João Araújo
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | João Pedro Carvalho Araújo |
| Nationality |
 Portugal |
| Born |
20 October 1985 Vila Nova de Famalicão, Portugal |
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) |
| Weight | 68 kg (150 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Swimming |
| Strokes | Freestyle |
| Club | GDN Vila Nova de Famalicão |
| Coach | António Paulo Vasconcelos |
João Pedro Carvalho Araújo (born October 20, 1985 in Vila Nova de Famalicão) is a retired Portuguese swimmer, who specialized in freestyle events.[1] He is a single-time Olympian (2004), and a member of GDN Vila Nova de Famalicão, under head coach António Paulo Vasconcelos.[2]
Araujo qualified for the men's 4×200 m freestyle relay, as a member of the Portuguese team, at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens.[3] Teaming with Luís Monteiro, Adriano Niz, and Miguel Pires in heat one, Araujo swam a third leg in a split of 1:54.50, but the Portuguese team settled only for seventh place and fourteenth overall with a national record of 7:27.99.[4][5][6]
References
- ↑ "João Araújo". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 12 May 2013.
- ↑ "Nadador olímpico João Araújo homenageado" [Olympic swimmer João Araújo honored] (in Portuguese). GDN Vila Nova de Famalicão. 12 July 2004. Retrieved 12 May 2013.
- ↑ "Swimming – Men's 4×200m Freestyle Relay Startlist (Heat 1)" (PDF). Athens 2004. Omega Timing. Retrieved 27 April 2013.
- ↑ "Men's 4×200m Freestyle Heat 1". Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 17 August 2004. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
- ↑ Whitten, Phillip (17 August 2004). "Men's 800 Free Relay, Day 4: US, Australia Qualify 1–2". Swimming World Magazine. Retrieved 24 April 2013.
- ↑ "Portugueses em Atenas perdem na natação mas mantêm esperança no judo e vela" [The Portuguese in Athens lost in swimming, but maintained hope in judo and sailing] (in Portuguese). Ípsilon-Público. 17 August 2004. Retrieved 12 May 2013.