Luiz Arapiraca

Luiz Rogério Lima Arapiraca (born 26 December 1987 in Feira de Santana) is a Brazilian competitive swimmer.

[6] In 2009, at the Maria Lenk Aquatic Center, Arapiraca distinguished himself by breaking two old Brazilian swimming records: Luiz Lima's 1500-metre freestyle record, that existed 11 years ago,[7] and Djan Madruga's 800-metre freestyle record, which lingered since 1980, and finally fell after 29 years.

[8] At the 2009 Jose Finkel Trophy, he broke the South American record of Venezuelan Ricardo Monasterio, 15:15.05, with a time of 15:13.13.

[13] On 3 May 2011, Arapiraca broke again the South American record of the 1500-metre freestyle, with a time of 15:12.69.

[16] Arapiraca classified to participate in the 5 km marathon swimming at the 2013 World Aquatics Championships in Barcelona.