Ricardo Capanema
Personal information
Full nameRicardo Esberad Capanema
Nationality Brazil
Born(1933-09-19)19 September 1933
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil[1]
Died10 May 1998(1998-05-10) (aged 66)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesFreestyle
Medal record
Men's swimming
Representing  Brazil
Pan American Games
Silver medal – second place 1951 Buenos Aires 4 x 200 m freestyle

Ricardo Esberad Capanema (19 September 1933 – 10 May 1998) was an international freestyle swimmer from Brazil.[1][2] At the inaugural Pan American Games in 1951, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, he won a silver medal in the 4×200-metre freestyle, along with Aram Boghossian, João Gonçalves Filho, and Tetsuo Okamoto.[3] At the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, he swam the 400-metre freestyle, not reaching the final.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 "Atletas Olímpicos Brasileiros: RICARDO ESBERARD CAPANEMA". olimpianos.com.br (in Portuguese). Retrieved 4 September 2021.
  2. 1 2 Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Ricardo Esperard". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 2 May 2013.
  3. "Brazil medals at 1951 Pan". UOL.com.br (in Portuguese). 2007. Retrieved 2 May 2013.


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