João Gomes Júnior

João Gomes Júnior

Gomes at the 2016 Olympics
Personal information
Full name João Luiz Gomes Júnior
Nationality  Brazil
Born (1986-01-21) January 21, 1986
Vitória, Espírito Santo, Brazil
Height 190 cm (6 ft 3 in)[1]
Weight 89 kg (196 lb)
Sport
Sport Swimming
Strokes Breaststroke
Club Pinheiros
Coach Mirco Cevales

João Luiz Gomes Júnior (born January 21, 1986) is a Brazilian breaststroke swimmer.[2]

International career

2009–12

He was in the Brazilian national delegation who attended the 2009 World Aquatics Championships in Rome, where he competed in the 50-metre and 100-metre breaststroke. He went to the 50-metre breaststroke final, finishing in 7th place.[3] He also finished 30th in the 100-metre breaststroke.[4]

Gomes got the gold medal at the 2009 Paris Open, in the 50-metre breaststroke.[5]

At the 2010 South American Games, he won the silver medal in the 50-metre breaststroke, and bronze in the 100-metre breaststroke.[6]

He was at the 2010 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships in Irvine, where he finished 7th in the 50-metre breaststroke,[7] and 13th in the 100-metre breaststroke.[8]

At the 2010 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) in Dubai, João finished 11th in the 50-metre breaststroke.[9]

Participating in the 2011 Summer Universiade, João was silver medal in the 50-metre breaststroke, and bronze in the 100-metre breaststroke.[10][11]

At the 2012 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m), in Istanbul, João was very close to getting a historic medal. He finished in 4th place in the 50-metre breaststroke [12] and 11th in the 100-metre breaststroke,[13][14] and helped Brazil's 4×100-metre medley to go to the final [15] where the relay finished in 4th place.

2013–16

At the 2013 World Aquatics Championships in Barcelona, João finished 14th in the 100-metre breaststroke.[16][17] In the 50-metre breaststroke, he qualified in third place for the final, with a time of 27.05 seconds.[18] In the final, finished 5th, with a time of 27.20 seconds.[19][20]

At the 2014 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships in Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia, he finished 10th in the 100-metre breaststroke.[21]

At the 2014 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) in Doha, Qatar, João won three gold medals in three Brazilian relays, by participating at heats, in the men's 4 × 50 metre medley relay,[22] in the men's 4 × 100 metre medley relay,[23] and in the 4 × 50 metre mixed medley relay.[24] João also finished 8th in the men's 50 metre breaststroke[25] and 23rd in the men's 100 metre breaststroke.[26][27] On December 4, 2014, João was tested positive for hydrochlorothiazide, a so-called "specified substance" which may be used to mask performance-enhancing drugs. All his results achieved on or after December 4, 2014 shall be annulled. The results of the Brazilian relays obtained were not cancelled.[28][29]

At the 2016 Maria Lenk Trophy, he classified to the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, with a time of 59.06 in the 100-meter breaststroke, second best time in the world in the year, almost breaking the Henrique Barbosa's South American record of 59.03, obtained in 2009 with technological supersuits.[30]

2016 Summer Olympics

At the 2016 Summer Olympics, he finished 5th in the men's 100 metre breaststroke final.[31] He also finished 6th in the men's 4 × 100 metre medley relay.[32]

2017–20

At the 2017 World Aquatics Championships in Budapest, in the Men's 50 metre breaststroke, he broke two times the Americas record, with 26.67 at heats and 26.52 in the final, to obtain the silver medal.[33] [34]He also finished 11th in the Men's 100 metre breaststroke[35], and 5th In the Men's 4 × 100 metre medley relay, along with Henrique Martins, Guilherme Guido and Marcelo Chierighini. [36]

