Alfredo Machado

Alfredo Carlos Botelho Machado (3 June 1953 – 25 September 2012) was an international freestyle swimmer from Brazil, who competed at one Summer Olympics for his native country.^[2]

Alfredo Machado

Personal information
Full name	Alfredo Carlos Botelho Machado
Nickname	Fadola [1]
Born	(1953-06-03)3 June 1953 Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Died	25 September 2012(2012-09-25) (aged 59) Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	72 kg (159 lb)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Freestyle
Medal record Men's swimming Representing  Brazil Pan American Games 1971 Cali 4 × 200m free Universiade 1973 Moscow 4x200m freestyle

He began swimming for Fluminense and then moved to Flamengo.^[1]

He was at the 1971 Pan American Games, in Cali, where he won a bronze medal in the 4×200-metre freestyle,^[3] breaking the South American record.^[4] He also finished 5th in the 400-metre freestyle, 5th in the 400-metre individual medley (breaking the Brazilian record with a time of 4:54.7),^[5] 7th in the 200-metre freestyle^[6] and 8th in the 1500-metre freestyle.^[7]

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.^[2] He broke the Brazilian record in the 1500-metre freestyle in Munich. ^[8]

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.^[9][10]

He died at age 59.^[1]