Luís Monteiro (swimmer)

For the Portuguese modern pentathlete, see Luís Monteiro.

Luís Miguel Rodrigues Monteiro^[a] (born 22 January 1983) is a Portuguese former swimmer, who specialized in freestyle events.^[1] He is a fourth-place finalist in the 200 m freestyle (1:52.33) at the 2001 European Junior Swimming Championships in Valletta, Malta.^[2] Monteiro is a member of the swimming team for Football Club Porto (Portuguese: Futebol Clube do Porto), and is trained by long-time coach and mentor Rui Sardinha.^[3]

Luís Monteiro

Personal information
Full name	Luís Miguel Rodrigues Monteiro
National team	Portugal
Born	(1983-01-22) 22 January 1983 (age 41) Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal
Height	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Weight	80 kg (176 lb)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Freestyle
Club	FC Porto
Coach	Rui Sardinha

Monteiro qualified for two swimming events at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, by clearing a FINA B-cut of 1:50.93 (200 m freestyle) from the World Championships in Barcelona, Spain.^[4][5] In the 200 m freestyle, Monteiro challenged seven other swimmers on the fifth heat, including three-time Olympian Jacob Carstensen of Denmark. He touched out Poland's Łukasz Drzewiński to take a fifth spot and twenty-ninth overall by 0.12 of a second in 1:51.78.^[6][7] He also teamed up with Adriano Niz, João Araújo, and Miguel Pires in the 4 × 200 m freestyle relay. Swimming the lead-off leg in heat one, Monteiro set his own personal best of 1:50.43, but the Portuguese team settled only for seventh place and fourteenth overall in a new national record of 7:27.99.^[8][9]

Notes

1. This name uses Portuguese naming customs: the first or maternal family name is Rodrigues and the second or paternal family name is Monteiro.

References

1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Luís Monteiro". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 27 April 2013.
2. "Euro Juniors Day One: Britain's Goddard Streaks 4:19 in IM". Swimming World Magazine. 6 July 2001. Archived from the original on 30 June 2013. Retrieved 27 April 2013.
3. Albuquerque, Nuno (1 August 2002). "Natação: Luís Monteiro esperançado em chegar a Atenas" [Swimming: Luís Monteiro hoping to reach Athens] (in Portuguese). Jornal Record Portugal. Retrieved 27 April 2013.
4. "Swimming – Men's 200m Freestyle Startlist (Heat 5)" (PDF). Athens 2004. Omega Timing. Retrieved 19 April 2013.
5. Albuquerque, Nuno (1 August 2002). "Natação: Luís Monteiro "ganha" Jogos Olímpicos de Atenas" [Swimming: Luís Monteiro obtains a place for the Athens Olympics] (in Portuguese). Jornal Record Portugal. Retrieved 27 April 2013.
6. "Men's 200m Freestyle Heat 5". Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 15 August 2004. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
7. Thomas, Stephen (15 August 2004). "Men's 200 Freestyle Prelims: Thorpe Fastest in 1:47.22; Hoogie, Keller, Phelps and Hackett All in the Mix". Swimming World Magazine. Archived from the original on 28 December 2013. Retrieved 27 March 2013.
8. "Men's 4×200m Freestyle Heat 1". Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 17 August 2004. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
9. Whitten, Phillip (17 August 2004). "Men's 800 Free Relay, Day 4: US, Australia Qualify 1–2y". Swimming World Magazine. Archived from the original on 27 March 2014. Retrieved 24 April 2013.

External links

• Luís Monteiro at World Aquatics
• Luís Monteiro at Olympedia (archive)