Gabriel Santos (swimmer)

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Gabriel da Silva Santos (born 4 May 1996) is a Brazilian swimmer. He competed in the men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay event at the 2016 Summer Olympics, finishing 5th.{{cite web|url=https://www.rio2016.com/en/athlete/gabriel-santos |title=Gabriel Santos |accessdate=8 August 2016 |work=Rio 2016 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160808081750/https://www.rio2016.com/en/athlete/gabriel-santos |archivedate= 8 August 2016 }}[http://www.ecp.org.br/esportes-e-atividades/natacao/equipes/adulto/gabriel-da-silva-santos/ ECP Profile]

Biography

At the 2017 World Aquatics Championships in Budapest, in the Men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay,

the Brazilian team composed of Santos, César Cielo, Bruno Fratus and Marcelo Chierighini achieved a historic result by winning the silver medal, the best Brazilian result of all time at the World Championships in this race. Brazil beat the South American record of 2009, still in the super-suits era, with a time of 3:10.34, just 0.28 from the US team. The last medal of Brazil in this race, in Worlds, was obtained in 1994.{{cite web |title=Results of the 4x100-metre freestyle at 2017 Budapest |work=OmegaTiming |date=23 July 2017 |url=http://www.omegatiming.com/File/Download?id=000111010A0101F704FFFFFFFFFFFF01 |accessdate=23 July 2017}}{{cite web |title=The 33rd World Medal of the Brazilian Swimming |work=CBDA |date=23 July 2017 |url=http://www.cbda.org.br/cbda/natacao/noticias/18126/a-33-ordf-medalha-mundial-da-natacao-brasileira |accessdate=23 July 2017 |language=pt |archive-date=26 July 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170726081533/http://www.cbda.org.br/cbda/natacao/noticias/18126/a-33-ordf-medalha-mundial-da-natacao-brasileira |url-status=dead }}{{cite web |title=In the stroke! Brazil swims side by side with USA and takes silver at 4x100m-free in the World Championships |work=Globoesporte |date=23 July 2017 |url=http://globoesporte.globo.com/natacao/noticia/em-prova-emocionante-brasil-nada-lado-a-lado-com-os-eua-e-leva-prata-no-4x100m-do-mundial.ghtml |accessdate=23 July 2017 |language=pt}} He also finished 14th in the Men's 100 metre freestyle.{{cite web |title=Results of the 100-metre freestyle at 2017 Budapest |work=OmegaTiming |date=26 July 2017 |url=http://omegatiming.com/File/Download?id=000111010A0101EC02FFFFFFFFFFFF01 |accessdate=31 July 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170728132208/http://omegatiming.com/File/Download?id=000111010A0101EC02FFFFFFFFFFFF01 |archive-date=28 July 2017 |url-status=dead }}

At the 2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships in Tokyo, Japan, he won the gold medal in the Men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay, along with Marcelo Chierighini, Marco Ferreira Júnior and Pedro Spajari.{{cite web |title=Results of the 4x100-metre freestyle at 2018 Pan Pacific |work=Seiko |date=11 August 2018 |url=http://swim.seiko.co.jp/en/2018/S80701/ranking/eng11R061.pdf |accessdate=14 December 2018}} He also finished 12th in the Men's 100 metre freestyle{{cite web |title=Results of the 100-metre freestyle B-Final at 2018 Pan Pacific |work=Seiko |date=10 August 2018 |url=http://swim.seiko.co.jp/en/2018/S80701/ranking/eng10R030.pdf |accessdate=14 December 2018}} and 12th in the Men's 50 metre freestyle.{{cite web |title=Results of the 50-metre freestyle B-Final at 2018 Pan Pacific |work=Seiko |date=12 August 2018 |url=http://swim.seiko.co.jp/en/2018/S80701/ranking/eng12R076.pdf |accessdate=14 December 2018}}

In February 2020, the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) issued a final judgement that Santos had committed an anti-doping rule violation for unintentional use of clostebol as a consequence of "cross-contamination through the sharing of bathroom towels ... with a family member who had been using Clostebol under medical prescription".{{cite news |url=https://swimswam.com/cas-finds-brazils-gabriel-santos-without-fault-revokes-1-year-suspension/ |title=CAS Finds Brazil’s Gabriel Santos Without Fault, Revokes 1-Year Suspension |work=SwimSwam |date=14 February 2020 |first=Torrey |last=Hart}} He had been earlier issued with a 12-month suspension by FINA, but this was overturned by the CAS ruling.{{cite web |url=https://www.fina.org/news/1907873/fina-doping-panel-decision-mr-gabriel-da-silva-santos-bra |title="FINA Doping Panel Decision - Gabriel da Silva Santos (BRA)" |publisher=FINA |date=17 February 2020 |access-date=20 January 2022}} Nevertheless, it was reported that Santos was still indefinitely banned from competing in the International Swimming League due their policy of barring swimmers who have ever received even a provisional suspension.D'Addona, Dan (29 July 2019). [https://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/news/international-swimming-league-permanently-bans-gabriel-santos-shayna-jack-after-positive-tests/ "International Swimming League Bans Gabriel Santos, Suspends Shayna Jack After Positive Tests"]. Swimming World. Retrieved 20 January 2022.

In June 2021, he qualified to represent Brazil at the 2020 Summer Olympics.{{Cite web|last=Brasil|first=Bolavip|title=Brasil já tem 275 atletas classificados para os Jogos Olímpicos de Tóquio|url=https://br.bolavip.com/cotidiano/Jogos-Olimpicos--Brasil-ja-tem-275-atletas-classificados-para-os-Jogos-Olimpicos-de-Toquio-20210625-0058.html|access-date=27 June 2021|website=Bolavip Brasil|language=pt-BR|archive-date=27 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210627031248/https://br.bolavip.com/cotidiano/Jogos-Olimpicos--Brasil-ja-tem-275-atletas-classificados-para-os-Jogos-Olimpicos-de-Toquio-20210625-0058.html|url-status=dead}}