Marcelo Chierighini

Marcelo Chierighini
Personal information
Full name Marcelo Chierighini
Nickname(s) Lelo
Nationality  Brazil
Born January 15, 1991
Itu, São Paulo, Brazil
Height 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)
Weight 95 kg (209 lb)
Sport
Sport Swimming
Strokes Freestyle
Club Esporte Clube Pinheiros
College team Auburn Tigers

Marcelo Chierighini (born 15 January 1991 in São Paulo) is a Brazilian swimmer.[1][2]

International career

2010–12

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] At the 2011 Summer Universiade, he got a silver medal in the 4×100-metre freestyle relay.[5]

2012 Summer Olympics

He swam at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the 4×100-metre medley relay, in which he ranked 15th, and the 4×100-metre freestyle relay, in which he ranked 9th.[6][7]

2013–16

In 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, he equaled his personal record in the semifinal, with a time of 48.11 seconds, ranking third for the final, behind Adrian (47.95) and Feigen (48.07).[11] He finished 6th in the final, with a time of 48.28.[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 (thirteen swimmers made times below 22.0, better than London 2012 when ten swimmers did it), he finished 10th, staying out of the final by 10 hundredths of a second.[14] In the 4×100-metre medley, he finished 12th, along with Leonardo de Deus, Felipe Lima and Nicholas Santos.[15]

At the 2014 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships in Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia, Chierighini won a bronze medal in the Brazilian 4×100-metre freestyle relay, along with João de Lucca, Bruno Fratus and Nicolas Oliveira.[16] He also finished 4th in the 4x100-metre medley relay, along with Guilherme Guido, Felipe França and Thiago Pereira, 8th in the 50-metre freestyle, and 9th in the 100-metre freestyle. [17]

References

  1. ↑ "Profile at Sports Reference". Sports Reference. 2013. Retrieved April 7, 2013.
  2. ↑ "UOL profile at the 2012 Olympics". UOL (in Portuguese). 2012. Retrieved April 7, 2013.
  3. ↑ "Led by Cielo, Brazil's 4×100-metre freestyle is bronze at Dubai". Globoesporte (in Portuguese). December 15, 2010. Retrieved April 7, 2013.
  4. ↑ "Results of the 4×100-metre freestyle at 2011 Shanghai". OmegaTiming. July 24, 2011. Retrieved April 7, 2013.
  5. ↑ "Brazil back with 3 university medals". CBDA (in Portuguese). August 25, 2011. Retrieved April 7, 2013.
  6. ↑ London 2012 profile
  7. ↑ "Profile at Sports Reference". Sports Reference. 2013. Retrieved April 7, 2013.
  8. ↑ "Marcelo Chierighini, the new star in the pools of Brazil". O Estado de São Paulo (in Portuguese). June 2, 2013. Retrieved July 31, 2013.
  9. ↑ "Nicholas and Cielo rehearse a double, and go to the 50-metre butterfly final". SPORTV (in Portuguese). July 28, 2013. Retrieved July 28, 2013.
  10. ↑ "Results of the 4×100-metre freestyle at 2013 Barcelona". OmegaTiming. July 28, 2013. Retrieved July 28, 2013.
  11. ↑ "Thiago Pereira makes 4th best time in the 200-meter individual medley and ensures the final". SPORTV (in Portuguese). July 31, 2013. Retrieved July 31, 2013.
  12. ↑ "Results of the 100-metre freestyle at 2013 Barcelona". OmegaTiming. August 1, 2013. Retrieved August 1, 2013.
  13. ↑ "By one hundredth, Thiago Pereira sees silver escape in 200m medley". SPORTV (in Portuguese). August 1, 2013. Retrieved August 1, 2013.
  14. ↑ "Cielo advances to the final of the 50-meter freestyle, but sees rival Florent Manaudou 'fly'". SPORTV (in Portuguese). August 2, 2013. Retrieved August 3, 2013.
  15. ↑ "Results of the 4×100-metre medley at 2013 Barcelona". OmegaTiming. August 4, 2013. Retrieved August 4, 2013.
  16. ↑ "Brazil won bronze in the 4 × 100 male, and Katie Ledecky hits world record in the 400 free". BestSwimming (in Portuguese). August 23, 2014. Retrieved August 25, 2014.
  17. ↑ "Fratus won gold in the 50m freestyle with the Pan-Pacific record". CBDA (in Portuguese). August 24, 2014. Retrieved September 20, 2014.