Diogo Carvalho (born 26 March 1988 in Coimbra[1]) is a Portuguese swimmer. He made his Olympic debut at the 2008 Summer Olympics in the 200 metre individual medley. He competed in the 200 and 400 m individual medleys at the 2012 Summer Olympics.[1] He competed in the 200 m individual medley at the 2016 Summer Olympics.[2]

Diogo Carvalho
Netanya 2015
Personal information
Full nameDiogo Carvalho
Nationality Portugal
Born (1988-03-26) 26 March 1988 (age 36)
Coimbra, Portugal
Height1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight72 kg (159 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesMedley, butterfly
ClubClube dos Galitos de Aveiro
Medal record
Men's swimming
Representing Portugal
European Championships (SC)
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Herning 200 m medley
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Netanya 200 m medley

He currently holds 9 individual national records, 6 short course (200 m freestyle, 50, 100 and 200 metres butterfly and 200 and 400 metres medleys) and 2 long course (100 fly and the 200 m medley). His swimming club is Clube dos Galitos de Aveiro in Aveiro. He studies medicine at the University of Coimbra.

Personal bests

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Short course
Distance Freestyle Backstroke Breaststroke Butterfly Individual medley
50 m 23.42 25.35 28.85 23.63
100 m 48.51 54.94 59.62 51.45 53.28
200 m 1:45.69 1:58.76 2:15.23 1:53.39 1:54.58
400 m 3:50.45 4:06.83
800 m
1500 m
Long course
Distance Freestyle Backstroke Breaststroke Butterfly Individual medley
50 m 23.40 27.68 29.05 24.13
100 m 50.32 1:00.83 1:03:38 52.42
200 m 1:51.05 2:11.15 2:15.87 1:56.71 1:59.39
400 m 3:57.47 4:18.08
800 m
1500 m

Results

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200m Individual Medley

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Year Competition Result
Heats Semi-Finals Finals
2011 FINA World Aquatics Championships 9th[permanent dead link]
1:59.51
12th[permanent dead link]
1:59.80
-
2010 LEN European Aquatics Championships 13th
2:01.77
13th
2:01.89
-
European Short Course Swimming Championships 7th
1:57.25
/ 6th
1:56.83
FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) 11th
1:55.87
- -
2009 FINA World Aquatics Championships 17th
2:00.05
- -
European Short Course Swimming Championships 5th
1:54.97
/ 8th
1:54.58
2008 LEN European Aquatics Championships 4th
2:00.40
5th
2:01.49
6th
2:02.29
European Short Course Swimming Championships 1st
1:55.98
/ 5th
1:55.95
FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) 8th
1:57.88
/ 7th
1:57.67

References

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  1. ^ a b Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Diogo Carvalho". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 14 July 2017.
  2. ^ "Men's 200m Individual Medley". Rio2016.com. Rio 2016 Organising Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games. 26 August 2016. Archived from the original on 26 August 2016. Retrieved 14 July 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
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