Diogo Yabe

Diogo de Oliveira Yabe (born August 8, 1980 in Londrina, Paraná, Brazil), is a Brazilian competitive swimmer who specializes in medley events.[1]

Diogo Yabe
Personal information
Full nameDiogo de Oliveira Yabe
Nationality Brazil
Born (1980-08-08) August 8, 1980
Londrina, Paraná, Brazil
Height1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight80 kg (176 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesMedley

Married with Fabíola Molina.[2]

He swam at the 2002 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships, where he finished 12th in the 200-metre individual medley.[3]

In May 2003, Yabe achieved fame for breaking the Ricardo Prado's South American record in the 200-metre individual medley, a record that stood since 1983.[4]

At the 2003 World Aquatics Championships, Yabe was in the 200-metre individual medley, but was disqualified.[5]

Yabe was at the 2003 Pan American Games in Santo Domingo, where he ranked 6th place in the 200-metre individual medley and in the 400-metre individual medley.[6]

Participated in the 2004 Summer Olympics in the 200-metre individual medley, where he earned a 26th place finish.[1]

At the 2006 South American Games in Buenos Aires, Yabe won a gold medal in the 400-metre individual medley,[7] two silver medals in the 200-metre individual medley[8] and 4×100-metre freestyle,[9] and a bronze medal in the 4×200-metre freestyle.[10]

At the 2007 Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro, ranked 4th in the 400-metre individual medley,[11] and 8th in the 200-metre individual medley [12]

He was at the 2010 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships in Irvine, where he finished 14th in the 200-metre individual medley,[13] and 15th in the 400-metre individual medley.[14]

He was at the 2010 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m), where he finished 25th place in the 200-metre individual medley,[15] and in 17th place in the 400-metre individual medley.[16]

As one of the representatives of Brazil in the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara, won the silver medal in the 4×200-metre freestyle by participate at heats.[17]

At the 2011 Military World Games, held in Rio de Janeiro, Diogo won the gold medal in the 200-metre individual medley [18] and in the 400-metre individual medley.[19]

References
  1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Diogo Yabe". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18.
  2. Diogo and Fabíola (in Portuguese)
  3. "Bruno Bonfim closes as the 12th athlete with index". CBDA (in Portuguese). August 29, 2002. Archived from the original on June 15, 2013. Retrieved April 19, 2013.
  4. "Young Diogo breaks the 20-year record of Ricardo Prado". Terra (in Portuguese). May 4, 2003. Retrieved April 21, 2013.
  5. 200-metre individual medley results - Barcelona 2003
  6. Diogo Yabe database (in Portuguese)
  7. "49 medals for the aquatics". CBDA (in Portuguese). November 19, 2006. Archived from the original on April 23, 2013. Retrieved April 26, 2013.
  8. "Luiz Arapiraca shines again in Argentina". CBDA (in Portuguese). November 18, 2006. Archived from the original on April 22, 2013. Retrieved April 26, 2013.
  9. "49 medals for the aquatics". CBDA (in Portuguese). November 19, 2006. Archived from the original on April 23, 2013. Retrieved April 26, 2013.
  10. "Brazil conquers more 11 medals in swimming". CBDA (in Portuguese). November 17, 2006. Archived from the original on May 5, 2013. Retrieved April 26, 2013.
  11. Diogo Yabe database (in Portuguese)
  12. At 200m medley, Thiago Pereira gets gold (in Portuguese)
  13. "Results of the 200-metre individual medley at 2010 Pan Pac in Irvine". OmegaTiming. August 21, 2010. Retrieved April 27, 2013.
  14. "Results of the 400-metre individual medley at 2010 Pan Pac in Irvine". OmegaTiming. August 19, 2010. Retrieved April 27, 2013.
  15. 200-metre individual medley results - Dubai 2010
  16. 400-metre individual medley results - Dubai 2010
  17. 4×200-metre freestyle heats at Guadalajara (in Portuguese)
  18. Third day:shooting puts Brazil on lead (in Portuguese)
  19. Diogo Yabe won gold at Military Games Archived 2013-04-10 at Archive.today (in Portuguese)
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