1. Bruno Giuseppe Fratus was born on 30 June 1989 and is a Brazilian former competitive swimmer.
26 Facts About Bruno Fratus
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Bruno Fratus won a bronze medal in the 50-metre freestyle at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.
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In July 2021, Fratus became the first swimmer in history to swim the long course 50 metre freestyle race in less than 22 seconds 90 times.
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Bruno Fratus surpassed this mark by swimming his 100th sub-22 second 50 metre freestyle at the 19th World Aquatics Championships in June 2022.
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Bruno Fratus is the gold medalist in the 50 metre freestyle at the 2014 Pan Pacific Championships and at the 2019 Pan American Games.
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At the 2010 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships in Irvine, California, United States, Bruno Fratus made his first major involvement in an international tournament, finishing 4th in 50 metre freestyle, with a time of 21.93 seconds.
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Bruno Fratus finished 5th in the final, with a time of 21.96 seconds.
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At the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, Bruno Fratus reached the final of the 50 metre freestyle where he earned a fourth-place finish with a time of 21.61 seconds, touching the wall just 0.02 seconds after Cesar Cielo, who won the bronze medal with a time of 21.59 seconds.
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In May 2013, Bruno Fratus underwent surgery to resolve an injury in his right shoulder, which lasted two years.
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Bruno Fratus won a gold medal at the 2014 South American Games.
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Bruno Fratus had a time of 21.74 in the qualifying of the 50 metre freestyle, being by then the second-best mark in the 2015 world ranking.
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Bruno Fratus won the 50-metre freestyle final, beating Cesar Cielo with the same time as the qualifying.
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Bruno Fratus won the silver medal in the 50 metre freestyle.
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At the 2015 World Aquatics Championships in Kazan, Bruno Fratus earned his first medal in World Championships in the Men's 50 metre freestyle, where he won the bronze, with a time of 21.55.
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At the Open tournament held in Palhoca, Bruno Fratus broke his personal record in the 50-metre freestyle with a time of 21.37.
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At the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Bruno Fratus arrived as one of the favorites to win a medal in the Men's 50 metre freestyle.
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Bruno Fratus beat the best time of Cesar Cielo in this race without the super-suits.
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Bruno Fratus registered his 59th and 60th sub-22 second long course 50-meter freestyles on 17 June 2018 at the Mare Nostrum Tour, passing country-mate and Olympic gold medalist Cesar Cielo as the most frequent 21-second sprinter in history.
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In September 2018, Bruno Fratus underwent surgery to correct a partial rupture of the subscapularis tendon of the shoulder, missing out on important competitions.
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Bruno Fratus only managed to re-train in good condition in February 2019.
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Bruno Fratus won countless golds in the preparatory events in Europe and reached the World Championship with the three best times in the world at the moment: 21.31,21.42 and 21.47.
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At the 2019 World Aquatics Championships in Gwangju, South Korea, Bruno Fratus won the silver medal in the Men's 50 metre freestyle for the second time in a row, with a time of 21.45, losing only to Caeleb Dressel.
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At the 2019 Pan American Games held in Lima, Peru, Bruno Fratus won the gold medal in the Men's 50 metre freestyle, defeating Nathan Adrian, with a time of 21.61.
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Bruno Fratus became the oldest pool swimmer in history to win their first Olympic medal.
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In 2014, Bruno Fratus married Michelle Lenhardt, who is an Olympian swimmer and now serves as one of his coaches.
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Shortly after winning the bronze medal in the 50 metre freestyle at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Bruno Fratus' celebration went viral.