Kaio de Almeida
Kaio de Almeida 
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| Surname: | Kaio Márcio Ferreira Costa de Almeida | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Swimming style (s) : | butterfly | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Birthday: | October 19, 1984 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth: | João Pessoa , Paraíba | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Size: | 1.80 m | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Kaio Márcio Ferreira Costa de Almeida (born October 19, 1984 in João Pessoa , Paraíba ) is a Brazilian butterfly swimmer .
Career
He achieved his international breakthrough on December 17, 2005 when he broke the short course world record for the 50 m butterfly at the Brazilian swimming championships , thus taking the world record from the US superstar and butterfly specialist Ian Crocker .
At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens he was part of the Brazilian Swimming Olympic Team. In the end it was only enough for 17th place over the 100 m and 19th place over the 200 m butterfly.
His greatest success so far is winning the short course world championship title on the 100 m butterfly course at the short course world championships in Shanghai in 2006 .
Records
- Explanation of symbols
- SAR - South American record
- WR - world record
Personal best
Long track
- 50 m butterfly - 00: 23.55 (May 1st, 2009 in Rio de Janeiro )
- 100 m butterfly - 00:51 (3 September 2009 in Florianópolis )
- 200 m butterfly - 01: 53.92 SAR (May 8, 2009 in Rio de Janeiro )
Short course
- 50 m butterfly - 00:22:44 (November 10, 2009 in Stockholm )
- 100 m butterfly - 00: 49.44 SAR (November 11, 2009 in Stockholm )
- 200 m butterfly - 1:49.11 WR (November 10, 2009 in Stockholm )
International records
| World records (1) | |||
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| 200 m butterfly (short course) | 01: 49.11 min | November 10, 2009 | Stockholm |
| South American Records (3) | |||
| 100 m butterfly (short course) | 00: 49.44 min | November 11, 2009 | Stockholm |
| 200 m butterfly (short course) | 01: 49.11 min | November 10, 2009 | Stockholm |
| 200 m butterfly | 01: 53.92 min | May 8, 2009 | Rio de Janeiro |
| (As of August 7, 2010) | |||
Web links
- Kaio de Almeida in the Swimrankings.net database (English)
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| SURNAME | Almeida, Kaio de |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Almeida, Kaio Márcio Ferreira Costa de (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Brazilian swimmer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 19, 1984 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | João Pessoa , Brazil |