fullname death_date death_place birth_place weight height birth_date article_title strokes nicknames
alfredo carlos botelho machado 25 september 2012 rio de janeiro , rio de janeiro , brazil rio de janeiro , rio de janeiro , brazil 72 kg lb on 1.81 0 3 june 1953 alfredo machado
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alfredo machado

alfredo carlos botelho machado -lrb- june 3 , 1953 -- september 25 , 2012 -rrb- was an international freestyle swimmer from brazil , who competed at one summer olympics for his native country .
he began swimming for fluminense and then moved to flamengo .
he was at the 1971 pan american games , in cali , where he won a bronze medal in the 4 × 200-metre freestyle , breaking the south american record .
he also finished 5th in the 400-metre freestyle , 5th in the 400-metre individual medley -lrb- breaking the brazilian record with a time of 4:54.7 -rrb- , 7th in the 200-metre freestyle and 8th in the 1500-metre freestyle .
at the 1972 summer olympics , in munich , he swam the 200-metre freestyle , 400-metre freestyle , 1500-metre freestyle , and the 4 × 200-metre freestyle , not reaching the finals .
he broke the brazilian record in the 1500-metre freestyle in munich .
at the 1973 summer universiade , in moscow , machado won a bronze medal in the 4 × 200-metre freestyle , along with josé namorado , james huxley adams and josé aranha .
he died at age 59 .
