Ian Matos

Ian Matos
Personal information
Surname:	Ian Carlos Gonçalves de Matos
Nationality:	Brazil
Discipline (s) :	Tower jumping, artificial jumping
Society:	Fluminense Rio de Janeiro
Birthday:	April 24, 1989
Place of birth:	Muaná , Brazil
Date of death:	December 21, 2021
Place of death:	Rio de Janeiro , Brazil
Size:	171 cm
Weight:	72 kg
Medal table
South American Games 0 × 0 × 3 ×

Ian Carlos Gonçalves de Matos (born April 24, 1989 in Muaná , † December 21, 2021 in Rio de Janeiro ) was a Brazilian water diver .

Life

Ian Matos was born in Muaná in 1989 and grew up in Belém . He started diving at the age of 17. He enrolled at the Universidade de Brasília to study pedagogy and trained in the Brazilian capital from then on.

2010 Matos was able to win three bronze medals at the South American Games in Medellín . This was followed by three participations in the Pan-American Games (2011, 2015 and 2019), two World Cup and Universiade participations as well as one participation in the World Cup . At the 2016 Summer Olympics , he and Luiz Outerelo took eighth place in synchronized jumping from the 3-meter board .

In 2014, Matos became one of the first Brazilian athletes to publicly acknowledge his homosexuality .

Matos died on December 21, 2021 at the age of 32 of complications from pneumonia in Rio de Janeiro.

Web links

Commons : Ian Matos  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Ian Matos in the database of Olympedia.org (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Saltador olímpico Ian Matos morre aos 32 anos. December 21, 2021, accessed December 21, 2021 (Portuguese). 
2. ↑ Ian Matos morre aos 32 anos após infecção pulmonary. December 21, 2021, accessed December 21, 2021 (Portuguese). 
3. ↑ Ian Matos died , Queer.de , published and accessed on December 23, 2021.