Tales Cerdeira

Tales Cerdeira
Personal information
Full name Tales Rocha Cerdeira
Nationality  Brazil
Born (1987-01-21) January 21, 1987
Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight 72 kg (159 lb)
Sport
Sport Swimming
Strokes Breaststroke

Tales Rocha Cerdeira (January 21, 1987) is a Brazilian swimmer.[1] [2]

International career

2009–12

At the 2009 World Aquatics Championships in Rome, finished 27th in the 200-metre breaststroke.[3]

He was at the 2010 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships in Irvine, where he finished 4th in the 4×100-metre medley,[4] 7th in the 100-metre breaststroke [5] and was disqualified at the 200-metre breaststroke.[6]

At the 2010 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) held in Dubai, Tales came in 9th place in the 200-metre breaststroke race.[7]

In World Military Games conducted in 2010 in Warendorf, Germany, won the gold medal in the 50-metre, 100-metre, 200-metre breaststroke and 4×100-metre medley.[8]

In 2011 he transferred to Flamengo, obtained the index to participate in 2011 World Aquatics Championships held in Shanghai (but withdrew from participating) and the 2011 Pan American Games.[9]

At the 2011 Military World Games, got the gold medal in the 200-metre breaststroke [10] and in the 4 × 100 m medley,[11] and also won silver in the 100-metre breaststroke.[12]

He joined the national delegation that disputed the 2011 Pan American Games, in Guadalajara, going to the final and finishing in 5th place in the 200-metre breaststroke.[13]

2012 Summer Olympics

At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he competed in the Men's 200-metre breaststroke, finishing in 14th place overall in the heats and 4th in his semifinal, narrowly missing a place in the final, finishing 9th.[14]

2013–16

At the 2014 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships in Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia, he finished 5th in the 200-metre breaststroke, and 12th in the 100-metre breaststroke.[15]

2016 Summer Olympics

At the 2016 Summer Olympics, he competed in the Men's 200-metre breaststroke, finishing in 29th place overall in the heats.[16]

References

  1. ↑ "Tales Cerdeira". London 2012. The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games Limited. Retrieved 13 September 2012.
  2. ↑ "Sports Reference Profile". Sports Reference. 2013. Retrieved April 14, 2013.
  3. ↑ "Results of the 200-metre breaststroke at 2009 Rome". OmegaTiming. July 30, 2009. Retrieved April 14, 2013.
  4. ↑ "Results of the 4×100-metre medley at 2010 Pan Pac in Irvine". OmegaTiming. August 21, 2010. Retrieved April 27, 2013.
  5. ↑ "Results of the 100-metre breaststroke at 2010 Pan Pac in Irvine". OmegaTiming. August 19, 2010. Retrieved April 27, 2013.
  6. ↑ "Results of the 200-metre breaststroke at 2010 Pan Pac in Irvine". OmegaTiming. August 21, 2010. Retrieved April 27, 2013.
  7. ↑ "Results of the 200-metre breaststroke at 2010 Dubai". OmegaTiming. December 17, 2010. Retrieved April 14, 2013.
  8. ↑ "After success at the Pan Pacific, Brazil wins 14 gold medals in World Military". Globoesporte (in Portuguese). August 31, 2010. Retrieved April 14, 2013.
  9. ↑ "After relinquishing Shanghai, Tales Cerdeira wins in Military Games". Globoesporte (in Portuguese). July 17, 2010. Retrieved April 14, 2013.
  10. ↑ "After relinquishing Shanghai, Tales Cerdeira wins in Military Games". Globoesporte (in Portuguese). July 17, 2010. Retrieved April 14, 2013.
  11. ↑ "Mangabeira relay and guarantee two more golds to Brazil". Lancenet (in Portuguese). July 18, 2011. Retrieved April 14, 2013.
  12. ↑ "Tales Cerdeira is silver in 100-metre breaststroke". Lancenet (in Portuguese). July 19, 2011. Retrieved April 14, 2013.
  13. ↑ "Thiago Pereira disappoints in the 200-metre breaststroke, postpones 10th gold and gives breath to recordist Hoyama". R7 (in Portuguese). October 18, 2011. Retrieved April 14, 2013.
  14. ↑ "Sports Reference Profile". Sports Reference. 2013. Retrieved April 14, 2013.
  15. ↑ "Fratus won gold in the 50m freestyle with the Pan-Pacific record". CBDA (in Portuguese). August 24, 2014. Retrieved September 20, 2014.
  16. ↑ "Brazil starts badly in the 4th day, only Chierighini advances". ClicRBS (in Portuguese). August 9, 2016. Retrieved August 10, 2016.
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