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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