José Martins Ribeiro Nunes, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetJosé Martins Ribeiro Nunes
Brazilian swimmer
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Place of Birth: Aracaju, Sergipe, Brazil
About José Martins Ribeiro Nunes
- José Martins Ribeiro Nunes (5 January 1927 – 26 April 2012), also known as Zé Peixe or Joe Fish, was a maritime pilot.
- Unusually, rather than meeting and departing from the ships out at sea using a pilot boat, he would swim to and from the ships, jumping heights of more than 40 meters (130 ft) and swimming about 10 kilometers (6.2 mi) a day.
- Beneti Nascimento, a famous Brazilian writer, once wrote that "The greatness of this man is known all over the world, he is a living super-hero, with a sparkle in his eyes and always a smile.
- He is a man...
- who does not know what danger is, has no fear, not even when facing death."José was a native from Aracaju, Brazil, where he practiced his profession from 1947.
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