Ian Matos | |
Full Name: | Ian Carlos Gonçalves de Matos |
Birth Date: | 24 April 1989 |
Birth Place: | Muaná, Pará, Brazil |
Death Place: | Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
Sport: | Diving |
Event: | synchronized 3 metre springboard |
Ian Carlos Gonçalves de Matos (24 April 1989 – 21 December 2021), was a Brazilian diver.[1] He competed in the men's synchronized 3 metre springboard at the 2016 Summer Olympics,[2] where he and Luiz Outerelo finished 8th out of 8 teams. He won three bronzes at the 2010 South American Games.[3] He died from lung infection on 21 December 2021, at the age of 32 in Rio de Janeiro.[4]