Henrique Rodrigues

Henrique Rodrigues

Personal information
Full name	Henrique Cavalcanti Rodrigues
National team	Brazil
Born	(1991-02-04) 4 February 1991 (age 33) Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil
Height	1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)
Weight	88 kg (194 lb)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Individual medley
Medal record Men's swimming Representing Brazil Pan American Games 2011 Guadalajara 4×100 m freestyle 2015 Toronto 200 m medley 2015 Toronto 4×200 m freestyle 2011 Guadalajara 200 m medley World Junior Championships 2008 Monterrey 4×100 m freestyle

Henrique Cavalcanti Rodrigues (born 4 February 1991) is a Brazilian competitive swimmer.^[1]

International career

2008–12

He won the bronze medal in the 4×100-metre freestyle at the 2008 FINA Youth World Swimming Championships in Monterrey.^[2]

Participating in 2009 World Aquatics Championships in Rome, Henrique finished 15th in the 200-metre individual medley,^[3] and 33rd in the 400-metre individual medley.^[4]

At the 2010 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships in Irvine, California, Rodrigues finished 5th in the 200-metre individual medley final.^[5] He also finished 14th in the 100-metre freestyle.^[6]

At the 2010 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) in Dubai, Rodrigues finished 4th in the 200-metre individual medley final,^[7] and 8th in the 100-metre individual medley final.^[8]

In 2010 he was in the World Military Games in Germany, winning the gold medal in the 200-metre individual medley.^[9]

Disputing the 2011 World Aquatics Championships in Shanghai in China, Henrique reached the 200-metre individual medley semifinals, finishing in 14th place.^[10]

At the 2011 Pan American Games, Rodrigues won gold in the 4×100-metre freestyle and bronze in the 200-metre individual medley.^[11]

2012 Summer Olympics

He competed in the 200-metre individual medley at the 2012 Summer Olympics and was eliminated in the semifinals, finishing 13th.^[12][1]

2013–16

At the 2013 World Aquatics Championships, in Barcelona, he finished 12th in the 200-metre individual medley.^[13]

At the 2014 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) in Doha, Qatar, Rodrigues finished 4th in the Men's 200 metre individual medley,^[14] 6th in the Men's 100 metre individual medley (breaking the South American record with a time of 52.20),^[15] and 16th in the Men's 200 metre backstroke.^[16][17] He also swam the heats of the Men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay.^[18]

At the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Rodrigues won the gold medal in the 200-metre individual medley, where he made his personal best with a time of 1:57.06, third best world time in 2015, and new Pan Am Games record.^[19][20][21] He also won a gold medal in the 4×200-metre freestyle relay, by participating at heats.^[22][23]

At the 2015 World Aquatics Championships in Kazan, Rodrigues reached his first final in the World Championships, finishing in 7th place in the Men's 200 metre individual medley, with a time of 1:58.52. The time he got at the Pan Am Games, a few weeks earlier (1:57.06) would give him the 4th place.^[24][25]

2016 Summer Olympics

At the 2016 Summer Olympics, he finished 9th in the Men's 200 metre individual medley.^[26]

References

1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Henrique Rodrigues". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 6 February 2013. Retrieved 6 April 2013.
2. "2013 Maria Lenk Trophy: Barcelona and Dubai". CBDA (in Portuguese). 27 April 2013. Archived from the original on 15 December 2014. Retrieved 20 July 2013.
3. "Results of the 200-metre individual medley at 2009 Rome". OmegaTiming. 29 July 2009. Retrieved 6 April 2013.
4. "Results of the 400-metre individual medley at 2009 Rome". OmegaTiming. 2 August 2009. Retrieved 6 April 2013.
5. "Results of the 200-metre individual medley at 2010 Pan Pacific". OmegaTiming. 21 August 2010. Retrieved 6 April 2013.
6. "Results of the 100-metre freestyle at 2010 Pan Pacific". OmegaTiming. 19 August 2010. Retrieved 27 April 2013.
7. "Results of the 200-metre individual medley at 2010 Dubai". OmegaTiming. 17 December 2010. Retrieved 6 April 2013.
8. "Results of the 100-metre individual medley at 2010 Dubai". OmegaTiming. 19 December 2010. Retrieved 6 April 2013.
9. "After success at the Pan Pacific, Brazil winning 14 golds in Military World Games". Globoesporte (in Portuguese). 31 August 2010. Retrieved 6 April 2013.
10. "Results of the 200-metre individual medley at 2011 Shanghai". OmegaTiming. 27 July 2011. Retrieved 6 April 2013.
11. "Semifinalist in Londres, Henrique Rodrigues return to Pinheiros". Globoesporte (in Portuguese). 31 January 2013. Retrieved 6 April 2013.
12. "Henrique Rodrigues". London2012.com. London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 18 May 2013.
13. "Results of the 200-metre individual medley at 2013 Barcelona". OmegaTiming. 31 July 2013. Retrieved 3 August 2013.
14. "Results of the 200-metre individual medley at 2014 Doha". OmegaTiming. 5 December 2014. Retrieved 14 December 2014.
15. "Results of the 100-metre individual medley at 2014 Doha". OmegaTiming. 7 December 2014. Retrieved 14 December 2014.
16. "Results of the 200-metre backstroke heats at 2014 Doha". OmegaTiming. 7 December 2014. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 14 December 2014.
17. "Doha gives to Brazil the short pool crown". CBDA. 7 December 2014. Archived from the original on 15 December 2014. Retrieved 12 December 2014.
18. "Results of the 4x100-metre freestyle heats at 2014 Doha". OmegaTiming. 3 December 2014. Archived from the original on 19 August 2017. Retrieved 14 December 2014.
19. "Without Thiago Pereira, Brazilian relay closes swimming with gold". O Estado de S.Paulo (in Portuguese). 18 July 2015. Retrieved 19 July 2015.
20. "Gold Weight: Yane dominates pentathlon, and swimmers win "by stroke"". Globoesporte (in Portuguese). 19 July 2015. Retrieved 19 July 2015.
21. "How it was the last day of the Pan in Toronto". Best Swimming (in Portuguese). July 19, 2015. Archived from the original on July 21, 2015. Retrieved July 19, 2015.
22. "Heats in the Pan's second day". Best Swimming (in Portuguese). July 15, 2015. Archived from the original on July 21, 2015. Retrieved July 19, 2015.
23. "Brazil won 6 medals, 3 more golds on the second day of Pan". Best Swimming (in Portuguese). July 16, 2015. Archived from the original on July 21, 2015. Retrieved July 19, 2015.
24. "Pushed by Pan, Thiago Pereira is silver in the 200m medley in the World". Globoesporte (in Portuguese). 6 August 2015. Retrieved 6 August 2015.
25. "Results of the 200-metre individual medley at 2015 Kazan". OmegaTiming. 6 August 2015. Archived from the original on 3 August 2017. Retrieved 6 August 2015.
26. "Phelps approaches the 26th medal, and Thiago Pereira also advances to the final". Globoesporte (in Portuguese). 10 August 2016. Retrieved 25 July 2017.

External links

• Henrique Rodrigues at World Aquatics
• Henrique Rodrigues at Olympics.com
• Henrique Rodrigues at Olympedia (archive)
• Henrique Rodrigues at the Comitê Olímpico do Brasil (archived) (in Portuguese)