Rafael Mosca
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| Full name | Rafael Motta Bacêllo Mósca | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | File:Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 13 May 1982 Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 80 kg (176 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Freestyle | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Rafael Motta Bacêllo Mósca (born 13 May 1982, in Rio de Janeiro) is a freestyle swimmer from Brazil.[2]
Trying to prevent some respiratory problem, Mósca began to practice swimming. His mother enrolled him in a swim school at two years of age. At 11, a disease in kidney removed him from swimming pools, for a year and a half. Recovered, returned to swim at Flamengo. The first good results of Rafael appeared, and he began to consider the possibility of a career as a professional athlete.[3]
At 19 years old, he broke the 10-year hegemony of Gustavo Borges in the 200-metre freestyle, at the 2002 Jose Finkel Trophy (Brazilian Short Course Championship). Gustavo won the gold medal since 1992.[4]
Mósca swam at the 2002 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships, where he finished 4th in the 4×100-metre freestyle, 5th in the 4×200-metre freestyle, and 14th in the 200-metre freestyle.[5]
At the 2003 World Aquatics Championships, in Barcelona, Mósca finished 33rd in the 200-metre freestyle [6] and 9th in the 4×200-metre freestyle.[7]
He won the silver medal with the men's relay team in the 4×200-metre freestyle at the 2003 Pan American Games in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. His winning teammates were Carlos Jayme, Gustavo Borges, and Rodrigo Castro.[8] He also finished 7th in the 200-metre freestyle.[9]
Mósca also represented his native country at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. In which he achieved 9th place also with the men's relay team in the 4×200-metre freestyle, now with Bruno Bonfim, Carlos Jayme and Rodrigo Castro.[2] At this race, he broke the South American record, with a time of 7:22.70.[10]
At the 2004 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) in Indianapolis, Mósca won the bronze medal in the 4×200-metre freestyle, along with Rodrigo Castro, Thiago Pereira and Lucas Salatta,[11] beating the South American record, with a time of 7:06.64.[12] He also finished 19th in the 200-metre freestyle.[13]
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External links
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- 1982 births
- Living people
- Olympic swimmers for Brazil
- Swimmers at the 2003 Pan American Games
- Swimmers at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Brazilian male freestyle swimmers
- Medalists at the FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)
- Pan American Games silver medalists for Brazil
- Pan American Games swimmers for Brazil
- Pan American Games silver medalists in swimming
- Medalists at the 2003 Pan American Games
- Swimmers from Rio de Janeiro (city)
- 21st-century Brazilian sportsmen