Ricardo Prado

Ricardo Prado
Ricardo Prado, 2013
Personal information
Full nameRicardo Prado
Born (1965-01-03) 3 January 1965 (age 59)
Andradina, SP, Brazil
Height1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Weight56 kg (123 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesMedley and backstroke
Medal record
Men's swimming
Representing  Brazil
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 1984 Los Angeles 400 m medley
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1982 Guayaquil 400 m medley
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place 1983 Caracas 200 m medley
Gold medal – first place 1983 Caracas 400 m medley
Silver medal – second place 1983 Caracas 200 m backstroke
Silver medal – second place 1983 Caracas 200 m butterfly
Silver medal – second place 1987 Indianapolis 200 m backstroke
Bronze medal – third place 1987 Indianapolis 200 m medley
Bronze medal – third place 1987 Indianapolis 4x100 m medley
Pan Pacific Games
Gold medal – first place 1985 Tokyo 400 m medley
Bronze medal – third place 1985 Tokyo 200 m butterfly
Summer Universiade
Gold medal – first place 1985 Kobe 400 m medley
Bronze medal – third place 1983 Edmonton 200 m medley
Bronze medal – third place 1983 Edmonton 400 m medley
Bronze medal – third place 1985 Kobe 200 m medley

Ricardo Prado (born 3 January 1965 in Andradina, São Paulo, Brazil) is an Olympic and former World Record holding medley swimmer from Brazil.[1][2] He was one of the greatest swimmers in the history of Brazil and the best Brazilian swimmer in the 1980s.

  1. ^ Profile of Prado Archived 29 August 2011 at the Wayback Machine from the "Games Makers" series on the website of the organizers of the 2016 Olympics (www.rio2016.com); published. 2011-05-20, retrieved 2011-08-17.
  2. ^ "Sports Reference Profile". Sports Reference. 2013. Archived from the original on 5 February 2013. Retrieved 21 April 2013.