Arthur Mendes

Arthur Franklin Mendes Filho (born August 7, 1993 in Cáceres) is a Brazilian swimmer.[1][2]

Arthur Mendes
Personal information
Full nameArthur Franklin Mendes Filho
Nationality Brazil
Born (1993-09-07) September 7, 1993
Cáceres, Mato Grosso, Brazil
Height1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight77 kg (170 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesButterfly
Medal record
Men's swimming
Representing  Brazil
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place 2015 Toronto 4×100 m medley
World Junior Championships
Bronze medal – third place2011 Lima100 m butterfly

He was at the 2011 FINA World Junior Swimming Championships, in Lima, Peru, where he won a bronze medal in the 100-metre butterfly.[3][4]

At the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Mendes won the gold medal in the 4×100-metre medley relay, where he broke the Pan American Games record with a time of 3:32.68, along with Marcelo Chierighini, Felipe França Silva and Guilherme Guido.[5][6][7] He also finished 7th in the 100 metre butterfly.[8]

At the 2015 World Aquatics Championships in Kazan, Mendes finished 10th in the Men's 4 × 100 metre medley relay[9][10] and 24th in the Men's 100 metre butterfly.[11][12]

References
  1. "COB Profile". COB (in Portuguese). 2015. Retrieved July 25, 2015.
  2. "CBDA Profile". CBDA (in Portuguese). 2015. Archived from the original on September 23, 2015. Retrieved July 25, 2015.
  3. "Arthur Mendes Filho is bronze in Lima, 2011". Best Swimming (in Portuguese). August 25, 2013. Archived from the original on July 25, 2015. Retrieved July 25, 2015.
  4. "World Junior Championships ends with many broken records, and times of "big people"". ESPN (in Portuguese). August 22, 2011. Archived from the original on July 27, 2015. Retrieved July 25, 2015.
  5. "Without Thiago Pereira, Brazilian relay closes swimming with gold". O Estado de S.Paulo (in Portuguese). July 18, 2015. Retrieved July 19, 2015.
  6. "Gold Weight: Yane dominates pentathlon, and swimmers win "by stroke"". Globoesporte (in Portuguese). July 19, 2015. Retrieved July 19, 2015.
  7. "How it was the last day of the Pan in Toronto". Best Swimming (in Portuguese). July 19, 2015. Archived from the original on July 21, 2015. Retrieved July 19, 2015.
  8. "A day to celebrate and forget". Best Swimming (in Portuguese). July 17, 2015. Archived from the original on July 21, 2015. Retrieved July 25, 2015.
  9. "Results of the 4x100-metre medley at 2015 Kazan". OmegaTiming. August 9, 2015. Retrieved August 9, 2015.
  10. "Last heats day in Kazan". Best Swimming (in Portuguese). August 9, 2015. Archived from the original on September 23, 2015. Retrieved August 9, 2015.
  11. "Results of the 100-metre butterfly at 2015 Kazan". OmegaTiming. August 7, 2015. Retrieved August 7, 2015.
  12. "Bruno Fratus and Daynara in the semifinals, and 4 × 200 relay disappoints". Best Swimming (in Portuguese). August 7, 2015. Archived from the original on September 23, 2015. Retrieved August 7, 2015.
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