Adriano Niz

Adriano Niz
Personal information
Full name	Adriano Manuel Santos Niz
National team	Portugal
Born	5 March 1986 (age 38); Póvoa de Varzim, Portugal
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	73 kg (161 lb)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Freestyle
Club	Clube Fluvial Vilacondense
Coach	António Paulo Vasconcelos

Adriano Manuel Santos Niz (born 5 March 1986) is a Portuguese former swimmer, who specialized in freestyle events.^[1] He is a single-time Olympian (2004), and currently holds a Portuguese record in the 4×100 m freestyle relay at the 2008 European Aquatics Championships in Eindhoven, Netherlands (3:23.06).^[2] Niz also trains for Clube Fluvial Vilacondense, under head coach António Paulo Vasconcelos.^[3]

Niz qualified for the men's 4×200 m freestyle relay, as a member of the Portuguese team, at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens.^[4]^[5] Teaming with Luís Monteiro, João Araújo, and Miguel Pires in heat one, Niz swam a second leg in a split of 1:52.35, but the Portuguese team settled only for seventh place and fourteenth overall with a national record of 7:27.99.^[6]^[7]

References

^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Adriano Niz". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 12 May 2013.
^ "Adriano Niz na estafeta recordista" [Adriano Niz is a relay record-holder] (in Portuguese). Associacion de Nataçáo do Norte de Portugal (ANNP). Retrieved 12 May 2013.
^ "O sonho já é realidade" [The dream is now a reality] (in Portuguese). Clube Fluvial Vilacondense. 21 July 2004. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 12 May 2013.
^ "Swimming – Men's 4×200m Freestyle Relay Startlist (Heat 1)" (PDF). Athens 2004. Omega Timing. Retrieved 27 April 2013.
^ "Natação: Adriano Niz realiza sonho dos JO na estafeta" [Swimming: Adriano Niz realizes an Olympic dream in the relay] (in Portuguese). Jornal Record Portugal. 21 July 2004. Retrieved 12 May 2013.
^ "Men's 4×200m Freestyle Heat 1". Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 17 August 2004. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
^ Whitten, Phillip (17 August 2004). "Men's 800 Free Relay, Day 4: US, Australia Qualify 1–2". Swimming World Magazine. Archived from the original on 27 March 2014. Retrieved 24 April 2013.