fullname club birth_place weight imagesize height birth_date image article_title strokes name
kaio márcio ferreira costa de almeida fiat/minas joão pessoa , paraíba , brazil 76 kg lb st on 150px 1.75 0 19 october 1984 kaiodealmeida.png kaio de almeida
 butterfly kaio almeida
kaio de almeida

kaio márcio de almeida -lrb- born october 19 , 1984 in joão pessoa , brazil -rrb- is a brazilian swimmer who specializes in the butterfly .
he is also known by the reduced versions of his name : `` kaio márcio '' , `` kaio márcio de almeida '' , `` kaio almeida '' , or `` kaio de almeida '' .
almeida was nine years old when he began swimming in esporte clube cabo branco in joão pessoa .
he suffered from asthma attacks and began swimming for medical reasons , and under the influence of his father , josé márcio .
at the time , almeida was nicknamed `` gordo '' -lrb- fat -rrb- , a nickname he lost at age 15 when he lost weight and began to train and compete regularly .
as of february 2015 , he competes for the swimming team of minas tênis clube .
