João Gomes Júnior
Gomes at the 2016 Olympics
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| Full name | João Luiz Gomes Júnior |
| Nationality |
 Brazil
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| Born |
January 21, 1986 Vitória, Espírito Santo, Brazil |
| Height | 190 cm (6 ft 3 in) |
| Weight | 89 kg (196 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Swimming |
| Strokes | Breaststroke |
| Club | Pinheiros |
| Coach | Mirco Cevales |
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Medal record
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João Luiz Gomes Júnior (born January 21, 1986) is a Brazilian breaststroke swimmer.
He was in the Brazilian national delegation who attended the 2009 World Aquatics Championships in Rome, where he competed in the 50-metre and 100-metre breaststroke. He went to the 50-metre breaststroke final, finishing in 7th place. He also finished 30th in the 100-metre breaststroke.
Gomes got the gold medal at the 2009 Paris Open, in the 50-metre breaststroke.
At the 2010 South American Games, he won the silver medal in the 50-metre breaststroke, and bronze in the 100-metre breaststroke.
He was at the 2010 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships in Irvine, where he finished 7th in the 50-metre breaststroke, and 13th in the 100-metre breaststroke.
At the 2010 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) in Dubai, João finished 11th in the 50-metre breaststroke.
Participating in the 2011 Summer Universiade, João was silver medal in the 50-metre breaststroke, and bronze in the 100-metre breaststroke.
At the 2012 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m), in Istanbul, João was very close to getting a historic medal. He finished in 4th place in the 50-metre breaststroke and 11th in the 100-metre breaststroke, and helped Brazil's 4×100-metre medley to go to the final where the relay finished in 4th place.
At the 2013 World Aquatics Championships in Barcelona, João finished 14th in the 100-metre breaststroke. In the 50-metre breaststroke, he qualified in third place for the final, with a time of 27.05 seconds. In the final, finished 5th, with a time of 27.20 seconds.
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