Fernando Silva (swimmer)

Fernando Souza da Silva (born 7 April 1986 in Rio de Janeiro)^{[1] [2] [3]} is an Olympic and national record holding swimmer from Brazil. He swam for Brazil at the 2008 Olympics, as a member of the men's ×ばつ100-metre freestyle relay.^[1]

Until 2006, Fernando did not swim 50-metre and 100-metre freestyle; he was a butterfly stroke specialist. As he began to achieve good results in the faster swimming races, he became a sprinter and established himself as one of the best in his country.^[4]

He competed at the 2006 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) in Shanghai, where he finished 17th in the 200-metre butterfly.^[5]

Silva swam at the 2006 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships, where he finished 14th in the 100-metre butterfly,^[6] 17th in the 200-metre butterfly ^[7] and was disqualified from the ×ばつ100-metre freestyle.^[8]

At the 2007 Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro, Silva won the gold medal in the ×ばつ100-metre freestyle,^[9] beating the South American and Pan American records, with a time of 3:15.90, along with Eduardo Deboni, Nicolas Oliveira and César Cielo ^[10]

Participating in the 2007 Summer Universiade in Bangkok, Thailand, Silva won the bronze medal in the 100-metre freestyle.^{[9] [4]}

Silva was South American champion in the 100-metre freestyle and the 100-metre butterfly in São Paulo 2008.^[4]

He was at the 2008 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m), in Manchester, where he reached the ×ばつ100-metre medley final, finishing 6th,^[11] and beating the short-course South American Record, with a time of 3:28.88, along with Guilherme Guido, Felipe França e Lucas Salatta.^[12] Silva was also in the 100-metre freestyle final, finishing 8th^{[4] [13]} and the ×ばつ100-metre freestyle final, also finishing 8th;^[14] and he finished 14th in the 50-metre freestyle.^[15]

At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, Silva participated in the ×ばつ100-metre freestyle, but the Brazilian team was disqualified.^{[1] [2]}

At the 2009 World Aquatics Championships, held in Rome, Silva ranked fourth in the ×ばつ100-metre freestyle, along with Nicolas Oliveira, Guilherme Roth and César Cielo, with a time of 3:10.80, a new South American record.^[16]

He was at the 2010 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships in Irvine, where he finished 25th in the 50-metre freestyle,^[17] 30th in the 100-metre butterfly,^[18] and 49th in the 100-metre freestyle.^[19]

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