Minas Takes Jose Finkel Team Trophy As Brazil’s Abu Dhabi Squad Is Revealed

2021 JOSE FINKEL TROPHY (BRAZILIAN SWIMMING C’SHIPS)

• Tuesday, August 10th – Saturday, August 14th
• Bauru, Brazil
• SCM (25m)
• Primary Selection Meet For World Short Course Championships
• SwimSwam Preview
• Start List
• Day 1 Recap/Day 2 Recap/Day 3 Recap/Day 4 Recap/Day 5 Recap
• Results

The 2021 Jose Finkel Trophy wrapped up yesterday from Bauru, Brazil but not before Minas Tenis Club reaped the overall team trophy.

Amassing 2,562.50 points, the club proved to be too out of reach for runners-up Pinheiros who checked in with 2,236.50 while Flemengo rouned out the top 3 in 1,203.00

In terms of the final roster for this December’s FINA World Short Course Championships in Abu Dhabi, 13 Tokyo 2020 Olympians join other medal hopefuls on the Brazilian lineup.

“We are coming from a historic participation in the Olympic Games, which raised the level of Brazilian Swimming. Here, in Bauru, our athletes showed that they are very well prepared. We managed to assemble a strong team, with expressive results for both men and women, and which promises to do well in Abu Dhabi”, said the president of the CBDA, Luiz Fernando Coelho.

At the 2018 edition of SC Worlds, the nation of Brazil placed 9th in the overall swimming medal table. Nicholas Santos and the men’s 4x200m free relay represented the gold medalists, while Brazil also reaped 6 bronze medals there in Hangzhou, China.

Brazil’s World Short Course Championships Roster

Caio Pumputis – 200m IM
Nicholas Santos – 50m butterfly
Fernando Scheffer – 200m freestyle
Leonardo Santos – 200m IM
Gabriel Fantoni – 50m back
Felipe Lima – 100m breast
Guilherme Guido – 100m back
Murilo Sartori – 200m freestyle
Gabrielle Roncatto – 400m freestyle
Jhennifer Conceição – 50m breast
Brandonn Almeida – 400m IM
Nathalia Almeida – 400m freestyle
Vinicius Lanza – 100m butterfly
Leonardo De Deus – 200 butterfly
Guilherme Costa – 400m freestyle
Viviane Jungblut – 800m freestyle
Gabriel Santos – 100m freestyle
João Gomes Jr – 50m breast
Giovanna Diamante – 200m butterfly
Pamela Alencar – 200m breast