Pedro Manuel Barata de Macedo Lima (20 April 1971 – 20 June 2020) was a Portuguese-Angolan actor, appearing in

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in Portugal. He was also an Olympic swimmer.

Swimming

He represented

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and

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at the

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. Lima participated in several swimming contests but never advanced past preliminaries. In

, he was disqualified from the Men's 50 m freestyle, finished 62nd in the Men's 100 m freestyle, 42nd in the Men's 100 m butterfly. In

, Lima finished 43rd in the Men's 50 m freestyle and 53rd in the Men's 100 m butterfly. Lima also won a gold and bronze medal at the

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, he won the gold medal in the Men's 50 m freestyle and a bronze in the Men's 100 m butterfly As of 2018, Lima held two national records for

the 50 m freestyle record set at the

of 23.98 seconds and the 100 m backstroke record of 59.30 seconds.

Acting

After being invited to host a TV show about cinema called ''Magacine'', he had roles in Portuguese soap operas like ''O Último Beijo'', ''Ninguém como Tu'', ''Fala-me de Amor'', ''

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'' and ''A Outra''. He also starred in the 2009 movie ''

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''.

Personal life

Lima was partner of model Anna Westerlund, with whom he had four children. He also had an adult son from a previous relationship with Patrícia Piloto.

Death

On 20 June 2020, Lima's body was found at in

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, in what appeared to have been a suicide. He reportedly sent out farewell messages to two acquaintances earlier on this day.

Filmography

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