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{{Short description|Brazilian swimmer (born 1982)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2021}}
{{Infobox swimmer
| name           = Gabriel Mangabeira
| image          = Brazil 4x100 Pan Rio 2007.jpg
| image_size     = <!-- Only for images narrower than 220 pixels -->
| alt            =
| caption        = Mangabeira and Fernando Silva in 4x100m medley at 2007 Pan Am Games
| fullname       = Gabriel Semain Vasconcellos Mangabeira
| nicknames      = "Manga"
| national_team  = {{BRA}}
| birth_date     = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1982|1|31}}
| birth_place    = [[Rio de Janeiro]], Brazil
| death_date     =
| death_place    =
| height         = 1.93 m
| weight         = 88 kg
| strokes        = [[Butterfly stroke|Butterfly]]
| club           = AEAA/PMC, Rio de Janeiro 
| collegeteam    = [[Florida Gators swimming and diving|University of Florida]]
| medaltemplates =
{{MedalSport|Men's swimming}}
{{MedalCountry|Brazil}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Swimming at the Pan American Games|Pan American Games]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[Swimming at the 2011 Pan American Games|2011 Guadalajara]]|[[Swimming at the 2011 Pan American Games – Men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay|4×100 m freestyle]]}}
{{MedalGold|2011 Guadalajara|[[Swimming at the 2011 Pan American Games – Men's 4 × 100 metre medley relay|4×100 m medley]]}}
{{MedalSilver|[[Swimming at the 2007 Pan American Games|2007 Rio]]|[[Swimming at the 2007 Pan American Games – Men's 100 metre butterfly|100 m butterfly]]}}
{{MedalSilver|2007 Rio|[[Swimming at the 2007 Pan American Games – Men's 4x100 metre medley relay|4×100 m medley]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[South American Games]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[Swimming at the 2010 South American Games|2010 Medellín]]|[[Swimming at the 2010 South American Games – Men's 4 × 100 metre medley relay|4×100 m medley]]}}
}}

'''Gabriel Semain Vasconcellos Mangabeira''' (born 31 January 1982) is a Brazilian competition [[swimming (sport)|swimmer]] who qualified for the men's 100-metre butterfly at both the [[2004 Summer Olympics]] and the [[2008 Summer Olympics]].<ref name="Sports-Reference">{{cite Sports-Reference |title=Gabriel Mangabeira |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ma/gabriel-mangabeira-1.html |access-date=18 April 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130207093709/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ma/gabriel-mangabeira-1.html |archive-date=7 February 2013}}</ref> Mangabeira also won a silver medal in the 100-metre butterfly at the [[2007 Pan American Games]].

==Early years==
Mangabeira was born in [[Rio de Janeiro]] in 1982.

==College career==
Mangabeira attended the [[University of Florida]] in Gainesville, Florida, where he swam for coach [[Gregg Troy]]'s [[Florida Gators swimming and diving]] team in the [[National Collegiate Athletic Association]] (NCAA) competition from 2001 to 2004. As a Gator swimmer, he received eighteen [[All-American]] honors. Mangabeira graduated from the University of Florida with a bachelor's degree in food and resource economics in 2004.

==International career==
He started swimming at the instigation of his grandfather, who was a swimming teacher, at the age of two years. He tried [[judo]] at 10 years old, but left due to his mother. His first club was the [[Canto do Rio Foot-Ball Club|Canto do Rio]] in [[Niterói]]. At age 13, he moved to [[Fluminense Football Club|Fluminense]]. Three years later, he moved to [[CR Vasco da Gama|Vasco]], where he stayed until 2000.<ref name="UOL profile">{{cite web |title=UOL profile |work=UOL |year=2008 |url=http://olimpiadas.uol.com.br/2008/atletas-brasileiros/natacao/gabriel-mangabeira.jhtm |access-date=18 April 2013 |language=pt}}</ref>

He participated at the [[Swimming at the 1999 Pan American Games|1999 Pan American Games]] in Winnipeg, where he finished 11th in the [[Swimming at the 1999 Pan American Games – Men's 100 metre butterfly|100-metre butterfly]], and 11th in the [[Swimming at the 1999 Pan American Games – Men's 200 metre individual medley|200-metre individual medley]].<ref>[http://www.swimnews.com/Magazine/1999/augmag99/aug99respanam.html 1999 Full results by Swimnews]</ref> He was at the [[2003 World Aquatics Championships]] in Barcelona, where he finished 37th in the [[Swimming at the 2003 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 100 metre butterfly|100-metre butterfly]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Results of the 100-metre butterfly at 2003 Barcelona |work=OmegaTiming |date=25 July 2003 |url=http://www.omegatiming.com/File/Download?id=000103050046000000FFFFFFFFFFFF01 |access-date=18 April 2013}}</ref>

