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Isaac dos Santos Moraes (26 July 1914 – 1 December 1993) was an Olympic freestyle swimmer from
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, who participated at two
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for his native country. At the
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in
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, he swam the 4×200-metre freestyle, finishing 7th in the final, along with
Manoel Lourenço Manoel Lourenço da Silva (4 May 1907 – 20 January 1966) was an Olympic freestyle swimmer from Brazil, who participated at one Summer Olympics for his native country. At the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles Los Angeles, often ...
, Manoel Villar and Benevenuto Nunes. At the
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in
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, he swam the 100-metre and 4×200-metre freestyle, not reaching the finals.


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1914 births 1993 deaths Brazilian male freestyle swimmers Olympic swimmers for Brazil Swimmers at the 1932 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 1936 Summer Olympics 20th-century Brazilian sportsmen {{Brazil-swimming-bio-stub