Aram Boghossian

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Aram Boghossian
Personal information
Nationality Brazil
Born (1929-11-19) 19 November 1929 (age 92)[1]
Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesFreestyle
Medal record
Men's swimming
Representing  Brazil
Pan American Games
Silver medal – second place 1951 Buenos Aires 4 x 200 m freestyle

Aram Boghossian (born 19 November 1929) is a former international freestyle swimmer from Brazil.[2] He was born in Rio de Janeiro.[3] As of 2004 he was still swimming in the Masters' category.[3]

At the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, he finished 8th in the 4×200-metre freestyle final, and swam the 100-metre freestyle, finishing 14th at semifinals.[2] He broke the Brazilian record of the 100-metre freestyle in 1948. His record was broken only in 1956 by Haroldo Lara.[4]

At the inaugural Pan American Games in 1951, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, he won a silver medal in the 4×200-metre freestyle, along with Ricardo Capanema, João Gonçalves Filho, and Tetsuo Okamoto.[5] At the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, he swam the 100-metre and 4×200-metre freestyle, not reaching the finals.[2]

References[]

  1. ^ Aram Boghossian at Olympedia
  2. ^ a b c Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Aram Boghossian". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 2 May 2013.
  3. ^ a b "World Masters - Aram Boghossian wins the first Brazil gold". Best Swimming (in Portuguese). 4 June 2004. Archived from the original on 28 June 2013. Retrieved 2 May 2013.
  4. ^ "OUR FASTEST SWIMMER OF THE WORLD - PART I". Best Swimming. 14 April 2008. Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 16 June 2013.
  5. ^ "Brazil medals at 1951 Pan". UOL (in Portuguese). 2007. Retrieved 2 May 2013.

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