Thiago Simon

Thiago Teixeira Simon (born April 3, 1990 in Penápolis) is a Brazilian swimmer.^[1][2]

Thiago Simon

Personal information
Full name	Thiago Teixeira Simon
Nationality	Brazil
Born	(1990-04-03) April 3, 1990 (age 34) Penápolis, São Paulo, Brazil
Height	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	93 kg (205 lb)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Breaststroke, Medley
Medal record Men's swimming Representing  Brazil Pan American Games 2015 Toronto 200 m breaststroke 2015 Toronto 4×200 m freestyle South American Games 2014 Santiago 200 m medley 2014 Santiago 400 m medley

International career

2014–16

At the 2014 South American Games in Santiago, Chile, Simon won a silver medal in the 200-metre individual medley, and a bronze medal in the 400-metre individual medley.^[3][4]

At the 2014 José Finkel Trophy in Guaratinguetá, Simon broke the short-course South American record in the 200-metre breaststroke, with a time of 2:04.28.^[5]

At the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto, Canada, Simon won a gold medal in the 200 metre breaststroke, with a time of 2:09.82, new Pan American Games record. He also won a gold medal in the 4×200-metre freestyle relay, by participating at heats.^[6][7]

At the 2015 World Aquatics Championships in Kazan, Simon finished 29th in the Men's 200 metre breaststroke^[8][9]

2016 Summer Olympics

At the 2016 Summer Olympics, he competed in the Men's 200-metre breaststroke, finishing in 36th place overall in the heats.^[10]

2016-20

On 13 September 2016, at the José Finkel Trophy (short-course competition), he broke the South American record in the 200-metre breaststroke, with a time of 2:02.58.^[11]

At the 2016 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) in Windsor, Ontario, Canada, he finished 9th in the Men's 200 metre breaststroke,^[12] and 13th in the Men's 200 metre individual medley.^[13]

At the 2017 World Aquatics Championships in Budapest, he finished 19th in the Men's 200 metre individual medley^[14] and 26th in the Men's 200 metre breaststroke.^[15]

References

1. "CBDA Profile". CBDA (in Portuguese). 2015. Retrieved July 24, 2015.
2. "COB Profile". COB (in Portuguese). 2015. Retrieved July 24, 2015.
3. "Brazilian swimming keeps shining at the South American Games". ClicRBS (in Portuguese). March 10, 2014. Retrieved July 24, 2015.
4. "Brazilian Swimming finds its tone". CBDA (in Portuguese). March 11, 2014. Retrieved July 24, 2015.
5. "Thiago Simon beats South American record that lasted five years" (in Portuguese). Terra. September 2, 2014. Retrieved July 24, 2015.
6. "Heats in the Pan's second day". Best Swimming (in Portuguese). July 15, 2015. Retrieved July 24, 2015.
7. "Brazil won 6 medals, 3 more golds on the second day of Pan". Best Swimming (in Portuguese). July 16, 2015. Retrieved July 24, 2015.
8. "Results of the 200-metre breaststroke at 2015 Kazan". OmegaTiming. August 6, 2015. Retrieved August 6, 2015.
9. "Leo de Deus passes to the semifinal, and 4 × 200 free relay win an Olympic spot". Best Swimming (in Portuguese). August 6, 2015. Retrieved August 6, 2015.
10. "Brazil starts badly in the 4th day, only Chierighini advances". ClicRBS (in Portuguese). August 9, 2016. Retrieved August 10, 2016.
11. "The first indexes come out: Simon and França. Four South American records were broken". CBDA (in Portuguese). 13 September 2016. Retrieved 25 July 2017.
12. "Results of the 200-metre breaststroke at 2016 Windsor". OmegaTiming. December 8, 2016. Retrieved July 25, 2017.
13. "Results of the 200-metre individual medley at 2016 Windsor". OmegaTiming. December 6, 2016. Retrieved July 25, 2017.
14. "Results of the 200-metre medley at 2017 Budapest". OmegaTiming. July 26, 2017. Retrieved July 31, 2017.
15. "Results of the 200-metre breaststroke at 2017 Budapest". OmegaTiming. July 27, 2017. Retrieved July 31, 2017.