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Guilherme Costa

Guilherme Costa
Personal information
Full name	Guilherme Pereira da Costa
Nickname	Cachorrão (Big Dog)
Born	(1998-10-01) 1 October 1998 (age 26) Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Height	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	72 kg (159 lb)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Freestyle
Club	Esporte Clube Pinheiros
Medal record Men's swimming Representing  Brazil World Championships (LC) 2022 Budapest 400 m freestyle Pan American Games 2019 Lima 1500 m freestyle 2023 Santiago 400 m freestyle 2023 Santiago 800 m freestyle 2023 Santiago 1500 m freestyle 2023 Santiago 4×200 m freestyle South American Games 2018 Cochabamba 400 m freestyle 2022 Asunción 400 m freestyle 2022 Asunción 800 m freestyle 2022 Asunción 1500 m freestyle 2022 Asunción 4x200 m freestyle 2018 Cochabamba 1500 m freestyle Military World Games 2019 Wuhan 400 m freestyle 2019 Wuhan 4×200 m freestyle

Guilherme Pereira da Costa (born 1 October 1998) is a Brazilian swimmer. He is the 400m freestyle bronze medalist at the 2022 World Championships. At the Pan American Games, he was champion of the 400, 800 and 1500 metre freestyle. He is also currently the South American record holder in the 400, 800, and 1500 metre freestyle.

International career

2017–2021

He competed in the men's 1500 metre freestyle event at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships, finishing in 19th place.

On 6 December 2017, participating in the Brazil Open (long course) in Rio de Janeiro, he broke the South American record in the 1500-metre freestyle with a time of 14:59.01. It was the fourth time in 2017 that he broke the South American record of this race.

At the 2018 South American Games in Cochabamba, he won the gold medal in the 400m and the silver medal in the 1500m freestyle.

On 30 June 2018, participating in the Sette Colli Trophy (long course) in Rome, he broke the South American record in the 800-metre freestyle with a time of 7:50.92.

At the 2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships in Tokyo, Japan, he finished 4th in the Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay, 4th in the Men's 800 metre freestyle and 4th in the Men's 1500 metre freestyle.

At the 2019 World Aquatics Championships in Gwangju, South Korea, he finished 21st in the Men's 800 metre freestyle, and 25th in the Men's 1500 metre freestyle.

At the 2019 Pan American Games held in Lima, Peru, Costa won his biggest title, the gold medal in the Men's 1500 metre freestyle, with a time of 15:09.93. Brazil has not won this event at the Pan American Games since Tetsuo Okamoto won it in the first edition of the Games, in 1951.

In December 2019, participating in the U.S. Open (long course) in Atlanta, he broke the South American record in the 400-metre freestyle, with a time of 3:46.57, in the 800-metre freestyle, with a time of 7:47.37 and in the 1500-metre freestyle, with a time of 14:55.49.

On 19 April 2021, participating in the Brazilian Olympic Selection Trials, he lowered his South American record in the 400m freestyle with a time of 3:45.85.

2020 Summer Olympics

At the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Costa almost broke the South American record in the Men's 400 metre freestyle heats, with a time of 3:45.99. He finished in 11th place, 0.32s from getting a place in the final. In the 800 metre freestyle, he broke the South American record at heats with a time of 7:46.08, ranking 5th for the final. Costa finished 8th in the 800m freestyle final, and later, 13th in the heat of the 1500m freestyle.

2021-24

He did not attend the 2021 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m), in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, because he felt some symptoms such as fever and malaise, which made him withdraw from the competition.

At the 2022 World Aquatics Championships, in Budapest, Hungary, he became the first Brazilian and South American in history to win a medal in the 400-meter freestyle event, obtaining bronze with a time of 3:43.31, a new South American record. It was the first medal by a South American in the men's 400 free from any major international meet since Argentinian Alberto Zorrilla at the 1928 Olympics. No South American had ever even qualified for the 400m freestyle final at the World Championships. In the 800m freestyle, Costa broke the South American record with a time of 7:45.48, finishing in 5th place, the best position ever obtained by a South American in the event (no South American swimmer had even reached the final of this event in World Championships). In the 1500m freestyle, Costa broke the South American record at heats, with a time of 14:53.03, qualifying 4th for the final. In the final, Costa destroyed the South American record, lowering it by more than 4 seconds, with a time of 14:48.53, finishing in 6th place and equaling the best mark in the history of Brazil in the race (6th place of Luiz Lima in 1998). After the pool events, he swam in the open waters in the Mixed 6km Relay Team, where Brazil finished in 5th place.

