Simão Morgado

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Simão Morgado
Personal information
Full name Simão Pedro Gomes Morgado
Nationality  Portugal
Born (1979-03-04) March 4, 1979 (age 45)
São Domingos de Benfica, Grande Lisboa
Height 1.84 m (6.0 ft)
Weight 75 kg (165 lb)
Sport
Sport Swimming
Strokes Butterfly
Club Clube de Natação da Amadora

Simão Morgado (born March 4, 1979) is a male Portuguese swimmer. He is the national record holder of the 50-meter butterfly (long course) and since 1997 and he has beaten the National Record in the 100 meters thirteen times, what makes him one of the greatest swimmers in Portugal's history. Simão Morgado has participated in multiple international competitions and in 2004, at the European Long Course Championships in Madrid, he placed sixth in the 100-meter butterfly. He has raced at four consecutive Summer Olympics, with his best result coming at the 2004 Athens Olympics.

His swimming club is Clube da Natação da Amadora, based in Lisbon.

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