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Vasco
GASPAR |
Sport |
Open Water Swimming |
NOC |
Portugal
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Gender | Men |
Born | 29 Nov 1990
in Setúbal, POR |
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Sport Specific Information |
Club / Team |
Sociedade Filarmonica Uniao Artistica Piedense [SFUAP]: Almada, POR |
Further Personal Information |
Higher education |
Medicine - New University of Lisbon [NOVA]: Portugal |
Sport Specific Information |
When and where did you begin this sport? |
He began swimming at age two and took up the sport competitively at age 14. He first tried open water swimming at age 16. |
Why this sport? |
He initially took up swimming for medical reasons. He began open water swimming because he liked the idea of competing in an open space without having to count tiles in the pool. |
Further Personal Information |
Languages |
Portuguese |
General Interest |
Other information |
OCCUPATION He works as a doctor at the District Hospital of Santarem in Portugal. He is also an assistant pathophysiology professor at the New University of Lisbon [NOVA] in Portugal. (Facebook profile, 06 Nov 2020; LinkedIn profile, 01 Oct 2020; Instagram profile, 26 Feb 2020)
FURTHER EDUCATION He completed a year at the Higher School of Nursing of Lisbon in Portugal before transferring to the New University of Lisbon [NOVA]. He also took a level one training course at the Portuguese Swimming Federation. (LinkedIn profile, 2018; Facebook page, 27 Nov 2017)
COACHING He has been a swimming coach at Sociedade Filarmonica Uniao Artistica Piedense [SFUAP] in Almada, Portugal. (Facebook profile, 01 Jul 2018; LinkedIn profile, 2018) |
Other sports |
He represented Portugal in swimming at the 2013 European Short Course Championships in Herning, Denmark. He has also competed in distance running at national level in Portugal. (SportsDeskOnline, 08 Nov 2018; fct.unl.pt, 11 Apr 2017) |
Further Personal Information |
Occupation |
Doctor, Professor |
Residence |
Lisbon, POR |
Family |
Wife Vanessa, son Vicente [2021] |
European Championships Short Course |
Rank |
Year |
Venue |
Event |
Result |
37 |
2013 |
Herning, DEN |
1500m Freestyle |
15:46.03 |
World Championships |
Rank |
Year |
Venue |
Event |
Result |
28 |
2015 |
Kazan, RUS |
5km |
55:36.4 |
55 |
2015 |
Kazan, RUS |
10km |
1:56:38.9 |
15 |
2015 |
Kazan, RUS |
5km - Team Time Trial |
58:12.6 |
33 |
2013 |
Barcelona, ESP |
10km |
1:50:20.7 |
14 |
2013 |
Barcelona, ESP |
5km |
53:40.5 |
European Championships |
Rank |
Year |
Venue |
Event |
Result |
32 |
2014 |
Berlin, GER |
10km |
1:53:32.7 |
22 |
2012 |
Piombino, ITA |
10km |
2:00:19.5 |
29 |
2012 |
Piombino, ITA |
5 km |
58:50.4 |
18 |
2011 |
Eilat, ISR |
10km |
1:53:43.4 |
18 |
2011 |
Eilat, ISR |
5 km |
57:10.3 |
25 |
2010 |
Balatonfüred, HUN |
5 km |
1:03:51.4 |
World Cup |
Rank |
Year |
Venue |
Event |
Result |
32 |
2016 |
Viedma, ARG |
10km |
2:01:10 |
23 |
2015 |
Abu Dhabi, UAE |
10km |
1:58:44.6 |
37 |
2015 |
San Miguel de Cozumel, MEX |
10km |
1:43:27.00 |
47 |
2015 |
Setúbal, POR |
10km |
2:06:57.70 |
15 |
2015 |
Viedma, ARG |
10km |
1:57:49.10 |
34 |
2014 |
Setúbal, POR |
10km |
2:08:12.2 |
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