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José Carlos Souza

José Carlos Souza

Personal information
Full name	José Carlos Souza Júnior
National team	Brazil
Born	(1971-07-13) July 13, 1971 (age 53) São Paulo, Brazil
Height	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Butterfly, freestyle, medley
Club	Esporte Clube Pinheiros, UT, Bolles Sharks
College team	University of Tennessee
Medal record Men's swimming Representing Brazil World Championships (SC) 1993 Palma 4×100 m freestyle 1993 Palma 4×200 m freestyle

José Carlos Souza Júnior (born July 13, 1971) is a former international swimmer from Brazil, who participated at the 1992 Summer Olympics for his native country.^[1] In 1987, he went to live in the United States. He studied Business Administration at the University of Tennessee.

At the 1991 World Aquatics Championships, he finished 25th in the 100-metre butterfly, and 30th in the 200-metre individual medley.^[2]

José Carlos was at the 1991 Pan American GamesinHavana, where he finished 7th in the 200-metre individual medley, and 8th in the 50-metre freestyle.^[3]

At the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, his best result was the sixth place in the men's 4×100-metre freestyle. He also finished 12th in the 100-metre butterfly, and 30th in the 200-metre individual medley.^[4]

In 1993 he broke two World Recordsonshort course. On July 7, the Brazil team, composed of Fernando Scherer, Teofilo Ferreira, José Carlos Souza and Gustavo Borges broke the world record in 4×100-metre freestyle with a time of 3:13.97, which belonged to Sweden since March 19, 1989: 3:14.00. On December 5, Brazil again beat the record, with the same team, doing 3:12.11.^{[5] [6]} This mark was achieved in the 1993 FINA World Swimming Championships, where he won gold in the 4×100-metre freestyle, and bronze in the 4×200-metre freestyle (breaking the South American record with a time of 7:09.38).^[7][8] He also finished 5th in the 4×100-metre medley, along with Maurício Menezes, Gustavo Borges and Rogério Romero, and 15th in the 100-metre butterfly.

In 1993, he was the South American record holder in the 50-metre and 100-metre butterfly, and in the 200-metre individual medley.

He won the Bronze medal in the 1992 NCAA Championships-1993 Indianapolis, in the 100-metre butterfly. Won the gold medal in the 1992 SEC Championships-1992 Fayetville, in the 100-metre butterfly. Brasil National Champion multiple times in 50-metre freestyle, 100-metre freestyle, 100-metre butterfly, 200-metre butterfly, 200-metre individual medley.