Plauto Guimarães

Plauto de Barros Guimarães (25 April 1925 – 10 October 1972) was an Olympic freestyle swimmer from Brazil, who participated in a Summer Olympics for his native country. He was born in São Paulo.^[2][3]

Plauto Guimarães

Personal information
Full name	Plauto de Barros Guimarães
Nationality	Brazil
Born	25 April 1925 São Paulo, Brazil
Died	October 10, 1972(1972-10-10) (aged 47)[1]
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Freestyle
Medal record Men's swimming Representing  Brazil

He was a member of Esporte Clube Pinheiros, São Paulo.^[4]

At the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, he swam the 100-metre freestyle, not reaching the finals.^[3] He was also ranked to compete in the 4×200-metre freestyle, but at the Brazilian trials, Willy Otto Jordan persuaded the Brazilian principals to make a new classification proof, where Willy took the vacancy of Plauto.^[4]

In 1955, he had already retired from swimming.^[2]