Samuel de Bona
Samuel Menegon de Bona is a Brazilian swimmer, who specialized in open water marathon.
On April 2011, he won, for the first time, the Travessia dos Fortes.
At the 2011 FINA World Championships in Shanghai, de Bona placed 36th in the 5 km marathon, with a time of 1:01:20.9, 44th in the 10 km marathon, with a time of 2:02:17.2, and 16th in the 25 km marathon, with a time of 5:27:38.1.
At the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara, de Bona finished 12th in the 10 km Marathon Swimming.
At the 2013 World Aquatics Championships, in Barcelona, he finished 6th in the Men's 5 km race. Later, in the team event, he won the bronze medal with the Brazilian team, along with Allan do Carmo and Poliana Okimoto.
At the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto, Canada, he abandoned the race of Men's marathon 10 kilometres, after suffering blows to the nose and feeling sick.
At the 2015 FINA World Championships in Kazan, he finished 14th in the 5 km marathon.
