Nationality Brazil | Strokes Freestyle Name Plauto Guimaraes | |
Full name Plauto de Barros Guimaraes | ||
Plauto de Barros Guimarães(born in São Paulo) is a former Olympic freestyle swimmer from Brazil, who participated in a Summer Olympics for his native country.
He was a member of Esporte Clube Pinheiros, São Paulo.
At the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, he swam the 100-metre freestyle, not reaching the finals. 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.
In 1955, he had already retired from swimming.
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