José Eduardo do Amaral Ferreira

Edgar Adalberto Coelho & José Eduardo do Amaral Ferreira, WOWSA Certification of their Travessia do Leme ao Pontal relay

Open Water Swimming Highlights

He swam on Dragão do Mar, a duo relay, together with Rodrigo Barroso Fonseca, across 36 km Travessia do Leme ao Pontal.
- Dragão do Mar had a failed attempt of the 36 km Travessia do Leme ao Pontal in December 2017 due to a thick fog on the edge of the city of Rio de Janeiro.
- Dragão do Mar completed a 10 hour 49 minute Travessia do Leme ao Pontal after three days of waiting, beginning at 11 pm on 18 March 2018. They became the first swimmers to complete the 36 km swim from the Brazilian northeast on 19 March 2018.
He volunteers as an observer for the 36 km Travessia do Leme ao Pontal in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
He completed the first 72 km double crossing of the Travessia do Leme ao Pontal from Leme to Pontal to Leme on 20 February 2021 in 26 hours 32 minutes.
He became the 12th person in history to complete the 35 km Travessia do Leme ao Pontal without neoprene under the Leme to Pontal Swimming Association (LPSA) on 11 January 2018 in 14 hours 40 minutes 2 seconds.
He completed the 36 km Travessia do Leme ao Pontal from Leme to Pontal in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in 10 hours 54 minutes and 27 seconds on 29 May 2022 at the age of the age of 45, together with 51-year-old Edgar Adalberto Coelho.

José Eduardo do Amaral Ferreira was nominated for the 2021 World Open Water Swimming Performance of the Year Award.