Gabriel Santos is a Brazilian swimmer who recently competed at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympic Games in the Men’s 4×100 freestyle relay, find out more about him below along with his bio, age and girlfriend
Sadly, Santos and his teammates failed to qualify for the finals during the heats at the Paris Aquatics Centre.
Who is Brazilian swimmer Gabriel Santos, bio, age, height, girlfriend, medals list and Instagram
Notably, the Chinese team won the gold medal in the men’s 4 x 100 metre freestyle relay event held on July 27, 2024.
Gabriel Santos bio
Gabriel da Silva Santos is a Brazilian swimmer who was born on May 4, 1996, in Guarulhos, State of São Paulo, Brazil. He notably competed in the men’s 4×100 metre freestyle relay event at the 2016 Summer Olympics, finishing at 5th place.
Ana Vieira and her partner Gabriel Santos sneaked out of the Olympic Village to go on a night out in Paris.
Age and height
Gabriel Santos is currently 28 years old and stands at a height of 1.84 m.
Career and achievements
Santos made his debut at a major international competition during the Rio 2016 Olympics, competing in the 400-meter freestyle relay. He competed alongside Marcelo Chierighini, Nicolas Oliveira, and Jaoa de Lucca. They finished in the place fifth during the final round. Meanwhile, he competed again at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships in Budapest, where he won a silver.
Following the win, Brazil beat the South American record of 2009, with a time of 3:10.34. Brazil had last won a medal in this race, back in 1994. In the individual event, Gabriel Santos finished 14th in the Men’s 100 metre freestyle. The following year, he competed at the 2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships in Tokyo, Japan.
During that event, he won a gold in the Men’s 4×100 metre freestyle relay besides finishing 12th in the Men’s 100-metre freestyle as well as 12th in the Men’s 50-metre freestyle. Notably, Santos got embroiled in an anti-doping rule violation on May 20, 2019. As a result, the FINA attempted to impose a 12-month suspension on him, followed up by an investigation from the Court of Arbitration for Sport. The court overturned the FINA suspension and ruled in Santos’ favour.
Following the news about the anti-doping rule violation, Santos got indefinitely banned from competing in the International Swimming League. Gabriel Santos then qualified to represent Brazil at the 2020 Summer Olympics in June 2021 where he featured in the 4×100 relay.
He then competed in the 2022 South American Games, where he won gold medals across three events – 50 m butterfly, 4×100 m freestyle, 4×100 mixed free. He also won a bronze medal in the 100 m freestyle. Most recently, he featured in the Paris 2024 Summer Olympic Games.
Gabriel Santos has an Instagram account with the handle @gabrielssantos1, where he has over 16K followers and about 356 posts.