Raphael Lima
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- Height:
- 6'3
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- Weight:
- 145
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- Hometown:
- Sao Paulo, Brazil
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- Year:
- Sophomore
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- High School:
- Goliath Academy
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- Events:
- Free, Breast, IM
Bio
2020-2021: Lima set a total of 13 top-five program times, including two school records, across four different events. A two-time All-American, Lima also competed as part of two program-record relay teams for the men's 200-yard and 400-yard freestyle. At Division II National Championships in the men's 200-yard freestyle, Lima was able to gain an All-American honor with his time of 1:36.11, the second-fastest time in C-N Swimming history and the first time a men's swimmer has earned a bronze medal at nationals. He also grabbed All-America honors and set a new school record in the men's 100-yard freestyle with a time of 43.27.
High School: Voted Team MVP 2016, 2017, 2018, and 2019 in 200 free. Brazilian Champion in 2018.
Personal: Son of Adriana Lima. Intends to major in Marketing at Carson-Newman.
News mentions
Four days and many events later, Carson-Newman swim is heading back to Mossy Creek with a total 20 All-American trophies via 11 different All-American performances.
What an unusual past 24 hours it has been for Carson-Newman swim
The time has come for Carson-Newman Swimming to make their mark on the Nationals stage from Birmingham, Alabama.
Carson-Newman swimming sees more school records on the final night of competition from the Palmetto State.
Senior CJ Jensen (Copenhagen, Denmark) and sophomore Raphael Lima (Sao Paulo, Brazil) continued to cement themselves in the Carson-Newman swimming record books Friday night.
Carson-Newman Swimming sees three separate school records fall during night one of action at the Bluegrass Mountain Conference Championships along with multiple top-five finishes.
Team Orange now holds the 3-2 series advantage in the annual Blue v. Orange meet for Carson-Newman Swimming.
Sophomore Nikita Puzevich (Belarus) has been named the Bluegrass Mountain Conference Male Swimmer of the Week.
Sophomore Raphael Lima (Sao Paulo, Brazil) and senior CJ Jensen (Copenhagen, Denmark) broke a pair of school program records during day 2 of the inaugural Winter Round Robin hosted by Queens University.
The Carson-Newman Swimming program saw action against Queens University to start the mid-season competition at the inaugural Winter Round Robin.
Sophomore Raphael Lima (Sao Paulo, Brazil) has been named the Bluegrass Mountain Conference (Gold) Male Swimmer of the Week
The Carson-Newman swim team have maintained a steady ranking in Division II swimming.
The Carson-Newman swim team have received the highest national rankings in program history.
Sophomore Raphael Lima (Sao Paulo, Brazil) has been named the Bluegrass Mountain Conference Male Swimmer of the Week