As the Rio Opening Ceremonies draw ever closer, new Olympic rosters are being finalized and published seemingly everyday. Here, thanks to work by Best Swim, we have compiled a list of all of the South American swimmers that will be competing in Rio next month.
While this is the most up-to-date list available right now, it is important to keep in mind that both Suriname and Trinidad & Tobago still have one universality spot available for a female swimmer that has yet to be named to either country’s team.
French Guiana is not included in this list because it is technically a “French Overseas Department,” and because of this classification French Guianese athletes competing in Rio would technically represent France and report to the French National and Olympic Sports Committee.
- Argentina
- Martin Naidich: 1500 Free
- Federico Grabich: 50, 100, 200 Free
- Santiago Grassi: 100 Fly
- Virginia Bardach: 200, 400 IM
- Julia Sebastian: 200 Breast
- Aruba
- Allyson Ponson: 50 Free
- Mikael Schreuders: 200 Free
- Bolivia
- Karen Torrez: 50 Free
- José Alberto Quintanilla: 50 Free
- Brazil: Men
- Brandonn Almeida: 400 IM, 1500 Free
- Tales Cerdeira: 200 Breast
- Marcelo Chierighini: 100 Free, 4 x 100 Free Relay
- Kaio de Almeida: 200 Fly
- Leonardo de Deus: 200 Back, 200 Fly
- João de Lucca: 200 Free, 4 x 100 Free Relay, 4 x 200 Free Relay
- Allan do Carmo: Open Water
- Ítalo Duarte: 50 Free
- Felipe França Silva: 100 Breast, 4 x 100 Medley Relay
- Bruno Fratus: 50 Free
- João Gomes Júnior: 100 Breast
- Guilherme Guido: 100 Back, 4 x 100 Medley Relay
- Marcos Macedo: 100 Fly
- Henrique Martins: 100 Fly, 4 x 100 Medley Relay
- Luiz Altamir Melo: 400 Free, 4 x 200 Free Relay
- Nicolas Oliveira: 100, 200 Free, 4 x 100 Free Relay, 4 x 200 Free Relay, 4 x 100 Medley Relay
- Thiago Pereira: 200 IM
- Henrique Rodrigues: 200 IM
- Thiago Simon: 200 Breast
- Miguel Valente: 1500 Free
- Matheus Santana: 4 x 100 Free Relay
- André Pereira: 4 x 200 Free Relay
- Gabriel Santos: 4 x 100 Free Relay (Alternate)
- Brazil: Women
- Ana Marcela Cunha: Open Water
- Daynara de Paula: 100 Fly, 4 x 100 Free Relay, 4 x 100 Medley Relay
- Daiene Dias: 100 Fly, 4 x 100 Medley Relay (Alternate)
- Graciele Herrmann: 50 Free
- Manuella Lyrio: 200 Free, 4 x 100 Free Relay, 4 x 200 Free Relay
- Etiene Medeiros: 50, 100 Free, 100 Back, 4 x 100 Free Relay, 4 x 100 Medley Relay
- Joanna Maranhão: 200, 400 IM
- Poliana Okimoto: Open Water
- Larissa Oliveira: 100, 200 Free, 4 x 100 Free Relay, 4 x 200 Free Relay, 4 x 100 Medley Relay
- Gabrielle Roncatto: 4 x 200 Free Relay
- Jhennifer da Conceição: 4 x 100 Medley Relay
- Jéssica Cavalheiro: 4 x 200 Free Relay
- Natalia de Luccas: 4 x 100 Medley Relay (Alternate)
- Chile
- Kristel Kobrich: 800 Free
- Felipe Tapia: 1500 Free
- Colombia
- Jorge Murillo: 100, 200 Breast
- Jonathan Gomez: 200 Fly
- Omar Pinzon: 200 Back
- Isabela Arcila: 50, 100 Free, 100 Back
- Ecuador
- Esteban Enderica: 1500 Free
- Samantha Arevalo: 800 Free, Open Water
- Ivan Enderica: Open Water
- Guyana
- Jamila Sanmoogan: 50 Free
- Hannibal Gaskin: 100 Fly
- Paraguay
- Ben Hockin: 50, 100, 200 Free, 100 Fly
- Karen Riveros: 100 Free
- Peru
- Andrea Cedron: 200 Free
- Nicholas Magana: 100 Free
- Suriname
- Renzo Tjon a Joe: 50, 100 Free
- Trinidad & Tobago
- George Bovell: 50 Free
- Dylan Carter: 100 Free
- Uruguay
- Martin Melconian: 100 Breast
- Ines Remersaro: 100 Back
- Venezuela
- Andreina Pinto: 400, 800 Free
- Albert Subirats: 100 Fly
- Cristian Quintero: 100, 200 Free
- Carlos Claverie: 200 Breast
Some corrections:
There are only three names listed for the Brazil’s 4×200 female team. Jessica Bruin Cavalheiro will swim the event.
Joanna Maranhão will swim the 200 fly for Brazil.
Natalia de Luccas will swim the 200 back for Brazil.
Thanks for the list!
Are you going to do the list for other regions as well?
Some mistakes:Chieriguini will not swim 4x200free!I believe you mean 4x100medley.
Jhennifer da Conceição will swim 100breast too(she has a B cut).André Pereira is not an alternate(there are only 4 guys swimming).
Nicolas Oliveira will not swim 200free(individual) to concentrate in 4x100free.
How do we know there is no more invitations to be made?
Albert Subirats is probably the best swimmer on that list
Best than Thiago Pereira?
LOL
Yeah and the most inconsistent. Nicolas olviera not making the team is sad after be medaled in Kazan
I mean Nicolas santos
Santos is specially strong in 50fly. For 50 and 100 free the country has some swimmers witn better times
Guatemala?
Swimmingisfun – Guatemala is in Central America.
And Trinidad and Tobago and Aruba are both in South America?
Correct – they are both located on the South American continental shelf and thus considered to be South America geographically, though you could also call both Caribbean as they’re located in the Caribbean Sea.
I love Geography Nerds!
In which case you have neglected to identify the participants from Panama and The Falkland Islands. T&T and Aruba both compete in the CCCAN region, not CONSANAT, as I’m sure you are well aware.
So Does Surinam, But Im quite sure they are on the continent
The Falkland Islands do not have their own Olympic Committee and thus don’t have their own Olympic swim team, though they do compete independently at the Commonwealth Games. Panama, by the opinion of geographers, is considered Central America (which is more broadly North America) given that the Isthmus of Panama is the primary dividing line for the two continents. When Panama was still a part of Colombia, it was considered South America for primarily political reasons.
There are lots of ways to divide up continents, and in many parts of the world, it’s all just “America”. This list uses the most geographically-accurate separation between North America, Central America, and South America.
That’s because CCCAN includes Central America and the Caribbean, so there’s no contradiction here. Panama is in Central America, and as for the Falkland Islands, well, are there any participants from the Falkland Islands?