Miguel Leite Valente (born 16 July 1993) is a Brazilian swimmer. He competed in the men's 1500-metre freestyle event at the

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. At the

, he finished 31st in the men's 1500-metre freestyle. On 14 September 2016, at the José Finkel Trophy (short-course competition), he broke the South American record in the 800-metre freestyle, with a time of 7:42.79. He surpassed Armando Negreiros' time of 7:43.52, conquered in 2009. At the

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held in

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, Valente won the silver medal in the Men's 800 metre freestyle, with a time of 7:56.37. He led most of the race, being surpassed only in the end by the American Andrew Abruzzo.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Valente, Miguel 1993 births Living people Brazilian male freestyle swimmers Olympic swimmers for Brazil Swimmers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2019 Pan American Games Place of birth missing (living people) Pan American Games silver medalists in swimming Pan American Games silver medalists for Brazil Medalists at the 2019 Pan American Games Swimmers from Belo Horizonte 21st-century Brazilian sportsmen