In September 2022, at the José Finkel Trophy in Recife, he broke the short course South American record in the 800-metre freestyle with a time of 7:41.23. and in the 1500-metre freestyle, with a time of 14:39.42.

He did not attend the 2022 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m), in Melbourne, Australia, despite having an index for the competition.

At the 2023 World Aquatics Championships, in Fukuoka, Japan, he remained among the best in the world, finishing 4th in the 400 metre freestyle, 7th in the 800 metre freestyle and 8th in the 4x200 metre freestyle relay. He chose not to participate in the 1500 m freestyle, to swim the relay.

At the 2023 Pan American Games held in Santiago, Chile, Costa won 4 gold medals in the Men's 400 metre freestyle, with a time of 3.46.79, Pan American Games record; in the Men's 800 metre freestyle, with a time of 7:53.01, Pan American Games record; in the Men's 1500 metre freestyle, with a time of 15:09.29; and in the Men's 4 x 200 metre freestyle, with a time of 7:07.53, Pan American Games record.

At the 2024 World Aquatics Championships, he remained among the best in the world, finishing 4th in the 400 metre freestyle. Putting the 200m freestyle in his range of events for the first time, he reached the final with a time of 1:46.06 (Olympic index) in the semi-finals, being only the 2nd Brazilian in history to reach a World Championship final in this event. With the Doha calendar having been made with several freestyle events accumulated in the first few days, he swam the 800m freestyle heats but ended up running out of energy to finish the race properly - in the middle of the race, he gave up the attempt, finishing 27th with time of 7:58.02. In the 200m freestyle final, at night, he finished 8th with a time of 1:46.87. With him not qualifying for the final of the 4x200m freestyle, his coach opted to return immediately to training, continuing his preparation for the Olympic Games, removing him from the 1500m freestyle competition.

2024 Summer Olympics

At the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, Costa reached the final of the 400m freestyle, breaking the Americas record and finishing in 5th place, with a time of 3:42.76, just 0.26 seconds away from obtaining the bronze medal. It was the second best result in Brazil's history in this event at the Olympics, behind only Djan Madruga who obtained two 4th places in 1976 and 1980.

Personal bests

As of July 27, 2024

Achievements

Olympic Games

• 400m freestyle: 5th (Paris 2024)
• 800m freestyle: 8th (Tokyo 2020)
• 1500m freestyle: 13th (Tokyo 2020)

FINA World Championships

• 200m freestyle: 8th (Doha 2024)
• 400m freestyle: (Budapest 2022)
• 800m freestyle: 5th (Budapest 2022)
• 1500m freestyle: 6th (Budapest 2022)
• 4x200m freestyle relay: 8th (Fukuoka 2023)
• Open water swimming Team: 5th (Budapest 2022)

