José Finkel Trophy
The José Finkel Trophy is a Brazilian swimming tournament contested by teams.
It is one of the two main events of the Brazilian Swimming calendar, together with Maria Lenk Trophy.
It has been mostly held in short course swimming pools, and thus is informally considered the Brazilian Short Course Championship.
It is also informally considered the Brazilian 'Winter Trophy'.
The tournament is named after a young Brazilian swimmer from Curitiba, who died at age 17 in 1970 due to cancer.
The first edition was held in 1972 in a 25m swimming pool, and had Botafogo as the first champion.
The latest edition was held in September 2019 in Curitiba, at Clube Curitibano. Minas is the champion.
The trophy been disputed 47 times and has hegemony of teams from the states of Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, and Minas Gerais.
The most successful clubs are Pinheiros, Flamengo and Minas.Meet records
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