Manoel Villar

Manoel Villar
Personal information
Full name Manoel da Rocha Villar
Nationality  Brazil
Born (1912-11-21)November 21, 1912
Brazil
Died October 15, 2012(2012-10-15) (aged 99)
Sport
Sport Swimming
Strokes Freestyle

Manoel da Rocha Villar (November 21, 1912 October 15, 2012) was an Olympic freestyle swimmer from Brazil, who participated at two Summer Olympics for his native country.[1] At the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, he swam the 4×200-metre freestyle, finishing 7th in the final, along with Manuel Silva, Isaac Morais and Benvenuto Nunes. He also swam the 100-metre freestyle, not reaching the finals.[1][2] At the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, he swam the 400-metre, 1500-metre, and 4×200-metre freestyle, not reaching the finals.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Sports Reference Profile". Sports Reference. 2013. Retrieved June 22, 2013.
  2. "Los Angeles (1932): Maria Lenk is the first braziliam woman at Games". BOL (in Portuguese). July 30, 2008. Retrieved June 23, 2013.


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