The FC Porto swimming section was founded in 1908, and to this day is one of the most decorated swimming teams in Portugal. The club competes in Campeonato Nacional de Clubes em Natação (National Club Championship in Swimming) and has achieved multiple trophies both in the men and women departments.
The swimming section is part of the club heritage since its foundation, their first victory was the 'Taça Leixões' in 1908, and then the participation for the first time in the championship of Portugal occurred in 1919.
Names of famous athletes like Abel Guimarães, Adriano Antunes, Alexandrina Pinto, Alíria Silva, António Antunes, António Brenha, António Maria Pereira, Aristides Silva, Edgar Santos, Joaquim Lagoa, and so many others contributed for the club early success.
FC Porto achieved multiple national records, national, collective and individual titles, and attended at major international championships - European and World Championships.
Honours The section is one of the most decorated in Portuguese competitions, holding the record for most domestic league titles in the former absolut format (held from 1978 to 1986) and also in the women's department and the Portuguese cup (performance variant).
Portuguese Championship (Absolut) (6) – record 1979–80, 1980–81, 1981–82, 1983–84, 1984–85, 1985–86
Portuguese Championship (Men) (4) 1987–88, 1990–91, 1991–92, 1998–99
Portuguese Championship (Women) (15) – record 1988–89, 1989–90, 1990–91, 1991–92, 1993–94, 1997–98, 1999–00, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16
Portuguese Cup (Performance) (6) – record 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2014–15
Portuguese Cup (Formation) (1) 2016–17
Olympic athletes In the olympics several athletes from the club stood out like Paulo Frischknecht (Montreal '76), Mabílio Albuquerque, Rui Borges and Sergio Esteves (Seoul '88), Joana Soutinho and Miguel Machado (Atlanta '96), Paulo Trindade (Seoul '88, Barcelona '92 and Atlanta '96), Mário Carvalho (Sydney '2000), Luís Monteiro (Athens '2004) and Sara Oliveira (Beijing '2008 and London '2012).
AthleteGamesCityEventPhaseUnitPos.ITCTRankRef. Paulo Frischknecht 1976 Montreal Men's 200 m freestyle Round 1 Heat 5 7 2:02.65 51 Men's 100 m butterfly Round 1 Heat 4 7 1:01.97 41 Men's 200 m butterfly Round 1 Heat 4 5 2:20.51 37 Men's 4x200 m freestyle relay Round 1 Heat 4 5 2:11.03 8:26.68 17 Men's 4x100 m medley relay Round 1 Heat 2 8 1:06.80 4:20.84 14 Mabílio Albuquerque 1988 Seoul Men's 100 m butterfly Round 1 Heat 2 2 0:57.30 33 Men's 4x100 m freestyle relay Round 1 Heat 1 5 0:53.06 3:33.31 14 Rui Borges 1988 Seoul Men's 400 m individual medley Round 1 Heat 2 3 4:30.79 22 Sérgio Esteves 1988 Seoul Men's 50 m freestyle Round 1 Heat 5 2 0:24.24 31 Men's 4x100 m freestyle relay Round 1 Heat 1 5 0:53.65 3:33.31 14 Paulo Trindade 1988 Seoul Men's 50 m freestyle Round 1 Heat 6 5 0:24.02 30 1992 Barcelona Men's 50 m freestyle Round 1 Heat 7 8 0:23.81 36 1996 Atlanta Men's 50 m freestyle Round 1 Heat 5 5 0:23.73 40 Joana Soutinho 1996 Atlanta Women's 100 m breaststroke Round 1 Heat 2 3 1:13.73 34 Women's 4x100 m medley relay Round 1 Heat 3 7 1:13.73 4:21.61 21 Miguel Machado 1996 Atlanta Men's 4x100 m medley relay Round 1 Heat 4 DQ (0:52.37) (3:50.45) – Mário Carvalho 2000 Sydney Men's 200 m backstroke Round 1 Heat 2 2 2:03.82 30 Luís Monteiro 2004 Athens Men's 200 m freestyle Round 1 Heat 5 5 1:51.78 29 Men's 4x200 m freestyle relay Round 1 Heat 1 7 1:50.43 7:27.99 14 Sara Oliveira 2008 Beijing Women's 100 m butterfly Round 1 Heat 3 3 0:59.48 35 Women's 200 m butterfly Round 1 Heat 2 3 2:10.14 NR 19 2012 London Women's 100 m butterfly Round 1 Heat 3 7 1:00.44 36 Women's 200 m butterfly Round 1 Heat 1 3 2:11.54 24
Current squads Men's squad Seniors
Carlos Santos Diogo Costa João Ascensão Luís Soares Samuel Belo Sérgio Baptista Tomás Silva
Juniors
Diogo Santos Rafael Lino Tiago Soares Tomás Borges
Women's squad Seniors
Sara Oliveira Paula Oliveira Rosa Oliveira Mafalda Oliveira Maria Teresa Amorim
Juniors
Ana Faria Íris Santos Maria Francisca Cabral Bárbara Magalhães Beatriz Silva Isabel Pego Maria Costa
Current staff Management Team João CarvalhoDirectorTechnical team José SilvaCoordinator Paulo NascimentoAssistant coach Daniel SantosAssistant coach Medical team André MoreiraPhysician Ferreira PintoNurse
References
External links Official website Porto Natação