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He also finished 7th in the 100-metre freestyle. At the 1972 Summer Olympics, in Munich, he finished 4th in the 4×100-metre freestyle (6 seconds and a half below the South American record).
He also finished 7th in the 100-metre freestyle. At the 1972 Summer Olympics, in Munich, he finished 4th in the 4×100-metre freestyle (6 seconds and a half below the South American record).
He also swam the 100-metre freestyle, 200-metre freestyle and 4×200-metre freestyle, not reaching the finals. Participated at the inaugural World Aquatics Championships in 1973 Belgrade, where he finished 5th in the 4×100-metre freestyle, along with José Aranha, José Namorado and James Huxley Adams. And 8th in the 100-metre freestyle.
He also swam the 4×200-metre freestyle, finishing 11th, with the same team
He was at the 1975 World Aquatics Championships in Cali. In the 4×100-metre medley, he finished 9th, with a time of 4:01.99, along with Rômulo Arantes, Heliani dos Santos and Sérgio Pinto Ribeiro.
In the 100-metre freestyle, he finished 10th, with a time of 53.93 seconds. He was the South American record holder of the 100-metre freestyle, between 1972 and 1980.