References

  1. ↑ João Gomes Júnior. cob.org.br
  2. ↑ Best Swimming. NATIONAL TEAM PROFILES – JOÃO LUIZ GOMES JR. Accessed in April 13, 2013. (in Portuguese)
  3. ↑ "Results of the 50-metre breaststroke at 2009 Rome". OmegaTiming. July 29, 2009. Retrieved April 13, 2013.
  4. ↑ "Results of the 100-metre breaststroke at 2009 Rome". OmegaTiming. July 26, 2009. Retrieved April 13, 2013.
  5. ↑ Gazeta Online Fabiola Molina wins two, and João Junior is gold in the 50-metre breaststroke in Paris. Accessed in April 13, 2013. (in Portuguese)
  6. ↑ "Brazil dominates swimming in the South American Games". Estadão (in Portuguese). March 27, 2010. Retrieved April 13, 2013.
  7. ↑ "Results of the 50-metre breaststroke at 2010 Pan Pac in Irvine". OmegaTiming. August 20, 2010. Retrieved April 27, 2013.
  8. ↑ "Results of the 100-metre breaststroke at 2010 Pan Pac in Irvine". OmegaTiming. August 19, 2010. Retrieved April 27, 2013.
  9. ↑ "Results of the 100-metre breaststroke at 2010 Dubai". OmegaTiming. December 18, 2010. Retrieved April 13, 2013.
  10. ↑ "Brazil back with 3 university medals". CBDA (in Portuguese). August 25, 2011. Retrieved April 13, 2013.
  11. ↑ "João Luiz Junior wins silver at Universiade". Lancenet (in Portuguese). August 18, 2011. Retrieved April 13, 2013.
  12. ↑ "Results of the 50-metre breaststroke at 2012 Istanbul". OmegaTiming. December 16, 2012. Retrieved April 13, 2013.
  13. ↑ "Results of the 100-metre breaststroke at 2012 Istanbul". OmegaTiming. December 12, 2012. Retrieved April 13, 2013.
  14. ↑ "Brazil fight, but falls off the podium in the 4×100-metre medley in Istanbul". Globoesporte (in Portuguese). December 16, 2012. Retrieved April 13, 2013.
  15. ↑ "Results of the 4×100-metre medley heats at 2012 Istanbul". OmegaTiming. December 16, 2012. Retrieved April 13, 2013.
  16. ↑ "Felipe Lima breaks barrier of 1 minute and goes into the final of the 100-metre breaststroke". SPORTV (in Portuguese). July 28, 2013. Retrieved July 28, 2013.
  17. ↑ "Results of the 100-metre breaststroke at 2013 Barcelona". OmegaTiming. July 28, 2013. Retrieved July 28, 2013.
  18. ↑ "Felipe Lima makes a poor start, and João Júnior forward to the decision of the 50-metre breaststroke". SPORTV (in Portuguese). July 30, 2013. Retrieved July 30, 2013.
  19. ↑ "João Gomes Jr. and Leo de Deus fight, but stay without medals in Barcelona". SPORTV (in Portuguese). July 31, 2013. Retrieved July 31, 2013.
  20. ↑ "Results of the 50-metre breaststroke at 2013 Barcelona". OmegaTiming. July 31, 2013. Retrieved July 31, 2013.
  21. ↑ "Fratus won gold in the 50m freestyle with the Pan-Pacific record". CBDA (in Portuguese). August 24, 2014. Retrieved September 20, 2014.
  22. ↑ "Results of the 4x50-metre medley heats at 2014 Doha". OmegaTiming. December 4, 2014. Retrieved December 12, 2014.
  23. ↑ "Results of the 4x100-metre medley heats at 2014 Doha". OmegaTiming. December 7, 2014. Retrieved December 12, 2014.
  24. ↑ "Results of the 4x50-metre mixed medley heats at 2014 Doha". OmegaTiming. December 4, 2014. Retrieved December 12, 2014.
  25. ↑ "Results of the 50-metre breaststroke at 2014 Doha". OmegaTiming. December 7, 2014. Retrieved December 12, 2014.
  26. ↑ "Results of the 100-metre breaststroke heats at 2014 Doha". OmegaTiming. December 3, 2014. Retrieved December 12, 2014.
  27. ↑ "Doha gives to Brazil the short pool crown". CBDA. December 7, 2014. Retrieved December 12, 2014.
  28. ↑ "Joao Gomes Jr. Suspended Six Months For Positive Test". Swimming World Magazine. Retrieved December 10, 2015.
  29. ↑ Lord, Craig (February 27, 2015). "Joao Gomes Jr: Doping Positive No23 For Swim Brazil On Road To Rio 2016 Olympics". Swimvortex. Retrieved December 10, 2015.
  30. ↑ "João Gomes Jr. is the second time in the world and threatens South American record: 59.06!". Best Swimming (in Portuguese). April 15, 2016. Retrieved April 16, 2016.
  31. ↑ "Medal eludes the Brazilians, and Felipe Franca changes focus: "I want twins"". Globoesporte (in Portuguese). August 7, 2016. Retrieved August 22, 2016.
  32. ↑ "Brazil ends at 6º in the 4x100m medley and ends Rio-16 without medal in swimming". UOL (in Portuguese). August 13, 2016. Retrieved August 22, 2016.
  33. ↑ "Results of the 50-metre breaststroke heats at 2017 Budapest". OmegaTiming. July 25, 2017. Retrieved July 26, 2017.
  34. ↑ "Results of the 50-metre breaststroke final at 2017 Budapest". OmegaTiming. July 26, 2017. Retrieved July 26, 2017.
  35. ↑ "Results of the 100-metre breaststroke at 2017 Budapest". OmegaTiming. July 23, 2017. Retrieved July 31, 2017.
  36. ↑ "Results of the 4x100-metre medley at 2017 Budapest". OmegaTiming. July 30, 2017. Retrieved July 31, 2017.
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