José Namorado
Brazilian swimmer (born 1952)
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José Luciano Nava Namorado (born 23 May 1952) was an international freestyle swimmer from Brazil.[1] Born in Portugal, he became a naturalized Brazilian.[2][3]
Participated at the inaugural World Aquatics Championships in 1973 Belgrade, where he finished 5th in the 4×100-metre freestyle, along with Ruy de Oliveira, José Aranha and James Huxley Adams,[4][5] and 13th in the 200-metre freestyle.[6] In the 400-metre freestyle, he did 4:14.37, not going to the finals. He also swam the 4×200-metre freestyle, finishing 11th, with the same team.[7]
At the 1973 Summer Universiade, in Moscow, Namorado won a bronze medal in the 400-metre freestyle, with a time of 4:12.74, and in the 4×200-metre freestyle, along with José Aranha, James Huxley Adams and Alfredo Machado.[8]
He was at the 1975 Pan American Games, in Mexico City. He won the bronze medal in the 4×200-metre freestyle and 4×100-metre medley.[9] He also finished 8th in the 100-metre freestyle.[10]
Namorado is a former South American record holder of the 200-metre freestyle.[2] In 1973, he also broke two times the South American record in the 400-metre freestyle.[11]
He died in the 70s.[3]