Pedro Manuel Barata de Macedo Lima (20 April 1971 – 20 June 2020) was a Portuguese-Angolan actor, appearing in

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in Portugal. He was also an Olympic swimmer.

Swimming

He represented

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and

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at the

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. Lima participated in several swimming contests but never advanced past preliminaries. In

, he was disqualified from the Men's 50 m freestyle, finished 62nd in the Men's 100 m freestyle, 42nd in the Men's 100 m butterfly. In

, Lima finished 43rd in the Men's 50 m freestyle and 53rd in the Men's 100 m butterfly. Lima also won a gold and bronze medal at the

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, he won the gold medal in the Men's 50 m freestyle and a bronze in the Men's 100 m butterfly As of 2018, Lima held two national records for

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the 50 m freestyle record set at the

of 23.98 seconds and the 100 m backstroke record of 59.30 seconds.

Acting

After being invited to host a TV show about cinema called ''Magacine'', he had roles in Portuguese soap operas like ''O Último Beijo'', ''Ninguém como Tu'', ''Fala-me de Amor'', ''

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'' and ''A Outra''. He also starred in the 2009 movie ''

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''.

Personal life

Lima was partner of model Anna Westerlund, with whom he had four children. He also had an adult son from a previous relationship with Patrícia Piloto.

Death

On 20 June 2020, Lima's body was found at in

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, in what appeared to have been a suicide. He reportedly sent out farewell messages to two acquaintances earlier on this day.

Filmography

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Lima, Pedro 1971 births 2020 deaths 2020 suicides Sportspeople from Luanda Angolan male swimmers Portuguese male butterfly swimmers Portuguese male freestyle swimmers Angolan people of Portuguese descent Angolan expatriates in Portugal Olympic swimmers of Angola Swimmers at the 1988 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 1992 Summer Olympics Angolan male actors Portuguese male actors African Games medalists in swimming African Games gold medalists for Angola African Games bronze medalists for Angola Competitors at the 1991 All-Africa Games Suicides by drowning Suicides in Portugal Portuguese people of Angolan descent