Simão Morgado (born 4 March 1979) is a male
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swimmer. He is the national record holder of the 50-meter butterfly (long course) and since 1997 and he has beaten the National Record in the 100 meters thirteen times, what makes him one of the greatest swimmers in Portugal's history. Simão Morgado has participated in multiple international competitions and in 2004, at the
European Long Course Championships in Madrid, he placed sixth in the 100-meter butterfly. He has raced at four consecutive Summer Olympics, with his best result coming at the
2004 Athens Olympics
The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004, ), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad ( el, Αγώνες της 28ης Ολυμπιάδας, ) and also known as Athens 2004 ( el, Αθήνα 2004), ...
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His swimming club is
Clube da Natação da Amadora, based in Lisbon.
References
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1979 births
Portuguese male butterfly swimmers
Olympic swimmers for Portugal
Swimmers at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Swimmers at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Swimmers at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Swimmers at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Living people
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