fullname birth_place weight height birth_date article_title strokes
marcelo dias jucá rio de janeiro , rio de janeiro , brazil 60 kg lb on 1.74 0 18 september 1963 marcelo jucá
 freestyle , butterfly
marcelo jucá

marcelo dias jucá -lrb- born september 18 , 1963 in rio de janeiro -rrb- is a former international freestyle swimmer from brazil .
jucá participated in the 1980 summer olympics , in moscow , where he swam the 400-metre and 1500-metre freestyle , not reaching the finals .
participated at the 1982 world aquatics championships in guayaquil , where he finished 7th in the 4 × 200-metre freestyle final , 10th in the 1500-metre freestyle , and 22nd in the 400-metre freestyle .
the conditions were adverse in ecuador .
ricardo prado gave a statement to a brazilian newspaper , telling the situation : `` the hotel we stayed at was not well attended .
it was directly across the guayaquil bus station .
i managed to reach the final of the 200-metre individual medley , but i was weak because food there was terrible , and finished the race in eighth place . ''
prado landed at home with gold in the neck and a big mycosis in the belly .
djan madruga had worse luck : he contracted typhoid .
at the 1983 summer universiade , in edmonton , he finished 4th in the 400-metre and 1500-metre freestyle , and 8th in the 100-metre butterfly .
he was at the 1983 pan american games , in caracas .
he won two silver medals in the 1500-metre and 4 × 200-metre freestyle , and won the bronze medal in the 400-metre freestyle .
he also finished 7th in the 100-metre butterfly .
at the 1984 summer olympics in los angeles , jucá finished 9th in the 4 × 200-metre freestyle , 12th in the 4 × 100-metre medley , 15th in the 400-metre freestyle , and 17th in the 1500-metre freestyle .
jucá was at the 1985 pan pacific swimming championships , the first edition of the competition , where he finished 6th in the 400-metre freestyle , and 8th in the 200-metre butterfly .
at the 1985 summer universiade , in kobe , he finished 4th in the 400-metre freestyle .
at this competition , jucá broke the brazilian record of the 100-metre butterfly , which belonged to ricardo prado , with a time of 56.19 seconds .
this was the only brazilian record that jucá possessed throughout his life .
