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Place of Birth: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
About Rafael Mosca
- Rafael Motta Bac锚llo M贸sca (born May 13, 1982 in Rio de Janeiro) is a freestyle swimmer from Brazil.Trying to prevent some respiratory problem, M贸sca began to practice swimming.
- His mother enrolled him in a swim school at two years of age.
- At 11, a disease in kidney removed him from swimming pools, for a year and a half.
- Recovered, returned to swim at Flamengo.
- The first good results of Rafael appeared, and he began to consider the possibility of a career as a professional athlete.At 19 years old, he broke the 10-year hegemony of Gustavo Borges in the 200-metre freestyle, at the 2002 Jose Finkel Trophy (Brazilian Short Course Championship).
- Gustavo won the gold medal since 1992.M贸sca swam at the 2002 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships, where he finished 4th in the 4脳100-metre freestyle, 5th in the 4脳200-metre freestyle, and 14th in the 200-metre freestyle.At the 2003 World Aquatics Championships, in Barcelona, M贸sca finished 33rd in the 200-metre freestyle and 9th in the 4脳200-metre freestyle.He won the silver medal with the men's relay team in the 4脳200-metre freestyle at the 2003 Pan American Games in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.
- His winning teammates were Carlos Jayme, Gustavo Borges, and Rodrigo Castro.
- He also finished 7th in the 200-metre freestyle.M贸sca also represented his native country at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece.
- In which he achieved 9th place also with the men's relay team in the 4脳200-metre freestyle, now with Bruno Bonfim, Carlos Jayme and Rodrigo Castro.
- At this race, he broke the South American record, with a time of 7:22.70.At the 2004 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) in Indianapolis, M贸sca won the bronze medal in the 4脳200-metre freestyle, along with Rodrigo Castro, Thiago Pereira and Lucas Salatta, beating the South American record, with a time of 7:06.64.
- He also finished 19th in the 200-metre freestyle.
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