Career
Competed in the National Collegiate Athletic Association championship by Arizona State University, where he majored in foreign trade. In 2010, he was punished for doping with a two-month ban for use of isometheptene, when ingesting a remedy for headache. In 2011, Waked was one of four swimmers, alongside César Cielo, Nicholas Santos and Henrique Barbosa, caught in doping test by the use of the banned substance furosemide.
The Court of Arbitration for Sport (Chemical Abstracts Service) found that Brazilian athletes have not guilty in the case and decided to just keep the warning already stipulated by the CBDA (Brazilian Aquatic Sports Confederation).
Waked, however, took a one-year suspension for being a repeat offender. Returned to the pools in May 2012
Waked qualified to compete in the 2013 World Aquatics Championships in Barcelona.
He finished 7th in the 4×100-metre freestyle, along with Fernando Santos, Marcelo Chierighini and Nicolas Oliveira. He also finished 11th in the 4×200-metre freestyle, along with João de Lucca, Nicolas Oliveira and Fernando Santos.
