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Samuel de Bona

Samuel de Bona

Brazilian swimmer (born 1990)

Samuel Menegon de Bona (born 1 October 1990 in Porto Alegre) is a Brazilian swimmer, who specialized in the open water marathon.[1] He trained at Grêmio Náutico União, in Porto Alegre.

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In April 2011, he won, for the first time, the Travessia dos Fortes (the most important competition of the calendar of aquatic marathons in Brazil).[2]

At the 2011 FINA World Championships in Shanghai, de Bona placed 36th in the 5 km marathon, with a time of 1:01:20.9,[3] 44th in the 10 km marathon, with a time of 2:02:17.2,[4] and 16th in the 25 km marathon, with a time of 5:27:38.1.[5]

At the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara, de Bona finished 12th in the 10 km Marathon Swimming.[6]

At the 2013 World Aquatics Championships, in Barcelona, he finished 6th in the Men's 5 km race.[7] Later, in the team event, he won the bronze medal with the Brazilian team, along with Allan do Carmo and Poliana Okimoto.[8][9]

At the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto, Canada, he abandoned the race of Men's marathon 10 kilometres, after suffering blows to the nose and feeling sick.[10]

At the 2015 FINA World Championships in Kazan, he finished 14th in the 5 km marathon.[11]

De Bona retired from sport, graduated in law and, in 2021, was invited and accepted to be a representative of the Brazilian Athletes Commission at the Anti-Doping Sports Court.[12]

References

  1. [1]
    "R7 Profile". R7 (in Portuguese). 2011. Retrieved 24 July 2013.
  2. [2]
    "On the hand beat, Samuel de Bona is the champion of Travessia dos Fortes". Globoesporte (in Portuguese). 3 April 2011. Retrieved 24 July 2013.
  3. [3]
    "Results of the 5km marathon at 2011 Shanghai". OmegaTiming. 22 July 2011. Retrieved 24 July 2013.
  4. [4]
    "Results of the 10km marathon at 2011 Shanghai". OmegaTiming. 20 July 2011. Retrieved 24 July 2013.
  5. [5]
    "Results of the 25km marathon at 2011 Shanghai". OmegaTiming. 23 July 2011. Retrieved 24 July 2013.
  6. [6]
    "Heat disrupts and Brazilians get off the podium in the marathon swimming". Globoesporte (in Portuguese). 22 October 2011. Retrieved 24 July 2013.
  7. [7]
    "Results of the 5km marathon at 2013 Barcelona". OmegaTiming. 20 July 2013. Retrieved 24 July 2013.
  8. [8]
    "Tireless, Poliana help male duo and invoice bronze by teams". SPORTV (in Portuguese). 25 July 2013. Retrieved 25 July 2013.
  9. [9]
    "Results of the Marathon Swimming Teams at 2013 Barcelona". OmegaTiming. 25 July 2013. Retrieved 25 July 2013.
  10. [10]
    "Blows to the face removes Brazilian of the dispute in the aquatic marathon in the Pan". Globoesporte (in Portuguese). 12 July 2015. Retrieved 31 July 2015.
  11. [11]
    "Results of the 5 km marathon at 2015 Kazan". OmegaTiming. 25 July 2015. Retrieved 31 July 2013.
  12. [12]
    Ex-maratonista Samuel de Bona entra para o Tribunal de Justiça Desportiva Anti-Dopagem
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