Marcelo Chierighini (born 15 January 1991) is a Brazilian competitive

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. In the 100 metre freestyle, he was an Olympic finalist at the Rio 2016 Games, and four times in a row a finalist at the World Championships in 2013, 2015, 2017 and 2019. In the 4 x 100 metre freestyle relay, he holds a silver medal at the 2017 World Championships.

International career

2010–12

At the

2010 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) The 10th FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) was held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates from 15–19 December 2010. This swimming-only championships took place in the Dubai Sports Complex; all events were swum in a 25-meter ( short-course) ...

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, Chierighini, along with

César Cielo César Augusto Cielo Filho (, born 10 January 1987) is a Brazilian former competitive swimmer who specialized in sprint events. He is the most successful Brazilian swimmer in history, having obtained three Olympic medals, winning six individu ...

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and Nicolas Oliveira, won the bronze medal in the 4×100-metre freestyle relay with a time of 3:05.74, a South American record, beating the U.S. team. At the

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, where he finished 9th in the 4×100-metre freestyle. At the

2011 Summer Universiade The 2011 Summer Universiade ( zh, c=2011年夏季世界大学生运动会, labels=no), also known as the XXVI Summer Universiade ( zh, c=, s=第二十六届夏季世界大学生运动会, labels=no) and Shenzhen 2011, was hosted in Shenzhen, Gua ...

, he got a silver medal in the 4×100-metre freestyle relay.

2012 Summer Olympics

Chierighini swam at the

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in the 4×100-metre medley relay, in which he ranked 15th, and the 4×100-metre freestyle relay, in which he ranked 9th.

2013–16

In April 2013, at the Maria Lenk Trophy in Brazil, Chierighini swam the seventh-best time of the year in the 50-metre freestyle (21.88 seconds) and fourth-best in the 100-metre freestyle (48.11 seconds). At the

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, he finished 7th in the 4×100-metre freestyle, along with Fernando Santos, Nicolas Oliveira and Vinícius Waked. In the 100-metre freestyle, he equalled his personal best in the semifinal, with a time of 48.11 seconds, ranking third for the final, behind Adrian (47.95) and Feigen (48.07). He finished 6th in the final, with a time of 48.28. In the 50-meter freestyle, Cherighini reached the semifinals, where he beat his personal record with a time of 21.84 seconds. However, due to the high level of competition (thirteen swimmers swam times below 22.0 seconds, better than

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when ten swimmers did it), he finished 10th, missing out on the final by ten-hundredths of a second. In the 4×100-metre medley, he finished 12th, along with

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, Felipe Lima and

. At the

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, Chierighini won a bronze medal in the Brazilian 4×100-metre freestyle relay, along with

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and Nicolas Oliveira. He also finished 4th in the 4x100-metre medley relay, along with Guilherme Guido, Felipe França and Thiago Pereira, 8th in the 50-metre freestyle, and 9th in the 100-metre freestyle. At the

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, Canada, Chierighini won the gold medal in the 4×100-metre medley relay (breaking the Pan American Games record with a time of 3:32.68, along with

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and Arthur Mendes). and in the 4×100-metre freestyle relay (where the team broke the Pan American Games record with a time of 3:13.66, he swam with

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and

). He also won a bronze medal in the 100-metre freestyle. At the

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, Chierighini finished 4th in the Men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay, along with

and

. César Cielo didn't swim the final - despite participating in the championship, he was feeling shoulder pain on this day. In the Men's 100 metre freestyle, Chierighini achieved his best individual result at the World Championships, finishing in 5th place, with a time of 48.27. He also finished 10th in the Men's 4 × 100 metre medley relay.

2016 Summer Olympics

At the

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, he went to three finals: in the Men's 100 metre freestyle, finishing 8th; in the Men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay, finishing 5th; and in the Men's 4 × 100 metre medley relay, finishing 6th.

2017–20

At the

2017 World Aquatics Championships The 17th FINA World Championships () were held in Budapest, Hungary from 14 to 30 July 2017.

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, in the Men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay, the Brazilian team composed by Chierighini,

and Gabriel Santos achieved a historic result by winning the silver medal, the best Brazilian result of all time at World Championships in this event. Brazil beat the South American record set in 2009, in the super-suits era, with a time of 3:10.34, just 0.28 behind the US team. The last World Championship medal Brazil won in this race was won in 1994. Chierighini did the fastest split of the entire field (46.85), and the third-fastest split ever in a textile jammer. He also finished 5th in the Men's 100 metre freestyle final, equalling his best time (48.11), and 5th In the Men's 4 × 100 metre medley relay, along with

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, João Gomes Júnior and

. At the 2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships in

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, Chierighini won the gold medal in the Men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay, along with Gabriel Santos, Marco Ferreira Júnior and

Pedro Spajari Pedro Henrique Silva Spajari (born February 18, 1997, in Amparo) is a Brazilian swimmer. International career 2015–2019 At the 2015 FINA World Junior Swimming Championships held in Singapore, he finished 5th in the 100 metre freestyle., and ...

. He also finished 4th in the Men's 100 metre freestyle and 8th in the Men's 50 metre freestyle. At the

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, Chierighini, along with

and

Breno Correia Breno Martins Correia (born 19 February 1999) is a Brazilian swimmer. Early life He started in the ACEB team of Bahia where, under the command of Márcio Cunha and Luiz Arapiraca, he won the first medals from Mirim to Petiz I. With his father ...

, won the bronze medal in the Men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay, with a time of 3:05.15, setting a South American record. He also finished 12th in the Men's 100 metre freestyle. On 18 April 2019, participating in the Maria Lenk Trophy competition in Rio de Janeiro, Chierighini finished the 100-metre freestyle race in 47.68 seconds, a new personal best, and third in the world rankings behind only Vladislav Grinev (47.43) and

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(47.48). His time was the fastest by a South American in the textile suit era, breaking Cesar Cielo's previous record of 47.84, set back in 2011 at the Pan American Games. At the

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, Chierighini came to try to win an unprecedented Men's 100 metre freestyle medal. He qualified 3rd at heats (47.95) and the semifinals (47.76). In the final, however, he failed to repeat the semifinal time, which would have won him the bronze medal: he finished the race in 5th place with a time of 47.93. Vladislav Grinev won the bronze with 47.82. In the Men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay and in the Men's 4 × 100 metre medley relay, he finished 6th, helping Brazil qualify for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. He also finished 16th in the Men's 50 metre freestyle. At the

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held in

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, Chierighini won the gold medal in the Men's 100 metre freestyle, defeating

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, with a time of 48.09. He won another gold in the Men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay, breaking the Pan American Games record. Chierighini also won two silver medals in the Mixed 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay and Men's 4 × 100 metre medley relay.

2020 Summer Olympics

At the

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in Tokyo, Chierighini finished 8th in the Men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay and was disqualified in the Men's 4 × 100 metre medley relay.Time brasileiro termina em último na final do revezamento 4 x 100 m da natação
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