Marcelo Jucá

{{Short description|Brazilian swimmer (born 1963)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2021}}

{{Infobox swimmer

| name = Marcelo Jucá

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| fullname = Marcelo Dias Jucá

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1963|9|18}}

| birth_place = Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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| height = 1.74 m

| weight = 60 kg

| strokes = Freestyle, Butterfly

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{{MedalSport|Men's swimming}}

{{MedalCountry|{{BRA}}}}

{{MedalCompetition|Pan American Games}}

{{MedalSilver| 1983 Caracas | 1500m freestyle}}

{{MedalSilver| 1983 Caracas | 4x200m freestyle}}

{{MedalBronze| 1983 Caracas | 400m freestyle}}

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Marcelo Dias Jucá (born 18 September 1963 in Rio de Janeiro) is a former international freestyle swimmer from Brazil.{{cite Sports-Reference |title=Marcelo Jucá |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ju/marcelo-juca-1.html |access-date=21 April 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418032306/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ju/marcelo-juca-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020}}

Jucá participated in the 1980 Summer Olympics, in Moscow, where he swam the 400-metre and 1500-metre freestyle, not reaching the finals.

Participated at the 1982 World Aquatics Championships in Guayaquil, where he finished 7th in the 4×200-metre freestyle final, 10th in the 1500-metre freestyle, and 22nd in the 400-metre freestyle.{{cite web |title=Results at 1982 Guayaquil |work=USA Swimming |year=2013 |url=http://www.usaswimming.org/_Rainbow/Documents/0a00b0b9-9e35-4ce8-909e-1c2df5493307/82_world_champs.pdf |access-date=20 April 2013}} The conditions were adverse in Ecuador. Ricardo Prado gave a statement to a Brazilian newspaper, telling the situation: "The hotel we stayed at was not well attended. It was directly across the Guayaquil bus station. I managed to reach the final of the 200-metre individual medley, but I was weak because food there was terrible, and finished the race in eighth place." Prado landed at home with gold in the neck and a big mycosis in the belly. Djan Madruga had worse luck: he contracted typhoid.{{cite web |title=Ricardo Prado reminds conquest of the world record in the 400m medley |work=Estadão |date=25 September 2012 |url=http://www.estadao.com.br/noticias/esportes,ricardo-prado-lembra-conquista-do-recorde-mundial-dos-400m-medley,935781,0.htm |access-date=21 April 2013 |language=pt |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131109004142/http://www.estadao.com.br/noticias/esportes%2Cricardo-prado-lembra-conquista-do-recorde-mundial-dos-400m-medley%2C935781%2C0.htm |archive-date=9 November 2013}}

At the 1983 Summer Universiade, in Edmonton, he finished 4th in the 400-metre and 1500-metre freestyle, and 8th in the 100-metre butterfly.{{cite web |title=Results at 1983 Universiade in Edmonton |work=USA Swimming |year=2013 |url=http://www.usaswimming.org/_Rainbow/Documents/38a778c6-4b47-40c1-ac82-09194af8b16e/83_wugs%5B1%5D.pdf |access-date=21 April 2013}}

He was at the 1983 Pan American Games, in Caracas. He won two silver medals in the 1500-metre and 4×200-metre freestyle, and won the bronze medal in the 400-metre freestyle.{{cite web |title=Brazil medals at 1983 Pan |work=UOL |year=2007 |url=http://pan.uol.com.br/pan/2007/historia/1983/nopodio.jhtm |access-date=21 April 2013 |language=pt}} He also finished 7th in the 100-metre butterfly.{{cite web |title=Results at 1983 Pan Am Games in Caracas |work=USA Swimming |year=2013 |url=http://www.usaswimming.org/_Rainbow/Documents/63333eeb-2963-4275-bf46-362ba387c7c2/83_panam%5B1%5D.pdf |access-date=21 April 2013}}

At the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, Jucá finished 9th in the 4×200-metre freestyle, 12th in the 4×100-metre medley, 15th in the 400-metre freestyle, and 17th in the 1500-metre freestyle.

Jucá was at the 1985 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships, the first edition of the competition, where he finished 6th in the 400-metre freestyle, and 8th in the 200-metre butterfly.{{cite web |title=Results at 1985 Pan Pacific in Tokio |work=USA Swimming |year=2013 |url=http://www.usaswimming.org/_Rainbow/Documents/b7bd5998-7397-422f-a483-1f2fd684a6e2/85_panpacs%5B1%5D.pdf |access-date=21 April 2013}}

At the 1985 Summer Universiade, in Kobe, he finished 4th in the 400-metre freestyle.{{cite web |title=Results at 1985 Universiade in Kobe |work=USA Swimming |year=2013 |url=http://www.usaswimming.org/_Rainbow/Documents/fffbfbcb-bfc5-4614-8296-ea6c22b9b08a/85_wugs%5B1%5D.pdf |access-date=21 April 2013}} At this competition, Jucá broke the Brazilian record of the 100-metre butterfly, which belonged to Ricardo Prado, with a time of 56.19 seconds. This was the only Brazilian record that Jucá possessed throughout his life.{{cite web |title=1984 - THE YEAR THAT DID NOT HAPPEN |work=Best Swimming |date=1 August 2008 |url=http://www.bestswimming.com.br/conteudo.php?i=9601 |access-date=21 April 2013 |language=pt |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923184444/http://www.bestswimming.com.br/conteudo.php?i=9601 |archive-date=23 September 2015 |url-status=dead}}