Kaio Márcio Ferreira Costa de Almeida (born October 19, 1984 in João Pessoa

João Pessoa

João Pessoa , is the capital city of the state of Paraíba, was founded in 1585 and sometimes called the city where the sun rises first, is a Brazilian city and the easternmost city in the Americas at 34º47'38"W, 7º9'28"S. Local residents call its easternmost point Ponta do Seixas. It is also...

, Paraíba

Paraíba

Paraíba Paraíba Paraíba (Tupi: pa'ra a'íba: "bad to navigation"; Brazilian Portuguese pronunciation: is a state of Brazil. It is located in the Brazilian Northeast, and is bordered by Rio Grande do Norte to the north, Ceará to the west, Pernambuco to the south and the Atlantic Ocean to the east...

, Brazil

Brazil

Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...

) is a Brazil

Brazil

Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...

ian swimmer, who specializes in butterfly

Butterfly stroke

The butterfly is a swimming stroke swum on the breast, with both arms moving simultaneously. The butterfly kick was developed separately, and is also known as the "dolphin kick"...

. He is also known as: Kaio Márcio, Kaio Márcio de Almeida, Kaio Almeida, or Kaio de Almeida.

In December 2005 he set a World Record in the short-course 50m butterfly at 22.60. His swim bettered the existing record of 22.71 of the USA's Ian Crocker

Ian Crocker

Ian Lowell Crocker is a former American swimmer and five-time Olympic medalist. He is a former world record holder in the 100 meter butterfly ....

 from October 2004 and would stand for almost three years until Matt Jaukovic

Matt Jaukovic

Matija "Matt" Jaukovic is a swimmer and former World Record Holder in the 50 m Butterfly .He was born in Montenegro before moving to Australia to study law and taking out Australian citizenship.- Personal bests :...

 from Australia improved the record to 22.50 in October 2008.

He was a member of the Brazil's Olympic team in 2004 (Athens)

Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics took place in the Olympic Aquatic Centre with the athletes competing in 32 events. There was a total of 937 participants from 152 countries competing.-Medal table:-Men's events:...

 and in 2008 (Beijing)

Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics was held over a thirteen day period from August 9 to August 21, with the conventional events ending on August 17 and the new marathon 10 km events being held on August 20 and 21...

. In Athens, he finished 17th in the 100 m butterfly and 19th in the 200 m butterfly. In Beijing, he finished 15th in the 100 fly, and 7th in the 200 fly.

Kaio Márcio finished 4th place in the 200 m butterfly at Rome 2009

2009 World Aquatics Championships

The 2009 World Aquatics Championships or the XIII FINA World Championships were celebrated in Rome, Italy in 2009 from July 17 to August 2. The 2009 Championships featured competition in all 5 aquatics disciplines: diving, swimming, open water swimming, synchronized swimming and water polo.Rome won...

. In November 2009 he set a World Record in the short-course 200m butterfly

World record progression 200 metres butterfly

The first world record in the men's 200 metres butterfly in long course swimming was recognised by the International Swimming Federation in 1959. The women's official acknowledged top time came one year earlier...

 at 1:49.11.

See also

• List of world records in swimming
• List of Pan American Games records in swimming
• List of South American records in swimming