Prior to the 2004 Olympics, he came to the United States, where he was trained by the Olympic champion [[Anthony Nesty]].<ref name="UOL profile"/> At the [[2004 Summer Olympics]], Mangabeira made it to the finals of the [[Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metre butterfly|100-metre butterfly]] where he finished in sixth place, beating the [[List of South American records in swimming|South American record]], and swimming alongside well-known swimmers like [[Ian Crocker]] and [[Michael Phelps]].<ref name="Sports-Reference" /><ref name="UOL profile"/>

Mangabeira was a semifinalist at the [[2005 World Aquatics Championships]] in Montreal, in the [[Swimming at the 2005 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 100 metre butterfly|100-metre butterfly]], where he finished in 13th place,<ref>{{cite web |title=Results of the 100-metre butterfly at 2005 Montreal |work=OmegaTiming |date=29 July 2005 |url=http://www.omegatiming.com/File/Download?id=000105090051000000FFFFFFFFFFFF01 |access-date=18 April 2013}}</ref> and in the [[Swimming at the 2005 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 50 metre backstroke|50-metre backstroke]], where he came in at 16th place.<ref>{{cite web |title=Results of the 50-metre backstroke at 2005 Montreal |work=OmegaTiming |date=30 July 2005 |url=http://www.omegatiming.com/File/Download?id=000105090060000000FFFFFFFFFFFF01 |access-date=18 April 2013}}</ref> He was at the [[2006 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)]] in Shanghai, where he finished 19th in the 100-metre butterfly,<ref>{{cite web |title=Results of the 100-metre butterfly at 2006 Shanghai |work=OmegaTiming |date=5 April 2006 |url=http://www.omegatiming.com/File/Download?id=0001060E0006000000FFFFFFFFFFFF01 |access-date=18 April 2013}}</ref> 20th in the 50-metre backstroke<ref>{{cite web |title=Results of the 50-metre backstroke at 2006 Shanghai |work=OmegaTiming |date=7 April 2006 |url=http://www.omegatiming.com/File/Download?id=0001060E0027000000FFFFFFFFFFFF01 |access-date=18 April 2013}}</ref> and 9th in the 4×100-metre medley.<ref>{{cite web |title=Results of the 4×100-metre medley at 2006 Shanghai |work=OmegaTiming |date=9 April 2006 |url=http://www.omegatiming.com/File/Download?id=0001060E0057000000FFFFFFFFFFFF01 |access-date=18 April 2013}}</ref> He swam at the [[2006 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships]], where he finished 5th in the [[2006 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Men's 100 metre butterfly|100-metre butterfly]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Results of the 100-metre butterfly at 2006 Pan Pacific |work=OmegaTiming |date=19 August 2006 |url=http://www.omegatiming.com/File/Download?id=000106050028000000FFFFFFFFFFFF01 |access-date=20 April 2013}}</ref> and 7th in the [[2006 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Men's 4 × 100 metre medley relay|4×100-metre medley]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Results of the 4×100-metre medley at 2006 Pan Pacific |work=OmegaTiming |date=20 August 2006 |url=http://www.omegatiming.com/File/Download?id=00010605003E000000FFFFFFFFFFFF01 |access-date=20 April 2013}}</ref>

Mangabeira also qualified to compete in the [[2007 World Aquatics Championships]] in the [[Swimming at the 2007 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 100 metre butterfly|100-metre butterfly]] and [[Swimming at the 2007 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 50 metre backstroke|50-metre backstroke]], but did not make it past the initial heats. He ranked 17th in the 100-metre butterfly<ref>{{cite web |title=Results of the 100-metre butterfly at 2007 Melbourne |work=OmegaTiming |date=30 March 2007 |url=http://www.omegatiming.com/File/Download?id=0001070D0047000000FFFFFFFFFFFF01 |access-date=18 April 2013}}</ref> and 9th in the [[Swimming at the 2007 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 4 × 100 metre medley relay|4×100-metre medley]],<ref>{{cite web |title=Results of the 4×100-metre medley at 2007 Melbourne |work=OmegaTiming |date=1 April 2007 |url=http://www.omegatiming.com/File/Download?id=0001070D0065000000FFFFFFFFFFFF01 |access-date=18 April 2013}}</ref> helping the Brazilian relay to qualify for the 2008 Olympics.

