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Luiz Rogério Lima Arapiraca (born 26 December 1987 in Feira de Santana) is a Brazilian competitive swimmer.Arapicara won the gold medal in the 1500-metre freestyle and the bronze medal in the 400-metre freestyle Juvenile B at the 2005 South American Youth Championships.At the 2006 South American Games he won the gold medal in the 800-metre freestyle in the 1500-metre freestyle and bronze in the 4×200-metre freestyleArapiraca competed at the 2007 Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro where he went to the 1500-metre freestyle final finishing in fifth place.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 and Djan Madruga’s 800-metre freestyle record which lingered since 1980 and finally fell after 29 years.At the 2009 Jose Finkel Trophy he broke the South American record of Venezuelan Ricardo Monastério 15:15.05 with a time of 15:13.13.He was at the 2010 South American Games where he earned the gold medal in the 1500-metre freestyle and silver in the 800-metre freestyleHe was at the 2010 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships in Irvine where he finished 20th in the 800-metre freestyle and 17th in the 1500-metre freestyle.On 3 May 2011 Arapiraca broke again the South American record of the 1500-metre freestyle with a time of 15:12.69.At the 2011 Pan American Games he finished 13th in the 1500-metre freestyle.In 2012 Arapiraca became the champion of the Travessia dos Fortes.