Full name Manoel da Rocha Villar Name Manoel Villar Strokes Freestyle | Sport Swimming Nationality Brazil Died October 15, 2012 | |
Born November 21, 1912 ( 1912-11-21 ) Brazil | ||
Manoel da Rocha Villar (November 21, 1912 – October 15, 2012) was an Olympic freestyle swimmer from Brazil, who participated at two Summer Olympics for his native country. At the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, he swam the 4×200-metre freestyle, finishing 7th in the final, along with Manuel Silva, Isaac Morais and Benvenuto Nunes. He also swam the 100-metre freestyle, not reaching the finals. At the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, he swam the 400-metre, 1500-metre, and 4×200-metre freestyle, not reaching the finals.
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