. At the

2013 World Aquatics Championships The 15th FINA World Championships ( ca, Campionat Mundial de Natació de 2013, es, Campeonato Mundial de Natación de 2013) were held from 20 July to 4 August in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.Barcelona Barcelona ( , , ) is a city on the coast of northeastern Spain. It is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Catalonia, as well as the second most populous municipality of Spain. With a population of 1.6 million within c ...

, he finished seventh in the 4 ×100-metre freestyle, along with Fernando Santos,

, and Vinícius Waked. In the 200-metre freestyle, Oliveira classified to the semifinals with the best time of his life without super suits, 1:46.99. In the semifinals, he swam a half second above the qualification time, finishing 11th. He also finished 11th in the 4 × 200-metre freestyle, along with

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, Fernando Santos, and Vinícius Waked. At the 2014 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships in

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

, and

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. He also finished 5th in the 100-metre freestyle, 6th in the 200-metre freestyle, and 17th in the 50-metre freestyle. At the

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, Canada, Oliveira 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

, and finished 5th in the 200-metre freestyle. He also won a gold medal in the 4×100-metre freestyle relay, by participating at heats. At the

2015 World Aquatics Championships The 16th 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 hosted this event for the first time. ...

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

and

., and 22nd in the Men's 200 metre freestyle.

2016 Summer Olympics

Oliveira competed for the last time at the

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, where he went to the Men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay final, finishing in 5th place. He also competed in the Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay, where the Brazilian relay finished in 15th place, and in the Men's 100 metre freestyle, finishing 28th. At 29 years old, he said goodbye to swimming after three Olympic Games (Beijing 2008, London 2012 and Rio 2016), and six World Championships (Melbourne 2007, Rome 2009, Dubai 2010, Shanghai 2011, Barcelona 2013 and Kazan 2015).

Records

Nicolas Oliveira is the current holder, or former holder, of the following records: Long course (50 m): * Former South American record holder of the 200-metre freestyle: 1:46.90, time obtained on 6 May 2009 * South American record holder of the 4 × 100-metre freestyle: 3:10.80, time obtained on 26 July 2009, along with Guilherme Roth, Fernando Silva, and

* South American record holder of the 4 × 200-metre freestyle: 7:09.71, time obtained on 31 July 2009, along with

, and

Short course (25 m): * Former South American record holder of the 100-metre freestyle: 46.30, time obtained on 14 November 2009 * Former South American record holder of the 200-metre freestyle: 1:42.01, time obtained on 15 November 2009 * South American record holder of the 4 × 100-metre freestyle: 3:05.74, time obtained on 15 December 2010, along with

, and

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International career

2006–2008

2008 Summer Olympics

2009–2012

2012 Summer Olympics

2012–2016

2016 Summer Olympics

Records

See also

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