Miguel Valente

Miguel Leite Valente (born 16 July 1993) is a Brazilian swimmer.[1] He competed in the men's 1500-metre freestyle event at the 2016 Summer Olympics.[2] At the 2016 Summer Olympics, he finished 31st in the men's 1500-metre freestyle.[3][4]

Miguel Valente
Personal information
NationalityBrazilian
Born (1993-07-16) 16 July 1993
Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Height1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight71 kg (157 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesFreestyle
ClubMinas TC

On 14 September 2016, at the José Finkel Trophy (short-course competition), he broke the South American record in the 800-metre freestyle, with a time of 7:42.79. He surpassed Armando Negreiros' time of 7:43.52, conquered in 2009.[5]

At the 2019 Pan American Games held in Lima, Peru, Valente won the silver medal in the Men's 800 metre freestyle, with a time of 7:56.37.[6] He led most of the race, being surpassed only in the end by the American Andrew Abruzzo.

References
  1. "CBDA - Perfil de Atleta - Miguel Leite Valente" [CBDA - Athlete's profile - Miguel Leite Valente]. CBDA (in Portuguese). 2018. Retrieved 16 December 2018.
  2. "Miguel Valente". Rio 2016. Retrieved 13 August 2016.
  3. "Summary of the last Olympic qualifying". Best Swim (in Portuguese). 12 August 2016. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
  4. "After 36 years, men's 4x100m medley in the Olympic final". CBDA (in Portuguese). 12 August 2016. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
  5. "Double of the 100m breaststroke manages index for the dispute of the Worlds at Windsor". Globoesporte (in Portuguese). 15 September 2016. Retrieved 25 July 2017.
  6. "Men's 800m Freestyle - Final" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 August 2019. Retrieved 11 August 2019.
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