Aram Boghossian
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| Full name | Aram Boghossian | ||||||||||||
| Nationality |
 Brazil | ||||||||||||
| Born |
November 17, 1929 Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | ||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||
| Strokes | Freestyle | ||||||||||||
Medal record
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Aram Boghossian (born November 17, 1929 in Rio de Janeiro[1]) is a former international freestyle swimmer from Brazil.[2]
At the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, he finished 8th in the 4×200-metre freestyle final, and swam the 100-metre freestyle, finishing 14th at semifinals.[2]
He broke the Brazilian record of the 100-metre freestyle in 1948. His record was broken only in 1956 by Haroldo Lara.[3]
At the inaugural Pan American Games in 1951, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, he won a silver medal in the 4×200-metre freestyle, along with Ricardo Capanema, João Gonçalves Filho, and Tetsuo Okamoto.[4]
At the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, he swam the 100-metre and 4×200-metre freestyle, not reaching the finals.[2]
On 2004, he still swim, now in the Masters category.[1]
References
- 1 2 "World Masters - Aram Boghossian wins the first Brazil gold". Best Swimming (in Portuguese). June 4, 2004. Retrieved May 2, 2013.
- 1 2 3 "Profile at Sports Reference". Sports Reference. 2013. Retrieved May 2, 2013.
- ↑ "OUR FASTEST SWIMMER OF THE WORLD - PART I". Best Swimming. April 14, 2008. Retrieved June 16, 2013.
- ↑ "Brazil medals at 1951 Pan". UOL (in Portuguese). 2007. Retrieved May 2, 2013.