At the [[2007 Pan American Games]] in Rio de Janeiro, he won the silver medal in the [[Swimming at the 2007 Pan American Games – Men's 100 metre butterfly|100-metre butterfly]], and also helped the Brazilian [[Swimming at the 2007 Pan American Games – Men's 4x100 metre medley relay|4×100-metre medley relay]] in heats, winning the silver medal in the event.<ref name="UOL profile"/> Mangabeira returned to the [[2008 Summer Olympics|Olympics in 2008]] to compete in the [[Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metre butterfly|100-metre butterfly]], but did not advance beyond the first heats. He finished 23rd.<ref name="Sports-Reference" />

In 2009, Mangabeira competed in the [[2009 World Aquatics Championships]] in the [[Swimming at the 2009 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 100 metre butterfly|100-metre butterfly]] and [[Swimming at the 2009 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 4 × 100 metre medley relay|4×100-metre medley relay]], and reached the finals in both events, finishing eighth in the individual race and fourth in the relay, which he swam with [[Guilherme Guido]] (backstroke), [[Henrique Barbosa]] (breaststroke) and [[César Cielo Filho]] (freestyle). He swam the butterfly leg for the Brazilian medley relay team, in a race where the first 4 relays beat the U.S. world record from Beijing 2008.

At the [[Swimming at the 2010 South American Games|2010 South American Games]] in Medellín, Mangabeira won a gold medal in the [[Swimming at the 2010 South American Games – Men's 4 × 100 metre medley relay|4×100-metre medley]].<ref>{{cite web |title=On Fabiola, Joanna and Thiago's day, more 11 medals |work=CBDA |date=28 March 2010 |url=http://www.cbda.org.br/noticias/em-dia-de-fabiola-joanna-e-thiago-mais-11-medalhas-id-11418 |access-date=28 April 2013 |language=pt |archive-date=17 April 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140417150755/http://www.cbda.org.br/noticias/em-dia-de-fabiola-joanna-e-thiago-mais-11-medalhas-id-11418 |url-status=dead }}</ref> He was at the [[2010 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships]] in [[Irvine, California|Irvine]], where he finished 4th in the [[2010 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Men's 4 × 100 metre medley relay|4×100-metre medley]],<ref>{{cite web |title=Results of the 4×100-metre medley at 2010 Pan Pac in Irvine |work=OmegaTiming |date=21 August 2010 |url=http://www.omegatiming.com/File/Download?id=00010A0B004B000000FFFFFFFFFFFF01 |access-date=27 April 2013}}</ref> 15th in the [[2010 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Men's 100 metre butterfly|100-metre butterfly]],<ref>{{cite web |title=Results of the 100-metre butterfly at 2010 Pan Pac in Irvine |work=OmegaTiming |date=20 August 2010 |url=http://www.omegatiming.com/File/Download?id=00010A0B0033000000FFFFFFFFFFFF01 |access-date=27 April 2013}}</ref> and 15th in the [[2010 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Men's 100 metre backstroke|100-metre backstroke]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Results of the 100-metre backstroke at 2010 Pan Pac in Irvine |work=OmegaTiming |date=18 August 2010 |url=http://www.omegatiming.com/File/Download?id=00010A0B000F000000FFFFFFFFFFFF01 |access-date=27 April 2013}}</ref>

At the [[2011 Pan American Games]] in Guadalajara, Mangabeira won gold in the [[Swimming at the 2011 Pan American Games – Men's 4 × 100 metre medley relay|4×100-metre medley]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Brazil team is gold in the 4×100-metre medley relay in Guadalajara |work=Globoesporte |date=21 October 2011 |url=http://globoesporte.globo.com/jogos-pan-americanos/noticia/2011/10/cesar-cielo-brilha-e-brasil-fecha-natacao-com-ouro-no-4x100m-medley.html |access-date=18 April 2013 |language=pt}}</ref> and in the [[Swimming at the 2011 Pan American Games – Men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay|4×100-metre freestyle]].

==See also==
{{Portal|Olympics}}
* [[List of University of Florida alumni]]
* [[List of University of Florida Olympians]]

==References==
{{Reflist|colwidth=30em}}

==External links==
* {{World Aquatics|id=1026300}}
* {{Olympedia}}
* {{Olympics.com profile|gabriel-mangabeira}}

{{Footer Pan American Champions 4x100 m Medley Men}}
{{Footer Brazil Swimming 2008 Summer Olympics}}

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