Henrique Barbosa

Henrique Barbosa

Personal information
Full name	Henrique Ribeiro Marques Barbosa
Nationality	Brazil
Born	(1984-07-05) July 5, 1984 Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Height	1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)
Weight	84 kg (185 lb)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Stroke(s)	Breaststroke
Medal record Men's swimming Competitor for  Brazil World Championships (SC) Bronze 2010 Dubai 4×100 m medley Pan American Games Silver 2007 Rio 200 m breaststroke Silver 2007 Rio 4×100 m medley

Henrique Ribeiro Marques Barbosa (born July 5, 1984 in Belo Horizonte) is an international swimmer from Brazil.^{[ 1][1]}

Degree in International relations in University of California, Berkeley, in 2008 Henrique Barbosa was living in Florida, dedicated solely to swimming. Shared a house with three other swimmers, as a member of "The Race Club", running club created by American Olympic champion Gary Hall Jr.^[2] In the Esporte Clube Pinheiros since 2007, he has gone through teams like Flamengo and Minas.^[3]

Early years

At 8 years old, he practiced judo and volleyball, besides swimming, and just devoted himself exclusively to swim at age 12. At 15, he won his first podium in Brazil Trophy.^[4]

International career

At 18 years old, at the 2002 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships in Yokohama, Barbosa finished 5th in the 4×100-metre medley, 9th in the 100-metre breaststroke, and 12th in the 200-metre breaststroke.^[5]

He was in the 2003 World Aquatics Championships in Barcelona, finishing 35th in the 100-metre breaststroke.^[6]

Participated at the 2003 Pan American Games, in Santo Domingo, where he finished 5th in the 100-metre breaststroke.^[7]

At the 2004 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m), in Indianapolis, Barbosa finished 7th in the 100-metre breaststroke final,^[8] 14th in the 50-metre breaststroke,^[9] 16th in the 200-metre breaststroke,^[10] and helped Brazilian 4×100-metre medley relay to reach the finals.^[11]

He was at the 2006 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships in Victoria, where he finished 7th in the 4×100-metre medley,^[12] 8th in the 100-metre breaststroke,^[13] and 12th in the 200-metre breaststroke.^[14]

He was at the 2007 World Aquatics Championships, in Melbourne, where he finished 25th in the 50-metre breaststroke,^[15] 23rd in the 100-metre breaststroke,^[16] 33rd in the 200-metre breaststroke ^[17] and 9th in the 4×100-metre medley.^[18]

At the 2007 Pan American Games, in Rio de Janeiro, Barbosa won two silver medals in the 200-metre breaststroke,^[19] and in the 4×100-metre medley,^[20] where he broke the South American record with a time of 3:35.81, along with Thiago Pereira, Kaio Almeida and César Cielo. He also finished 4th in the 100-metre breaststroke.^[21] At the 100-metre breaststroke semifinal, Henrique broke the South American record, with a time of 1:01.47.^[22]

He was at the 2008 Summer Olympics, where he finished 23rd in the 100-metre breaststroke, and 30th in the 200-metre breaststroke.^[23]

On May 6, 2009, at the Maria Lenk Aquatic Center, Henrique Barbosa did the 2nd best time in the history of the 200-metre breaststroke: 2:08.44.^[24] On May 9, 2009, repeated the feat in the 100-metre breaststroke, making also the 2nd fastest time in history: 59.12 seconds, and lowering the time in the end of the next day, with 59.03 seconds.^[25] Both world records belonged to the Japanese Kosuke Kitajima (58.91 seconds in the 100-metre, and 2:07.51 in the 200-metre breaststroke).

Barbosa was at the 2009 World Aquatics Championships, in Rome, where he came 8th place in the 100-metre breaststroke,^[26] 7th in the 200-metre breaststroke,^[27] and 4th place in the 4×100-metre medley with the Brazilian team, in a spetacular race where the top four relays broke the world record of the United States from Beijing 2008.^[28][29]

On November 14, 2009, at the FINA World Cup, Barbosa hit the short-course South American record in the 200-metre breaststroke, with a time of 2:04.35.^[30]

He was at the 2010 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships in Irvine, where he finished 8th in the 200-metre breaststroke,^[31] classified 14th in the 100-metre breaststroke, but did not swim the final,^[32] and classified 13th in the 50-metre breaststroke, but did not swim the final, too.^[33]

He was at the 2010 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m), in Dubai, where he won a bronze medal in the 4×100-metre medley, for having swum the qualifying heats.^[34][35] He also was disqualified in 100-metre breaststroke heats.^[36]

At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he competed in the Men's 200-metre breaststroke, finishing in 19th place overall in the heats, failing to qualify for the semifinals.^[37]

References

v t e 2008 Brazil Olympic Swimming Team Men's Competition Kaio de Almeida Henrique Barbosa Allan do Carmo Rodrigo Castro César Cielo Filho Guilherme Guido Gabriel Mangabeira Phillip Morrison Nicolas Oliveira Thiago Pereira Lucas Salatta Nicholas Santos Felipe França Silva Fernando Silva Women's Competition Tatiana Barbosa Ana Marcela Cunha Flávia Cazziolato Monique Ferreira Michelle Lenhardt Joanna Melo Fabíola Molina Poliana Okimoto Daynara de Paula Tatiane Sakemi Gabriella Silva