Matheus Santana

Kingsley Returns, Farris Shines At Athens Sectionals

Full Name:	Matheus Paulo de Santana
Born:	April 02nd, 1996
	Rio de Janeiro
Nationality:	Brazil
Status:	Active

Matheus Santana is a Brazilian freestyle specialist and 2016 Olympian. The Rio de Janeiro native burst on to the international scene in 2014 after breaking the 100 meter freestyle Junior World Record four times during the year. The first two times came at the Maria Lenk Trophy, then at the Brazilian national championships and finally en-route to winning the gold medal at the Youth Olympic Games in Nanjing, China. His path to international success has been difficult. At eight years old Santana was diagnosed with diabetes and his family found this difficult to come to terms with. Despite Santana and his family finding ways to control the condition, he was released from the 2013 FINA World Junior championships by the Brazil national team because at that time his diabetes posed a higher risk to his health. But being held back from the competition only helped to make him more determined. At the end of 2016, Santana announced he would move from his club Unisanta in Brazil to go Stateside to train under the 2016 U.S. Women's Head Coach, David Marsh at SwimMAC in Charlotte, North Carolina. International Career 2014 was a busy but golden year for the Brazilian international newcomer, Santana. His first stop was at the South …

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