Manoel da Rocha Villar (21 November 1912 – 9 October 2011) was an Olympic freestyle

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from

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, who participated at two

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for his native country. At the

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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 ...

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and Benevenuto Nunes. He also swam the 100-metre freestyle, not reaching the finals. At the

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, he swam the 400-metre, 1500-metre, and 4×200-metre freestyle, not reaching the finals.

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1912 births 2011 deaths Brazilian male freestyle swimmers Olympic swimmers for Brazil Swimmers at the 1932 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 1936 Summer Olympics 21st-century Brazilian sportsmen 20th-century Brazilian sportsmen {{Brazil-swimming-bio-stub