Jorge Lima (swimmer)
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Jorge Lima (born 13 July 1967) is an Angolan
swimmer Swimming is an individual or team racing sport that requires the use of one's entire body to move through water. The sport takes place in pools or open water (e.g., in a sea or lake). Competitive swimming is one of the most popular Olympic ...
. He competed in four events at the
1980 Summer Olympics The 1980 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad () and officially branded as Moscow 1980 (), were an international multi-sport event held from 19 July to 3 August 1980 in Moscow, Soviet Union, in present-day Russ ...
. At the
1980 Summer Olympics The 1980 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad () and officially branded as Moscow 1980 (), were an international multi-sport event held from 19 July to 3 August 1980 in Moscow, Soviet Union, in present-day Russ ...
, Lima was the youngest competitor of the games at the age of 13. He competed in the men's 100 m freestyle, 200 m freestyle, 100 m backstroke and the 4 x 100 m medley relay. He finished 8th in his 100 m freestyle heat with a time of 59.39 seconds, 8th in his 200 m freestyle with a time of 2:14.37 seconds and 6th in his 100 m backstroke heat with a time of 1:14.33 seconds. In his 4 x 100 m medley relay heat, he swam with Fernando Lopes, Francisco Santos and
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, Lima swam Angola's last 100 metres. Angola eventually ended up finishing 11th out of 13 nations that competed with a time of 4:35.11 seconds, they finished ahead of Vietnam's team consisting of Pham,
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, Truong and To and Sweden's team of Söderlund, Berggren, Magnusson and Holmertz both teams of which were disqualified.


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* 1967 births Living people Angolan male swimmers Olympic swimmers for Angola Swimmers at the 1980 Summer Olympics Place of birth missing (living people) Angolan male freestyle swimmers Male backstroke swimmers {{Angola-swimming-bio-stub