Adhemar Grijó Filho
Personal information | |
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Nationality | Brazil |
Born | Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil | 18 October 1931
Died | 23 August 2020 Angra dos Reis, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | (aged 88)
Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) |
Sport | |
Sport | Swimming |
Strokes | Breaststroke |
Medal record |
Adhemar Grijó Filho (18 October 1931 – 23 August 2020) was a Brazilian athlete who competed in three Olympics. He represented Brazil in swimming at the 1952 Olympics and in water polo at the 1960 and 1964 Olympics.[1]
Career
[edit]At the inaugural Pan American Games in 1951, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, he finished 6th in the 200-metre breaststroke.[2] At the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, he swam the 200-metre breaststroke, not reaching the finals.[1] At the 1955 Pan American Games in Mexico City, he won the bronze medal in the Water Polo.[1][3][4] At the 1959 Pan American Games in Chicago, he won the bronze medal in the Water Polo.[1][5][6] At the 1963 Pan American Games in São Paulo, he won the gold medal in the Water Polo.[1][7][8] At Rome 1960 and Tokyo 1964, he finished 13th with the Brazilian Water Polo team.[1]
External links
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Adhemar Grijó Filho". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 6 July 2013.
- ^ "O GLOBO News Archive - March 7, 1951, Morning, General, page 8". O GLOBO. Archived from the original on 14 September 2013. Retrieved 14 September 2013.
- ^ "Brazil medals at 1955 Pan". UOL (in Portuguese). 2007. Retrieved 6 July 2013.
- ^ "Brazilian medalists at 1955 Pan". Folha de S.Paulo (in Portuguese). 2007. Retrieved 6 July 2013.
- ^ "Brazil medals at 1959 Pan". UOL (in Portuguese). 2007. Retrieved 6 July 2013.
- ^ "Brazilian medalists at 1959 Pan". Folha de S.Paulo (in Portuguese). 2007. Retrieved 6 July 2013.
- ^ "Brazil medals at 1963 Pan". UOL (in Portuguese). 2007. Retrieved 6 July 2013.
- ^ "Brazilian medalists at 1963 Pan". Folha de S.Paulo (in Portuguese). 2007. Retrieved 6 July 2013.
External links
[edit]- 1931 births
- 2020 deaths
- Brazilian male water polo players
- Swimmers at the 1951 Pan American Games
- Swimmers at the 1952 Summer Olympics
- Water polo players at the 1960 Summer Olympics
- Water polo players at the 1964 Summer Olympics
- Olympic swimmers for Brazil
- Olympic water polo players for Brazil
- Pan American Games gold medalists for Brazil
- Pan American Games bronze medalists for Brazil
- Brazilian male breaststroke swimmers
- Pan American Games medalists in water polo
- Medalists at the 1955 Pan American Games
- Medalists at the 1959 Pan American Games
- Medalists at the 1963 Pan American Games
- Sportspeople from Florianópolis
- 20th-century Brazilian sportsmen