Marcelo Chierighini
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| Full name | Marcelo Chierighini | ||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality |
 Brazil | ||||||||||||||||||
| Born |
January 15, 1991 Itu, São Paulo, Brazil | ||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 95 kg (209 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||
| Stroke(s) | Freestyle | ||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Marcelo Chierighini (born 15 January, 1991 in Itu) is a Brazilian swimmer. [1] [2]
At the 2010 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) in Dubai, Chierighini, along with César Cielo, Nicholas Santos and Nicolas Oliveira, won the bronze medal in the 4×100-metre freestyle relay, with a time of 3:05.74, South American record, leaving behind the U.S. team. [3]
He was at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships in Shanghai, China, where he finished 9th in the 4×100-metre freestyle. [4]
Participating in the 2011 Summer Universiade, he got a silver medal in the 4×100-metre freestyle relay. [5]
He swam at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the 4×100-metre medley relay and 4×100-metre freestyle relay events.[6] Ranked 9th in the 4×100-metre freestyle, and 15th in the 4×100-metre medley.[7]
On April 2013, at the Maria Lenk Trophy in Brazil, Chierighini made the seventh best time of the year in the 50-metre freestyle (21.88 seconds) and fourth in the 100-metre freestyle (48.11 seconds).[8]
At the 2013 World Aquatics Championships in Barcelona, he finished 7th in the 4×100-metre freestyle, along with Fernando Santos, Nicolas Oliveira and Vinícius Waked.[9][10] In the 100-metre freestyle, equaled his personal record in the semifinal, with a time of 48.11 seconds, ranking third for the final.[11] Finished 6th in the final.[12][13] In the 50-meter freestyle, Cherighini reached the semifinals, where he beat his personal record with a time of 21.84 seconds, however, due to the high level of proof, he finished 10th, staying out of the final by 10 hundredths of a second.[14] And in the 4×100-metre medley, he finished 12th, along with Leonardo de Deus, Felipe Lima and Nicholas Santos.[15]
References
- ↑ "Profile at Sports Reference". Sports Reference. 2013. Retrieved April 7, 2013.
- ↑ "UOL profile at the 2012 Olympics". UOL. 2012. Retrieved April 7, 2013. (Portuguese)
- ↑ "Led by Cielo, Brazil's 4×100-metre freestyle is bronze at Dubai". Globoesporte. December 15, 2010. Retrieved April 7, 2013. (Portuguese)
- ↑ "Results of the 4×100-metre freestyle at 2011 Shanghai". OmegaTiming. July 24, 2011. Retrieved April 7, 2013.
- ↑ "Brazil back with 3 university medals". CBDA. August 25, 2011. Retrieved April 7, 2013. (Portuguese)
- ↑ London 2012 profile
- ↑ "Profile at Sports Reference". Sports Reference. 2013. Retrieved April 7, 2013.
- ↑ "Marcelo Chierighini, the new star in the pools of Brazil". O Estado de São Paulo. June 2, 2013. Retrieved July 31, 2013. (Portuguese)
- ↑ "Nicholas and Cielo rehearse a double, and go to the 50-metre butterfly final". SPORTV. July 28, 2013. Retrieved July 28, 2013. (Portuguese)
- ↑ "Results of the 4×100-metre freestyle at 2013 Barcelona". OmegaTiming. July 28, 2013. Retrieved July 28, 2013.
- ↑ "Thiago Pereira makes 4th best time in the 200-meter individual medley and ensures the final". SPORTV. July 31, 2013. Retrieved July 31, 2013. (Portuguese)
- ↑ "Results of the 100-metre freestyle at 2013 Barcelona". OmegaTiming. August 1, 2013. Retrieved August 1, 2013.
- ↑ "By one hundredth, Thiago Pereira sees silver escape in 200m medley". SPORTV. August 1, 2013. Retrieved August 1, 2013. (Portuguese)
- ↑ "Cielo advances to the final of the 50-meter freestyle, but sees rival Florent Manaudou 'fly'". SPORTV. August 2, 2013. Retrieved August 3, 2013. (Portuguese)
- ↑ "Results of the 4×100-metre medley at 2013 Barcelona". OmegaTiming. August 4, 2013. Retrieved August 4, 2013.