References

1. Guilherme Costa e Felipe Lima garantem vagas olímpicas na seletiva da natação
2. "CBDA Profile". CBDA. 14 December 2018. Archived from the original on 15 December 2018. Retrieved 14 December 2018.
3. "Heats results". FINA. Archived from the original on 29 July 2017. Retrieved 30 July 2017.
4. "2017 World Aquatics Championships > Search via Athletes". Budapest 2017. Archived from the original on 2 August 2019. Retrieved 30 July 2017.
5. "Men's 1500m Freestyle Results". cbda.org. 6 December 2017. Archived from the original on 7 December 2017. Retrieved 7 December 2017.
6. "Costa breaks 1500-meter freestyle South American Record by the fifth time". Best Swim. 8 December 2019. Archived from the original on 10 December 2019. Retrieved 10 December 2019.
7. "Men's 800m Freestyle Timed Final Results" (PDF). Italian Swimming Federation. 30 June 2018. Retrieved 1 July 2018.
8. "Results of the 4x200-metre freestyle at 2018 Pan Pacific" (PDF). Seiko. 10 August 2018. Retrieved 14 December 2018.
9. "Results of the 800-metre freestyle at 2018 Pan Pacific" (PDF). Seiko. 12 August 2018. Retrieved 14 December 2018.
10. "Results of the 1500-metre freestyle at 2018 Pan Pacific" (PDF). Seiko. 10 August 2018. Retrieved 14 December 2018.
11. "Results of the 800-metre freestyle at 2019 Gwangju" (PDF). Omega Timing. 23 July 2019. Retrieved 28 July 2019.
12. "Results of the 1500-metre freestyle at 2019 Gwangju" (PDF). Omega Timing. 27 July 2019. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 July 2019. Retrieved 28 July 2019.
13. "Men's 1500m Freestyle - Final" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 August 2019. Retrieved 11 August 2019.
14. "Historic! With title at 1500m, Brasil stabilishes new gold medal record at a Pan's edition". Globoesporte (in Portuguese). 11 August 2018. Retrieved 11 August 2018.
15. "Costa wins with new South American record". cbda.org. 6 December 2019. Archived from the original on 7 December 2019. Retrieved 7 December 2019.
16. "Costa wins with South American Record". cbda.org. 5 December 2019. Archived from the original on 7 December 2019. Retrieved 7 December 2019.
17. "Costa breaks 1500-meter freestyle South American Record by the fifth time". Best Swim. 8 December 2019. Archived from the original on 10 December 2019. Retrieved 10 December 2019.
18. "Men's 400m Freestyle Final Results". Archived from the original on 22 June 2022. Retrieved 23 June 2021.
19. Com recorde pessoal, Felipe Lima avança às semifinais dos 100m peito
20. Natação brasileira vai à final no 4x200m e 800m com Guilherme Costa
21. Brazilian Guilherme Costa finishes last in final of the 800m freestyle
22. Guilherme Costa is 6th in heat and is eliminated from the 1500m freestyle
23. Brasil tem duas desistências na véspera do Mundial de Natação
24. Guilherme Costa é bronze nos 400m livre do Mundial de natação
25. Budapest 2022, Day 1 South America Recap: Balduccini, Costa Make History
26. Guilherme Costa quebra recorde sul-americano, mas fica em quinto nos 800m livre no Mundial
27. men's 1500m freestyle heats at 2022 World Championships
28. Men's 1500m freestyle finals at 2022 World Championships
29. Mixed 6km Relay Team at 2022 World Aquatics Championships
30. GUILHERME COSTA CHEGA A 20 RECORDES SUL-AMERICANOS, 5 EM VIGÊNCIA
31. Leo Santos e Pumputis obtêm índice para Mundial; Guilherme Costa bate recorde
32. "Final results" (PDF). omegatiming.com. 23 July 2023.
33. "Final results" (PDF). omegatiming.com. 26 July 2023.
34. "Final results" (PDF). omegatiming.com. 28 July 2023. Retrieved 28 July 2023.
35. Nadador Guilherme Costa vence os 1.500 metros livre e soma 4 medalhas de ouro no Pan
36. Guilherme Costa leva ouro e bate recorde da prova dos 400 m na natação no Pan de Santiago
37. Pan 2023: Guilherme Caribé e Cachorrão conquistam o ouro na natação
38. Pan 2023: Brasil conquista o ouro no revezamento 4x200m livre masculino
39. Brasileira é quarta colocada nos 400m livre do Mundial; revezamentos 4x100m livre vão a Paris
40. Brasil fica perto do pódio em Doha com Mafê Costa, Gabi Roncatto e Cachorrão
41. Guilherme Costa faz índice olímpico e vai à final dos 200m livre no Mundial de Doha
42. Mafê Costa vai à semifinal nos 200m livre do Mundial de Doha
43. Guilherme Costa sai da disputa dos 1500m no Mundial
44. Jogos de Paris: Na final dos 400m livres, Guilherme Costa, o 'Cachorrão', fica em 5º e bate recorde das Américas
45. HFNB Djan Madruga

External links

• Guilherme Costa at World Aquatics
• Guilherme Costa at SwimRankings.net
• Guilherme Costa at Olympics.com
• Guilherme Costa at Olympedia

• 1998 births
• Living people
• South American Games gold medalists for Brazil
• South American Games medalists in swimming
• Competitors at the 2018 South American Games
• Competitors at the 2022 South American Games
• Pan American Games gold medalists for Brazil
• Pan American Games medalists in swimming
• Medalists at the 2019 Pan American Games
• Medalists at the 2023 Pan American Games
• Brazilian male freestyle swimmers
• Swimmers at the 2020 Summer Olympics
• Olympic swimmers for Brazil
• Swimmers from Rio de Janeiro (city)
• World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming
• 21st-century Brazilian sportsmen
• Swimmers at the 2019 Pan American Games
• Swimmers at the 2023 Pan American Games
• Military World Games silver medalists for Brazil
• Military World Games medalists in swimming
• Swimmers at the 2024 Summer Olympics