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Matheo Mateos Season 2024-25

PositionIM/BACKSTROKE
YearGraduate Student
HometownAsuncion, Paraguay
Previous SchoolLindenwood
2024-25 / AS A GRAD STUDENT
• World Aquatics Championships (25m) Qualifier (200 & 400 IM)

BEFORE PURDUE
• OLYMPIAN (200 IM for Paraguay)
Swam for Lindenwood University in St. Louis while earning his bachelor’s degree in business administration
• Joined Purdue as graduate transfer after competing at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris
Won Summit League and Great Lakes Valley Conference titles
For Paraguay, competed at multiple World Aquatics Championships and Pan American Games
Won his conference titles in the IM events
Also has international experience in the mid-distance freestyle
Entering the Paris Olympics, his lifetime best in the 200m IM was 2:03.31, originally set at a TYR Pro Swim Series meet in San Antonio in the spring of 2022 and a time he matched at the Brazilian Nationals in Rio de Janeiro in May 2024
Also posted a mark of 2:03.34 at the South American Games in Paraguay in the fall of 2022, winning bronze in the 400m IM at the same meet
Lindenwood transitioned from Division II to Division I status midway through his time there
Swept the IM events at the 2024 Summit League Championships held at the Minnesota's Jean K. Freeman Aquatic Center
Set a conference record (1:45.58) in the 200-yard IM; also won bronze in the 200 back
Two-time GLVC champion in the 200 IM as an underclassman at Lindenwood
Earning DII All-America honors at the NCAA Championships
Won bronze at NCAAs in the 200 IM in 2021 and placed fourth the following year
CSCAA Scholastic All-American.
Lifetime bests in the 200- and 400-yard IM (1:45.58, 3:48.84) would both rank among Purdue's all-time top 10

Mitch Daniels School of Business Feature on Matheo

PERSONAL
Major: Master's of Business Administration
Full name is Matheo Fabrizio Mateos
Born in Asuncion, Paraguay
Parents are Gustavo Mateos & Gladys Mongelos
Family also includes siblings Mathias & Fiorella