Who is cesar cielo

At the U. Short Course World Championship Trials in Indianapolis, Indiana, Cielo was relegated to the consolation final of the meter freestyle due to his foreign status, but he still swam to a final time of Leading off with a time of In December of , Cielo broke the World Record in the meter freestyle with a time of It was the last official event with the use of the technology super-suits in Brazil.

In , Cielo changed clubs, signing with Flamengo, which was under the chairmanship of former swimmer Patricia Amorim and had the mission of contributing to the strengthening of swimming in Rio de Janeiro and in Brazil. At the Paris Open, Cielo earned the mark of In Irvine, California, Cielo earned gold in the meter butterfly with a new championships record time of Nathan Adrian won the meter title In the meter freestyle, Cielo twice broke the Americas record, doing This time represented the new Americas and World Championship meet record, only.

In the meter freestyle, Cielo also won the gold with a time of With that victory, Cielo successfully claimed the world titles of the meter and meter freestyle events in both the long course and short course formats. In May of , Cielo encountered unforeseen troubles as he tested positive for the banned substance furosemide, which is a diuretic often used to help lose weight, but is also a masking agent which may hide the presence of other drugs.

Cielo claimed the positive drug test was a result of a cross-contamination. The Court claimed that a caffeine supplement had been contaminated to bring about the failed drug test, and explained that they had become convinced that the furosemide found was not aimed to improve athletic performance or to mask the use of some other substance capable of improving performance.

Later in the competition, Cielo won gold in the meter freestyle In the meter freestyle, Cielo finished with a time of The winner was James Magnussen with a time of In the process, Cielo broke the Pan American Games records in the meter freestyle In , Cielo announced the creation of P. All were selected because of their potential to medal in the Summer Olympics to be held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

The program seemed to work for two years without relying on the infrastructure of big clubs, but the difficulty in finding sponsors forced the training group to lose almost all of its members. In April of , Cielo had success while participating in the Maria Lenk Trophy in Rio de Janeiro, finishing the meter freestyle race in The previous record was held by Brazilian teammate, Nicholas Santos, with a time of Cielo was disappointed to finish sixth in the meter freestyle with a time of The gold went to American Nathan Adrian In the meter freestyle, Cielo was favored to win the gold and ranked tied for first in the semifinal with American Cullen Jones with a time of Still, Cielo earned his third Olympic medal with a time of The winner was Frenchman Florent Manaudou with a time of At the end of , Cielo had surgery on both of his knees.

Since , the Brazilian suffered with patellar tendinitis in both knees. He elected to sit out the World Short Course Championships. In Cielo traveled to Barcelona, Spain to once again compete at the World Short Course Swimming Championships in the meter freestyle and meter butterfly just a few months after his knee surgery. Cielo posted the second fastest time in the world with a time of Cielo came into the final in Olympic qualifying position via his That swim put him in second place overall behind Fratus, who had clocked But Duarte unleashed a personal best by.

That appears unlikely. Cielo is the Olympic champion and , and World champion and world-record holder in the 50m freestyle but had struggled with injuries, slower times and withdrawing from meets in recent months. Also won SEC titles on the free relay and medley relay teams Finished fourth in the free Swam the second leg of the fifth-place finishing free relay team Brazil , splitting Also swam the second leg of the free relay Brazil that finished fifth Split a season best Swam the second fastest free split of the free relay championship field in the second leg position, Split a Had the fastest prelim time in the 50 free at NCAA[apos]s, Swam the second fastest prelim time in the free, Captured six SEC titles to tie for the most ever won by a male in one season at the conference meet SEC Champion in both the 50 and free[apos]s, swimming a Swam on all four winning relays at SEC[apos]s - and free relay[apos]s and and medley relay[apos]s Had the fastest splits of the entire championship field on each of the four relays Swam the second leg on the winning free relay