Samuel de Bona
Personal information
Full nameSamuel Menegon de Bona
Nationality Brazil
Born (1990-10-01) 1 October 1990
Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight82 kg (181 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesFreestyle
Medal record
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place2013 BarcelonaTeam

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.

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. ↑ "R7 Profile". R7 (in Portuguese). 2011. Retrieved 24 July 2013.
  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. ↑ "Results of the 5km marathon at 2011 Shanghai". OmegaTiming. 22 July 2011. Retrieved 24 July 2013.
  4. ↑ "Results of the 10km marathon at 2011 Shanghai". OmegaTiming. 20 July 2011. Retrieved 24 July 2013.
  5. ↑ "Results of the 25km marathon at 2011 Shanghai". OmegaTiming. 23 July 2011. Retrieved 24 July 2013.
  6. ↑ "Heat disrupts and Brazilians get off the podium in the marathon swimming". Globoesporte (in Portuguese). 22 October 2011. Retrieved 24 July 2013.
  7. ↑ "Results of the 5km marathon at 2013 Barcelona". OmegaTiming. 20 July 2013. Retrieved 24 July 2013.
  8. ↑ "Tireless, Poliana help male duo and invoice bronze by teams". SPORTV (in Portuguese). 25 July 2013. Retrieved 25 July 2013.
  9. ↑ "Results of the Marathon Swimming Teams at 2013 Barcelona". OmegaTiming. 25 July 2013. Retrieved 25 July 2013.
  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. ↑ "Results of the 5 km marathon at 2015 Kazan". OmegaTiming. 25 July 2015. Retrieved 31 July 2013.
  12. ↑ Ex-maratonista Samuel de Bona entra para o Tribunal de Justiça Desportiva Anti-Dopagem
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