Aram Boghossian (born 19 November 1929) is a former international freestyle

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from

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. He was born in

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. As of 2004 he was still swimming in the Masters' category. Graduated in

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, at the age of 60 he returned to swim in the master category, and works managing the family business.Olimpianos - Atletas Olímpicos Brasileiros: ARAM BOGHOSSIAN
Acessado em 10 de fevereiro de 2017 Son of Armenians, he started swimming at the age of six, in

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, where he also played

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. At the beginning of his career he did not perform well and was advised to leave the sport; but this encouraged him to train even more. In a decision between the swimming and basketball coaches, he was left with swimming only. At the

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, he finished 8th in the 4×200-metre freestyle final, and swam the 100-metre freestyle, finishing 14th at

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(he swam the first round and qualified for the semifinals but, due to the distance separating the pool from the accommodation, he waited for the race at the competition venue and ate improperly, having

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that took him out of the race). He broke the Brazilian record of the 100-metre freestyle in 1948. His record was broken only in 1956 by Haroldo Lara. At the inaugural

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, in

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, he won a silver medal in the 4×200-metre freestyle, along with

Ricardo Capanema Ricardo Esberad Capanema (19 September 1933 – 10 May 1998) was an international freestyle swimmer from Brazil. At the inaugural Pan American Games in 1951, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, he won a silver medal in the 4×200-metre freestyle, along ...

, João Gonçalves Filho, and Tetsuo Okamoto. At the

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, he swam the 100-metre and 4×200-metre freestyle, not reaching the finals.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Boghossian, Aram 1929 births Living people Swimmers from Rio de Janeiro (city) Brazilian male freestyle swimmers Swimmers at the 1948 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 1951 Pan American Games Swimmers at the 1952 Summer Olympics Olympic swimmers for Brazil Ethnic Armenian sportspeople Brazilian people of Armenian descent Pan American Games silver medalists for Brazil Pan American Games swimmers for Brazil Pan American Games silver medalists in swimming Medalists at the 1951 Pan American Games 20th-century Brazilian sportsmen