Henrique Martins

Henrique Martins

Nicholas Santos and Henrique Martins
Personal information
Full name Henrique de Souza Martins
Nationality  Brazil
Born (1991-11-14) November 14, 1991
Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil
Sport
Sport Swimming
Strokes Butterfly

Henrique de Souza Martins (born November 14, 1991 in Campinas) is a Brazilian competitive swimmer.[1][2][3]

International career

2008–12

He participated at 2008 FINA Youth World Swimming Championships in Monterrey.[4]

At the 2011 Summer Universiade in Shenzhen, China, Martins won a silver medal in the 4×100-metre freestyle relay.[5]

2013–16

Martins entered into a University in 2013, in a course of Tourism.[6]

At the 2014 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) in Doha, Qatar, Martins won four medals in four brazilian relays, by participating at heats. He won the gold medal in the Men's 4 × 50 metre medley relay,[7] Men's 4 × 100 metre medley relay,[8] 4 × 50 metre mixed medley relay,[9] and a bronze medal in the 4 × 50 metre mixed freestyle relay.[10] Martins also finished 8th in the Men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay,[11] 15th in the Men's 50 metre butterfly[12] and 16th in the Men's 50 metre backstroke.[13]

At the 2015 Summer Universiade in Gwangju, South Korea, Martins won two gold medals in the 100-metre freestyle and in the 50-metre butterfly,[14] and a silver medal in the 100-metre freestyle.[15]

2016 Summer Olympics

At the 2016 Summer Olympics, Martins finished 6th in the Men's 4 × 100 metre medley relay,[16] and 21st in the Men's 100 metre butterfly.[17]

References

  1. "National Ranking-Page 1" (PDF). FAGO (in Portuguese). December 20, 2012. Retrieved December 14, 2014.
  2. "Call list to the 2014 World Championships in Doha". CBDA (in Portuguese). September 22, 2014. Retrieved December 14, 2014.
  3. "Campinas' swimmer trains in London". Campinas City Hall (in Portuguese). March 30, 2012. Retrieved December 14, 2014.
  4. "Brazil have 20 swimmers to the Junior World Championships". CBDA (in Portuguese). May 9, 2008. Retrieved December 14, 2014.
  5. "Brazil back with 3 university medals". CBDA (in Portuguese). August 25, 2011. Retrieved December 14, 2014.
  6. "Without swimming any finals, "joker" takes four medals in the World Championships: "I insist"". Globoesporte (in Portuguese). December 10, 2014. Retrieved December 14, 2014.
  7. "Results of the 4x50-metre medley heats at 2014 Doha". OmegaTiming. December 4, 2014. Retrieved December 14, 2014.
  8. "Results of the 4x100-metre medley heats at 2014 Doha". OmegaTiming. December 7, 2014. Retrieved December 14, 2014.
  9. "Results of the 4x50-metre mixed medley heats at 2014 Doha". OmegaTiming. December 4, 2014. Retrieved December 14, 2014.
  10. "Results of the 4x50-metre mixed freestyle heats at 2014 Doha". OmegaTiming. December 6, 2014. Retrieved December 14, 2014.
  11. "Results of the 4x100-metre freestyle at 2014 Doha". OmegaTiming. December 3, 2014. Retrieved December 14, 2014.
  12. "Results of the 50-metre butterfly semifinals at 2014 Doha". OmegaTiming. December 5, 2014. Retrieved December 14, 2014.
  13. "Results of the 50-metre backstroke semifinals at 2014 Doha". OmegaTiming. December 5, 2014. Retrieved December 14, 2014.
  14. "Henrique Martins ganha mais um ouro na natação". Terra (in Portuguese). July 8, 2015. Retrieved July 8, 2015.
  15. "Henrique Martins perde na batida e leva a prata nos 50m livre". Globoesporte (in Portuguese). July 10, 2015. Retrieved July 10, 2015.
  16. "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.
  17. "Phelps moves forward and begins to search for tetra in the 100m butterfly". Globoesporte (in Portuguese). August 11, 2016. Retrieved August 22, 2016.
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