Friday Morning Man: Matheus Santana!

Matheus Santana is a 20-year-old Brazilian swimmer competing in the Rio Olympics.

He started competing in national championships in 2008. At the 2014 South American Games in Santiago, Chile, Santana won three gold medals in the 100-metre freestyle, 4 × 100-metre freestyle and 4 × 100-metre medley, breaking the competition record in all of them.

At the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics in Nanjing, he won a silver medal in the Mixed 4 × 100m freestyle relay. In the 50 meter freestyle, he won a silver medal with a time of 22.43, far from his best time.

In the 100 meter freestyle, Santana won the gold and broke for the Junior world record for the fourth time, with a time of 48.25, the fifth fastest time in the world in 2014.