Diogo Ribeiro (swimmer)
Diogo Matos Ribeiro (, born 27 October 2004) is a Portuguese swimmer. Originally from Coimbra, he competes for Lisbon-based club S.L. Benfica. He is the world junior record holder in the long course 50-metre butterfly. Ribeiro won the gold medal in the 50-metre butterfly event at the 2022 FINA World Junior Swimming Championships in Lima, Peru with a Championships and Portuguese record time of 22.96 seconds, which was 0.09 seconds faster than the former world junior record of 23.05 seconds set by Andrey Minakov of Russia in 2020. He also won the gold medal in the 100-metre butterfly, with a time of 52.03 seconds, and the gold medal in the 50-metre freestyle, with a time of 21.92 seconds. At the 2023 World Aquatics Championships, he won the silver medal in the 50-metre butterfly event, thus becoming the first ever Portuguese medalist in senior world championships. He set a new Portuguese record with a time of 22.80 seconds. World junior records

Long course metres (50 m pool)

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2004 births
Living people
S.L. Benfica (swimming)
Portuguese male butterfly swimmers
Portuguese male freestyle swimmers
Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Portugal
Mediterranean Games silver medalists for Portugal
Mediterranean Games medalists in swimming
Swimmers at the 2022 Mediterranean Games
21st-century Portuguese people
Sportspeople from Coimbra
European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming
World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming