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| Full name | Rogério Aoki Romero | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1969-11-22)22 November 1969 (age 55) Londrina,Paraná,Brazil | |||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) | |||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 72 kg (159 lb) | |||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Backstroke | |||||||||||||||||
| Club | Minas Tênis Clube, Belo Horizonte | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Rogério Aoki Romero (born 22 November 1969 inLondrina,Paraná) is a formerbackstrokeswimmer fromBrazil, who competed at five consecutiveSummer Olympics for his native country, starting in 1988. A resident ofBelo Horizonte, he won the gold medal in the 200-metre backstroke at the1991 Pan American Games inHavana, Cuba. Twelve years later he once again did so at the2003 Pan Am Games.
At 18 years old, Romero was at the1988 Summer Olympics inSeoul, where he finished 8th place in the 200-metre backstroke, 20th in the 100-metre backstroke, and 18th in the 4×100-metre medley.[1] At the 200-metre backstroke, he broke his first South American record, with a time of 2:02.26 at heats.[2][3]
At the1989 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships, Romero finished 6th in the 200-metre backstroke.[4]
Participating in the1991 World Aquatics Championships inPerth, he finished 13th in the 200-metre backstroke, and 20th in the 100-metre backstroke.[5]
At the1991 Pan American Games inHavana, he won the gold medal in the 200-metre backstroke.[6] Romero also finished 5th in the 100-metre backstroke.[7]
Romero was in1992 Summer Olympics inBarcelona, where he finished 10th place in the 200-metre backstroke, and 21st in the 100-metre backstroke.[1]
At the1993 FINA World Swimming Championships (25m), inPalma de Mallorca, Romero twice broke the South American record in the 200-metre backstroke, earning 1:57.35 in the heats, and 1:55.90 in the finals, finishing 4th. He also finished 5th in the4×100-metre medley, along withMaurício Menezes,Gustavo Borges andJosé Carlos Souza.
Participating in the1994 World Aquatics Championships, held in September inRome,Italy, the Brazilian got the 12th place in the 200-metre backstroke, and the 21st place in the 100-metre backstroke.[8]
At the1995 Pan American Games inMar del Plata, he won the silver medal in the 4×100-metre medley and bronze in the 200-metre backstroke.[9] He also finished 4th in the 100-metre backstroke.[10]
At the1995 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) inRio de Janeiro, he finished 7th in the 100-metre backstroke, with a time of 54.61.[11] He also swam the 200-metre backstroke.[12]
Romero was in1996 Summer Olympics inAtlanta, where he finished 15th in the 200-metre backstroke, and 24th in the 100-metre backstroke.[1]
He was at the1997 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m), where he finished 10th in the200-metre backstroke.
Participating in the1998 World Aquatics Championships inPerth, he got the 13th place in the 200-metre backstroke, and 15th in the 100-metre backstroke.[13]
In December 1999, he broke the long course South American record of the 200-metre backstroke for the last time, with a time of 1:59.23.[14] His record was only broken in 2007 Pan Am Games byThiago Pereira.[15][16]
Romero was in2000 Summer Olympics inSydney, where he finished 7th place in the 200-metre backstroke (his best Olympic participation), and 24th in the 100-metre backstroke.[1]
Participating in the2002 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) inMoscow, he got the 21st place in the 200-metre backstroke,[17] and 28th in the 100-metre backstroke.[18]
At the2003 World Aquatics Championships inBarcelona, finished 26th in the 200-metre backstroke.[19]
At the2003 Pan American Games inSanto Domingo, he won the gold medal in the 200-metre backstroke.[20] Romero also finished 9th in the 100-metre backstroke.[21]
Romero was in2004 Summer Olympics inAthens, where he finished 15th place in the 200-metre backstroke.[1]
He was for many years the South American record holder, a total of 29 South American records and 41 Brazilian records. Pan American champion, 15 times champion in 200-metre backstroke Brazil Swimming Trophy, 10 times South American champion in the 200-metre backstroke, all os this in 27 years of sports career.[22][23]
Between 2004 and 2006, Romero was Under-Secretary of Sports, of the state ofMinas Gerais. In 2007, he held the position of Deputy Secretary, of the Department of Sports and Youth of Minas Gerais. In 2013, he was the President of the National Forum of State Secretaries and Managers of Sport and Leisure.[24]
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