de DEUS Leonardo

Brazil
Swimming
18 Jan 1991
30
Male
CAMPO GRANDE
 
Brazil
SAO PAULO
 
Brazil

Events and Medals

Discipline Event Rank Medal
SWM Swimming Men's 200m Butterfly 6

Schedule

Change
Start Time Location Event Status
Tokyo Aquatics Centre
Men's 200m Butterfly - Heat 5
Finished
Tokyo Aquatics Centre
Men's 200m Butterfly Semifinal 2
Finished
Tokyo Aquatics Centre
Men's 200m Butterfly Final
Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

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Olympic Games
YearLocation200Back200Fly
2016Rio de Janeiro, BRASF (1:57.67)SF (1:56.77)
2012London, GBRSF (1:58.14)H (1:58.03)

World Championships
YearLocation200Back200Fly4x100Medley M
2019Gwangju, KORH (1:58.74)7th (1:55.96)-
2017Budapest, HUNSF (1:57.89)SF (1:56.85)-
2015Kazan, RUSSF (1:57.96)SF (1:56.02)-
2013Barcelona, ESPSF (1:57.92)8th (1:56.44)H (3:36.31)
2011Shanghai, CHNSF (1:59.77)SF (1:57.58)-

Pan American Games
YearLocation200Back200Fly4x100Medley M4x100Medley X
2019Lima, PER3rd (1:58.73)1st (1:55.86)2nd1st

Pan Pacific Championships
YearLocation200Back100Fly200Fly4x200Free
2018Tokyo, JPN8th (2:01.56)Final B (53.19)2nd (1:54.89)4th (7:11.65)

World Championships Short Course
YearLocation200Back100Fly200Fly4x200Free
2018Hangzhou, CHNH (DNS)H (51.69)H (1:54.22)1st
2016Windsor, ON, CANH (1:52.59)-5th (1:52.65)-


Legend
Free - Freestyle, Back - Backstroke, Breast - Breaststroke, Fly - Butterfly, IndMed - Individual Medley, SF - Semifinal, H - Heats, DNS - Did Not Start, M - Men, W - Women, X - Mixed, DSQ - Disqualified, [Relay athlete without time] - Did not swim in final
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Leo (campograndenews.com.br, 21 Oct 2017)
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Tennis, surfing, stand-up paddling, going to the movies, playing video games, reading. (leonardogdeus.com, 29 Oct 2016)
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Athlete, Serves in the Army, Student
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Physical Education
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Son Theo [2020]
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English, Portuguese
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Universidade Santa Cecilia [Unisanta] [Santos, BRA]
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Felipe Domingues [personal], BRA
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He has taken part in open water swimming competitions in Brazil. (swimchannel.net, 03 Oct 2018)
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In 2019 he competed at the Brazilian Pan American Games trials with a back injury [a herniated disc] that affected his performance. The injury forced him out of the pool for three weeks. (istoe.com.br, 07 Aug 2019; metrojornal.com.br, 07 Aug 2019)
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He took up swimming at age 12 at the rowing club in Belem, Brazil. (leonardogdeus.com, 06 Jun 2012; NOC, 22 Jul 2012)
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To win a medal at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo and winning a fourth Pan American Games gold medal in 2023 in the men's 200m butterfly. (campograndenews.com.br, 15 Dec 2019; metrojornal.com.br, 07 Aug 2019)
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US swimmer Michael Phelps. (leonardogdeus.com, 06 Jun 2012)
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"Be like the water and make your way through the cracks. Don't be assertive but adjust yourself to your goals. You should always find a way to achieve them." (cob.org.br, Aug 2015)

General Interest

General
UNEXPECTED MEDAL
In 2019 he was left out of the Brazilian swimming team for the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, Peru, due to a back injury. However, just days before the beginning of the Games, fellow Brazilian swimmer Gabriel Santos was suspended which gave him the chance to compete at the Games and he won a third Pan American gold medal in the 200m butterfly. "The Brazilian Olympic Committee knew about my potential and how I would be missed at the Games. But sadly, according to the qualifying process, I was not eligible to compete. I think it was something from God, now I have become a triple Pan American Games champion." (istoe.com.br, 07 Aug 2019)

OTHER ACTIVITIES
He has served as president of the athletes' commission of the Brazilian Aquatic Sports Confederation [CBDA]. (cbda.org.br, 23 May 2017)

Legend
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Gold Medal Event
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Silver Medal Event
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Bronze Medal Event
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