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Aram Boghossian

Aram Boghossian
Personal information
Full name Aram Boghossian
Nationality  Brazil
Born (1929-11-17) November 17, 1929 (age 87)
Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Sport
Sport Swimming
Strokes Freestyle

Aram Boghossian (born November 17, 1929 in Rio de Janeiro) is a former international freestyle swimmer from Brazil.

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.

He broke the Brazilian record of the 100-metre freestyle in 1948. His record was broken only in 1956 by Haroldo Lara.

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.

At the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, he swam the 100-metre and 4×200-metre freestyle, not reaching the finals.

On 2004, he still swim, now in the Masters category.




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