Henrique Rodrigues

Henrique Rodrigues
Personal information
Full name Henrique Cavalcanti Rodrigues
National team  Brazil
Born (1991-02-04) February 4, 1991
Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil
Height 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)
Weight 88 kg (194 lb)
Sport
Sport Swimming
Strokes Individual medley

Henrique Cavalcanti Rodrigues (born 4 February 1991) is a Brazilian competitive swimmer.[1]

International career

2008–12

He won the bronze medal in the 4×100-metre freestyle at the 2008 FINA Youth World Swimming Championships in Monterrey.[2]

Participating in 2009 World Aquatics Championships in Rome, Henrique finished 15th in the 200-metre individual medley,[3] and 33rd in the 400-metre individual medley.[4]

At the 2010 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships in Irvine, California, Rodrigues finished 5th in the 200-metre individual medley final.[5] He also finished 14th in the 100-metre freestyle.[6]

At the 2010 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) in Dubai, Rodrigues finished 4th in the 200-metre individual medley final,[7] and 8th in the 100-metre individual medley final.[8]

In 2010 he was in the World Military Games in Germany, winning the gold medal in the 200-metre individual medley.[9]

Disputing the 2011 World Aquatics Championships in Shanghai in China, Henrique reached the 200-metre individual medley semifinals, finishing in 14th place.[10]

At the 2011 Pan American Games, Rodrigues won gold in the 4×100-metre freestyle and bronze in the 200-metre individual medley.[11]

2012 Summer Olympics

He competed in the 200-metre individual medley at the 2012 Summer Olympics and was eliminated in the semifinals, finishing 13th.[12][13]

2013–16

At the 2013 World Aquatics Championships, in Barcelona, he finished 12th in the 200-metre individual medley.[14]

At the 2014 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) in Doha, Qatar, Rodrigues finished 4th in the Men's 200 metre individual medley,[15] 6th in the Men's 100 metre individual medley (breaking the South American record with a time of 52.20),[16] and 16th in the Men's 200 metre backstroke.[17][18] He also swam the heats of the Men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay.[19]

At the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto, Canada, Rodrigues won the gold medal in the 200-metre individual medley, where he made his personal best with a time of 1:57.06, third best world time in 2015, and new Pan Am Games record.[20][21][22] He also won a gold medal in the 4×200-metre freestyle relay, by participating at heats. [23][24]

At the 2015 World Aquatics Championships in Kazan, Rodrigues reached his first final in the World Championships, finishing in 7th place in the Men's 200 metre individual medley, with a time of 1:58.52. The time he got at the Pan Am Games, a few weeks earlier (1:57.06) would give him the 4th place.[25][26]

References

  1. "Sports Reference profile". Sports Reference. 2013. Retrieved April 6, 2013.
  2. "2013 Maria Lenk Trophy: Barcelona and Dubai". CBDA (in Portuguese). April 27, 2013. Retrieved July 20, 2013.
  3. "Results of the 200-metre individual medley at 2009 Rome". OmegaTiming. July 29, 2009. Retrieved April 6, 2013.
  4. "Results of the 400-metre individual medley at 2009 Rome". OmegaTiming. August 2, 2009. Retrieved April 6, 2013.
  5. "Results of the 200-metre individual medley at 2010 Pan Pacific". OmegaTiming. August 21, 2010. Retrieved April 6, 2013.
  6. "Results of the 100-metre freestyle at 2010 Pan Pacific". OmegaTiming. August 19, 2010. Retrieved April 27, 2013.
  7. "Results of the 200-metre individual medley at 2010 Dubai". OmegaTiming. December 17, 2010. Retrieved April 6, 2013.
  8. "Results of the 100-metre individual medley at 2010 Dubai". OmegaTiming. December 19, 2010. Retrieved April 6, 2013.
  9. "After success at the Pan Pacific, Brazil winning 14 golds in Military World Games". Globoesporte (in Portuguese). August 31, 2010. Retrieved April 6, 2013.
  10. "Results of the 200-metre individual medley at 2011 Shanghai". OmegaTiming. July 27, 2011. Retrieved April 6, 2013.
  11. "Semifinalist in Londres, Henrique Rodrigues return to Pinheiros". Globoesporte (in Portuguese). January 31, 2013. Retrieved April 6, 2013.
  12. London 2012 profile
  13. "Sports Reference profile". Sports Reference. 2013. Retrieved April 6, 2013.
  14. "Results of the 200-metre individual medley at 2013 Barcelona". OmegaTiming. July 31, 2013. Retrieved August 3, 2013.
  15. "Results of the 200-metre individual medley at 2014 Doha". OmegaTiming. December 5, 2014. Retrieved December 14, 2014.
  16. "Results of the 100-metre individual medley at 2014 Doha". OmegaTiming. December 7, 2014. Retrieved December 14, 2014.
  17. "Results of the 200-metre backstroke heats at 2014 Doha". OmegaTiming. December 7, 2014. Retrieved December 14, 2014.
  18. "Doha gives to Brazil the short pool crown". CBDA. December 7, 2014. Retrieved December 12, 2014.
  19. "Results of the 4x100-metre freestyle heats at 2014 Doha". OmegaTiming. December 3, 2014. Retrieved December 14, 2014.
  20. "Without Thiago Pereira, Brazilian relay closes swimming with gold". O Estado de S.Paulo (in Portuguese). July 18, 2015. Retrieved July 19, 2015.
  21. "Gold Weight: Yane dominates pentathlon, and swimmers win "by stroke"". Globoesporte (in Portuguese). July 19, 2015. Retrieved July 19, 2015.
  22. "How it was the last day of the Pan in Toronto". Best Swimming (in Portuguese). July 19, 2015. Retrieved July 19, 2015.
  23. "Heats in the Pan's second day". Best Swimming (in Portuguese). July 15, 2015. Retrieved July 19, 2015.
  24. "Brazil won 6 medals, 3 more golds on the second day of Pan". Best Swimming (in Portuguese). July 16, 2015. Retrieved July 19, 2015.
  25. "Pushed by Pan, Thiago Pereira is silver in the 200m medley in the World". Globoesporte (in Portuguese). August 6, 2015. Retrieved August 6, 2015.
  26. "Results of the 200-metre individual medley at 2015 Kazan". OmegaTiming. August 6, 2015. Retrieved August 6, 2015.
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