Felipe Lima

Felipe Lima

Personal information
Full name	Felipe Ferreira Lima
Nationality	Brazil
Born	(1985-04-05) April 5, 1985 Cuiabá, Mato Grosso, Brazil
Height	1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight	88 kg (194 lb)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Breaststroke
Medal record World Championships (LC) Bronze 2013 Barcelona 100m breaststroke Pan American Games Gold 2011 Guadalajara 4x100 m medley Silver 2007 Rio 4x100 m medley Silver 2011 Guadalajara 100m breaststroke Universiade Silver 2007 Bangkok 50 m breaststroke South American Games Gold 2014 Santiago 100m breaststroke Gold 2014 Santiago 4x100 m medley

Felipe Ferreira Lima (born April 5, 1985 in Cuiabá) is a Brazilian swimmer.^[1] At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he competed in the Men's 100-metre breaststroke, finishing in 8th place and failing to reach the finals.

International career

2006–2008

Felipe Lima entered the 2006 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m), in Shanghai, where he finished 12th in the 50-metre breaststroke^[2] and 17th in the 100-metre breaststroke.^[3] At the 2006 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships in Victoria, he finished 16th in the 100-metre breaststroke.^[4]

Lima previously held the South American record for the 4×100-metre medley relay in an Olympic sized pool, with a time of 3:39.30, obtained in September 9, 2006 in Rio de Janeiro with Leonardo Guedes, Fernando Silva and César Cielo.^[5] He also broke the South American record in the 100-metre breaststroke, in a time of 1:01.56 on September 10, 2006, at the same competition in Rio, making him the first swimmer from Mato Grosso to hold a South American record in swimming.^[6] On December 16, 2006 he improved his record for the 100-metre breaststroke, doing 1:01.52.^[7]

At the 2007 World Aquatics Championships he finished 24th in the 50-metre breaststroke^[8] and 30th in the 100-metre breaststroke.^[9] Participating in the 2007 Summer Universiade in Bangkok, Thailand, Lima won the silver medal in the 50-metre breaststroke, lowering the South American record to 27.94 seconds and becoming the first man on the continent to swim below 28 seconds in that event.^[10]

At the 2007 Pan American Games, in Rio de Janeiro, Lima earned a silver medal in the 4×100-metre medley relay.^[11][12] He also finished 5th in the 100-metre breaststroke.^[13]

In 2008, Lima obtained an Olympic qualifying time in the Brazilian trials for the 2008 Summer Olympics in the 100-metre breaststroke, with a time of 1:01.21, but was not entered as he finished 3rd place, and only two swimmers per country can go to the Olympics. Henrique Barbosa, with 1:00.79, and Felipe França, with 1:01.17, were the swimmers selected for the Brazilian national team.^[14][15]

2009–2012

Lima competed at the 2010 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships in Irvine, where he finished 8th in the 100-metre breaststroke,^[16] and 10th in the 50-metre breaststroke.^[17]

He competed at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships, in Shanghai, coming in 24th in the 100-metre breaststroke.^[18] At the 2011 Pan American Games, he won the silver medal in the 100-metre breaststroke^[19] and the gold medal in the 4×100-metre medley, for participating in the qualifying round.^[20]

2012 Summer Olympics

Lima first participated in the Olympics at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, where he went to the semifinal of the 100-metre breaststroke, finishing in 13th place overall.^[21]

2012–2016

In the 2012 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m), Lima obtained his best result in a World Championship, going to three finals: the 50-metre breaststroke (finished in 6th place),^[22] the 100-metre breaststroke (ranked 8th)^[23] and the 4×100-metre medley (finished in 4th position).^[24]

At the 2013 World Aquatics Championships in Barcelona, Lima made it to the 100-metre breaststroke final and placed fifth with a time of 59.84 seconds, breaking the 1-minute barrier for the first time.^[25] In the final, he again exceeded himself, reaching his personal best time without a high-tech suit, at 59.65 seconds, winning an historic bronze medal for Brazil. It was the first time in history that a Brazilian had won a medal in the 100-metre breaststroke at the World Championships.^[26][27] In the 50-metre breaststroke, he missed the World Championship final as he ran slower than in the heats, ending in 9th place.^[28] In the 4×100-metre medley he finished 12th, along with Leonardo de Deus, Marcelo Chierighini and Nicholas Santos.^[29]

Records

Felipe Lima holds, or formerly held the following records:^[30]

References