Diogo Yabe

Diogo Yabe
Personal information
Full nameDiogo de Oliveira Yabe
Nationality Brazil
Born (1980-08-08) August 8, 1980 (age 44)
Londrina, Paraná, Brazil
Height1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight80 kg (176 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesMedley
Medal record
Men's swimming
Representing  Brazil
Pan American Games
Silver medal – second place 2011 Guadalajara 4x200 m freestyle
South American Games
Gold medal – first place 2006 Buenos Aires 400 m medley
Silver medal – second place 2006 Buenos Aires 200 m medley
Silver medal – second place 2006 Buenos Aires 4x100 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place 2006 Buenos Aires 4x200 m freestyle

Diogo de Oliveira Yabe (born August 8, 1980, in Londrina, Paraná, Brazil), is a Brazilian competitive swimmer who specializes in medley events.[1]

Married with Fabíola Molina.[2]

He swam at the 2002 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships, where he finished 12th in the 200-metre individual medley.[3]

In May 2003, Yabe achieved fame for breaking the Ricardo Prado's South American record in the 200-metre individual medley, a record that stood since 1983.[4]

At the 2003 World Aquatics Championships, Yabe was in the 200-metre individual medley, but was disqualified.[5]

Yabe was at the 2003 Pan American Games in Santo Domingo, where he ranked 6th place in the 200-metre individual medley and in the 400-metre individual medley.[6]

Participated in the 2004 Summer Olympics in the 200-metre individual medley, where he earned a 26th-place finish.[1]

At the 2006 South American Games in Buenos Aires, Yabe won a gold medal in the 400-metre individual medley,[7] two silver medals in the 200-metre individual medley[8] and 4×100-metre freestyle,[7] and a bronze medal in the 4×200-metre freestyle.[9]

At the 2007 Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro, ranked 4th in the 400-metre individual medley,[6] and 8th in the 200-metre individual medley [10]

He was at the 2010 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships in Irvine, where he finished 14th in the 200-metre individual medley,[11] and 15th in the 400-metre individual medley.[12]

He was at the 2010 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m), where he finished 25th place in the 200-metre individual medley,[13] and in 17th place in the 400-metre individual medley.[14]

As one of the representatives of Brazil in the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara, won the silver medal in the 4×200-metre freestyle by participate at heats.[15]

At the 2011 Military World Games, held in Rio de Janeiro, Diogo won the gold medal in the 200-metre individual medley [16] and in the 400-metre individual medley.[17]

References

  1. ^ a b Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Diogo Yabe". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18.
  2. ^ Diogo and Fabíola (in Portuguese)
  3. ^ "Bruno Bonfim closes as the 12th athlete with index". CBDA (in Portuguese). August 29, 2002. Archived from the original on June 15, 2013. Retrieved April 19, 2013.
  4. ^ "Young Diogo breaks the 20-year record of Ricardo Prado". Terra (in Portuguese). May 4, 2003. Retrieved April 21, 2013.
  5. ^ 200-metre individual medley results - Barcelona 2003
  6. ^ a b Diogo Yabe database (in Portuguese)
  7. ^ a b "49 medals for the aquatics". CBDA (in Portuguese). November 19, 2006. Archived from the original on April 23, 2013. Retrieved April 26, 2013.
  8. ^ "Luiz Arapiraca shines again in Argentina". CBDA (in Portuguese). November 18, 2006. Archived from the original on April 22, 2013. Retrieved April 26, 2013.
  9. ^ "Brazil conquers more 11 medals in swimming". CBDA (in Portuguese). November 17, 2006. Archived from the original on May 5, 2013. Retrieved April 26, 2013.
  10. ^ At 200m medley, Thiago Pereira gets gold (in Portuguese)
  11. ^ "Results of the 200-metre individual medley at 2010 Pan Pac in Irvine". OmegaTiming. August 21, 2010. Retrieved April 27, 2013.
  12. ^ "Results of the 400-metre individual medley at 2010 Pan Pac in Irvine". OmegaTiming. August 19, 2010. Retrieved April 27, 2013.
  13. ^ 200-metre individual medley results - Dubai 2010
  14. ^ 400-metre individual medley results - Dubai 2010
  15. ^ 4×200-metre freestyle heats at Guadalajara (in Portuguese)
  16. ^ Third day:shooting puts Brazil on lead (in Portuguese)
  17. ^ Diogo Yabe won gold at Military Games Archived 2013-04-10 at archive.today (in Portuguese)