Bruno Lobo rescued the woman as she appeared to be drowning. (Image: Instagram @brunolobo31)
Brazilian Olympian Bruno Lobo has been hailed for rescuing a woman who seemed to be drowning off the coast of Sao Luis. The kitesurfer, 31, spotted the female struggling while he was training – and was able to film the footage using a camera attached to his board.
Lobo later uploaded the video to , and described how he reacted to a “cry for help” before seeing a girl was “drowning” in the sea.
He is then seen speeding towards the woman and asking her to jump on his back, before taking her safely back to shore.
Lifeguards were already waiting for the pair when they returned. And Lobo described how the woman was then treated before issuing a warning to his followers about the perils of the water.
“Lifeguards carried out first aid on the seashore and thank God everything went well,” Lobo wrote. “Be warned about the danger of the sea, rivers and any place you don’t know because the current in some places is usually very strong.”
Lobo admitted that when he headed out to the water at around 5:40pm, the conditions “were not the best.” However, he was intent on texting out his new camera equipment.
Lobo competing at the 2024 Paris Olympics. (Image: Getty)
The footage was also posted on X, where Lobo was lauded as a hero by fans. “Awesome show!!” wrote @joaosouza84. “Congratulations and may God always enlighten you. Hero without a cape!!”
@gljamiltw added: “Gold, silver, bronze, diamond medal and everything else… nothing comes close to what he did! Sensational!!! What a heroic act!” while @RudneiaB said: “Wonderful! Amazing how he manages the whole situation!”
The orthopaedic doctor made his Olympic debut in Paris last summer, finishing seventh overall in the new discipline of Formula Kite. That followed him winning gold at the 2023 Pan American Games in Chile.
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That was his second Pan America gold, having also prevailed in Peru four years earlier. He also has a string of national titles to his name, having taken up the sport in 2010, aged 17.
He qualified for the after a top-10 finish at the Sailing World Cup, which took place the previous August in the Netherlands. He’s also expected to compete for a place at the next Summer Games in Los Angeles in 2028.