Breno Martins Correia (born 19 February 1999) is a Brazilian swimmer.

Early life

He started in the ACEB team of Bahia where, under the command of Márcio Cunha and Luiz Arapiraca, he won the first medals from Mirim to Petiz I. With his father's transfer to

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, Breno went swimming in the Clube dos Aliados with Professor Paulo Machado. Training there, he competed for Vasco, then

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until he reached

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. From Juvenil II, Breno faced the training in a more committed way. Under the command of Eduardo Pereira became one of the best young swimmers in the country until the invitation of the Pinheiros to where he transferred in 2017, at 18 years old. The midfielder swimmer who arrived in Pinheiros became a 100-meter and 200 meter specialist at the hands of coach Alberto Silva (Albertinho).

International career

2018–20

At the

2018 South American Games The 2018 South American Games was a multi-sport event that took place in Cochabamba, Bolivia. It was the 11th edition of the ODESUR South American Games. A total of 373 sporting events are scheduled to be contested across a variety of sports. B ...

in Cochabamba, he won two gold medals in the 100m and 4x200m freestyle and a silver medal at the 4x100m freestyle. Soon after, in the Brazil Trophy, he was the runner-up in the 200 meters freestyle (1:47.94) and finished in 6th place in the 100 meters freestyle, with a time of 48.78. At the

2018 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) The 14th FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) were held from 11 to 16 December 2018 in Hangzhou, China. These championships featured swimming events in a 25-meter ( short-course) pool. Medal table Results Men's events Women's events ...

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, Correia, along with

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and

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, won the bronze medal in the Men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay, with a time of 3:05.15, setting a South American record. Later, along with

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and

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, he surprised the world by winning the gold medal in the Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay, breaking the world record, with a time of 6:46.81. The relay was composed only of young people between 19 and 23 years and was not favorite to gold. In the Men's 4 × 100 metre medley relay, he finished 4th. He also finished 5th in the Men's 200 metre freestyle, just 0.08s away from winning the bronze medal. At the

2019 World Aquatics Championships The 2019 World Aquatics Championships were the 18th FINA World Aquatics Championships, held in Gwangju, South Korea from 12 to 28 July 2019. The city had previously hosted the 2015 Summer Universiade aquatics events in the same venues.

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, in the Men's 100 metre freestyle, Correia reached his first World Championship final, finishing in 8th place. Brazil's young

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team, now with

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instead of

, 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 4x200m freestyle relay had qualified for a World Championships final, and the result qualified Brazil for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.In the Men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay and in the Men's 4 × 100 metre medley relay, he finished 6th, helping Brazil qualify for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.He also finished 17th in the Men's 200 metre freestyle. At the

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held in

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, Correia won 5 medals: two golds in Men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay and Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay, breaking the Pan American Games record in both races; and three silver medals in Men's 200 metre freestyle, Mixed 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay and Men's 4 × 100 metre medley relay (by participating at heats). He also finished 5th in the Men's 100 metre freestyle.

2020 Summer Olympics

At the

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in Tokyo, Correia finished 8th in the Men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay.

2021–24

At the

2021 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) The 15th FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) were held from 16 to 21 December 2021 in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. It was previously scheduled for 13 to 18 December but moved back three days on 24 February 2021. Originally scheduled to b ...

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, in the Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay, the Brazilian relay, composed by Correia,

Murilo Sartori Murilo Setin Sartori (born 18 May 2002) is a Brazilian swimmer. At the age of 16, participating in the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics in Buenos Aires, he won a silver medal in the Boys' 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay. He also finished 6th at the ...

, Kaique Alves and

, again obtained a medal, now bronze, maintaining the good performance of 2018, when Brazil won the gold beating the world record. At the

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held in Budapest, Hungary, in the Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay event, the Brazilian team, composed by Correia,

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and

, broke the South American record twice in a row, in the heats, and the finals, reaching a time of 7:04.69 and obtaining an unprecedented fourth place in the long-distance World Championships. The Brazilian team just didn't get a medal because of the exceptional performance of Tom Dean when closing the British relay. He also finished 22nd in the Men's 200 metre freestyle.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Correia, Breno 1999 births Living people Sportspeople from Salvador, Bahia Brazilian male freestyle swimmers World record holders in swimming Medalists at the FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) South American Games gold medalists for Brazil South American Games silver medalists for Brazil Swimmers at the 2019 Pan American Games Competitors at the 2018 South American Games Competitors at the 2022 South American Games South American Games medalists in swimming Pan American Games medalists in swimming Pan American Games gold medalists for Brazil Pan American Games silver medalists for Brazil Medalists at the 2019 Pan American Games Swimmers at the 2020 Summer Olympics 21st-century Brazilian people