1. Gabriel Semain Vasconcellos Mangabeira was born on 31 January 1982 and is a Brazilian competition swimmer who qualified for the men's 100-metre butterfly at both the 2004 Summer Olympics and the 2008 Summer Olympics.
10 Facts About Gabriel Mangabeira
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Gabriel Mangabeira attended the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, where he swam for coach Gregg Troy's Florida Gators swimming and diving team in the National Collegiate Athletic Association competition from 2001 to 2004.
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Gabriel Mangabeira graduated from the University of Florida with a bachelor's degree in food and resource economics in 2004.
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Gabriel Mangabeira started swimming at the instigation of his grandfather, who was a swimming teacher, at the age of two years.
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Gabriel Mangabeira tried judo at 10 years old, but left due to his mother.
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Gabriel Mangabeira participated at the 1999 Pan American Games in Winnipeg, where he finished 11th in the 100-metre butterfly, and 11th in the 200-metre individual medley.
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Gabriel Mangabeira was at the 2003 World Aquatics Championships in Barcelona, where he finished 37th in the 100-metre butterfly.
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At the 2004 Summer Olympics, Gabriel Mangabeira made it to the finals of the 100-metre butterfly where he finished in sixth place, beating the South American record, and swimming alongside well-known swimmers like Ian Crocker and Michael Phelps.
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Gabriel Mangabeira was a semifinalist at the 2005 World Aquatics Championships in Montreal, in the 100-metre butterfly, where he finished in 13th place, and in the 50-metre backstroke, where he came in at 16th place.
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Gabriel Mangabeira returned to the Olympics in 2008 to compete in the 100-metre butterfly, but did not advance beyond the first heats.