26 Facts About Nicholas Santos

At the 2002 FINA World Swimming Championships in Moscow, Nicholas finished 23rd in the 50-metre freestyle and 13th in the 50-metre butterfly.

On 10 September 2004, Nicholas Santos broke the short-course South American record of the 50-metre freestyle with a time of 21.32 seconds, coming close to beat the World Record that belonged to Frederick Bousquet with 21.10 seconds.

Nicholas Santos participated in the 50-metre butterfly, where he was disqualified, and the 100-metre freestyle, where he was in the finals, placing 8th.

At the 2005 Summer Universiade, Nicholas Santos won a bronze medal in the 50-metre freestyle and in the 50-metre butterfly.

Nicholas Santos competed in the 2007 Summer Universiade, where he won a gold medal in the 50-metre freestyle and a silver medal in the 50-metre butterfly.

Nicholas Santos broke the competition record in the 50-metre freestyle, with a time of 22.12 seconds.

Nicholas Santos participated in the 2008 Summer Olympics in the 50-metre freestyle, where he reached the semi-finals, finishing in 16th position.

Nicholas Santos reached the semi-finals of the 50-metre freestyle, with a time of 21.69 seconds, and finished in 10th place.

Nicholas Santos shared with Cesar Cielo the short-course South American record in the 50-metre freestyle: 21.32 seconds.

Nicholas Santos established the time in 2004 and Cielo in 2008.

Nicholas Santos was champion of the 2009 FINA Swimming World Cup at the Singapore step in November 2009, beating the Olympic Champion Roland Schoeman in the finals of both the 50-metre butterfly and the 50-metre freestyle.

Nicholas Santos got the 13th place in the 50-metre freestyle and 4th place in the 50-metre butterfly.

In December 2012, already 32 years old, Nicholas Santos attended the 2012 FINA World Swimming Championships in Istanbul and won the gold medal in the 50-metre butterfly with a time of 22.22 seconds, beating the Championship record.

At the 2013 FINA Swimming World Cup in Beijing, China, Nicholas Santos broke the short-course South American record in the 50-metre butterfly, with a time of 22.13.

At the 2014 FINA World Swimming Championships in Doha, Qatar, Nicholas Santos won two gold medals on the same day.

Nicholas Santos was trying to defend his title in the Men's 50 metre butterfly, obtained in Istanbul 2012.

Nicholas Santos broke the Americas record, with a time of 22.08, but lost the gold to the South African, who broke the Championship record, with a time of 21.95.

At the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Nicholas Santos finished 10th in the 50-metre freestyle.

Nicholas Santos finished 9th in the Men's 50 metre butterfly and 32nd in the Men's 50 metre freestyle.

Nicholas Santos broke a record that was his own: the oldest athlete in history to win a medal in the World Championships.

At the 2018 FINA World Swimming Championships in Hangzhou, China, in the Men's 50 metre butterfly, Nicholas Santos won the gold medal with a time of 21.81, a new Championship record.

Nicholas Santos went to the 2019 World Aquatics Championships in Gwangju, South Korea thanks to an invitation from FINA, due to the fact that the CBDA, the Brazilian Swimming Confederation, only summoned to this Championship the swimmers of Olympic events.

At the 2021 FINA World Swimming Championships in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, in the Men's 50 metre butterfly, Nicholas Santos won the gold medal with a time of 21.93.

Nicholas Santos became the 2nd Brazilian with more medals in the Short Course World Championships, only behind Cesar Cielo.

On 14 December 2022, at the 2022 FINA World Swimming Championships, in Melbourne, Australia, in the 50-metre butterfly, Nicholas Santos won his fourth world championship title with a time of 21.78, breaking the Championship Record, 0.03s off his own world record of 21.75.

Nicholas Santos is the current holder, or former holder, of the following records:.