fullname birth_place birth_date article_title strokes
marcelo augusto tomazini são paulo , são paulo , brazil 18 december 1978 marcelo tomazini
 breaststroke
marcelo tomazini

marcelo augusto tomazini -lrb- born december 18 , 1978 in são paulo -rrb- is a male breaststroke swimmer from brazil .
at the 1999 pan american games in winnipeg , canada , tomazini teamed with alexandre massura , fernando scherer , and gustavo borges to compete in the 4 × 100 meter medley .
the team 's 3:40.27 time won a gold medal , and broke the south american record .
when tomazini competed in the 200-metre breaststroke , his time of 2:17.04 did not win a medal -lrb- finished 4th -rrb- , but broke the south american record .
in the 100-metre breaststroke , tomazini also finished 4th , with a time of 1:3.72 s. tomazini competed in the 1999 fina 25 meter world swimming championships .
in july 2001 , tomazini broke the short-course south american record in the 50-metre breaststroke , with a time of 27.67 seconds , and in the 100-metre breaststroke , doing 1:00.23 .
on november 17 , 2001 , he broke the short-course south american record in the 200 meter breaststroke , with a time of 2:10.79 .
on march 17 , 2002 , tomazini again broke the south american record in the 200-metre breaststroke -lrb- olympic pool -rrb- , with a time of 2:16.21 .
at the 2002 fina 25 meter world swimming championships in moscow , russia , tomazini qualified -lrb- but did not swim -rrb- in the 50-metre breaststroke semi-finals ; finished 18th in the 100-metre breaststroke ; and finished 11th in the 200-metre breaststroke .
tomazini also competed on the brazilian 's 4 × 100-metre medley , which qualified for the finals , finishing in 7th place .
on may 1 , 2002 , tomazini broke the short-course south american record in the 200-metre breaststroke , with a time of 2:10.47 -lrb- breaking his own previous record of 2:10.79 -rrb- .
he swam at the 2002 pan pacific swimming championships , where he finished 8th in the 200-metre breaststroke .
participating in the 2003 world aquatics championships , tomazini finished 27th in the 200-metre breaststroke .
at the 2003 pan american games in santo domingo , dominican republic , tomazini won the bronze medal in the 200-metre breaststroke , beating the south american record with a time of 2:15.87 .
