Fernando Silva (swimmer), Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Fernando Silva (swimmer)

swimmer

Date of Birth: 07-Apr-1986

Place of Birth: Rome, Lazio, Italy

Profession: swimmer

Nationality: Brazil

Zodiac Sign: Aries


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About Fernando Silva (swimmer)

  • Fernando Souza da Silva (born April 7, 1986 in Rio de Janeiro) 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 4×100-metre freestyle relay.Until 2006, Fernando did not swim 50-metre and 100-metre freestyle.
  • He was a butterfly specialist.
  • As he began to achieve good results in the faster swimming races, became a sprinter and established himself as one of the best in his country.He was at the 2006 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) in Shanghai, where he finished 17th in the 200-metre butterfly.Silva swam at the 2006 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships, where he finished 14th in the 100-metre butterfly, 17th in the 200-metre butterfly and was disqualified at the 4×100-metre freestyle.At the 2007 Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro, he won the gold medal in the 4×100-metre freestyle, beating the South American and Pan American records, with a time of 3:15.90, along with Eduardo Deboni, Nicolas Oliveira and César Cielo Participating in the 2007 Summer Universiade in Bangkok, Thailand, won the bronze medal at the 100-metre freestyle.Silva was South American Champion in the 100-metre freestyle and the 100-metre butterfly in São Paulo 2008.He was at the 2008 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m), in Manchester, where he reached the 4×100-metre medley final, finishing 6th, and beating the short-course South American Record, with a time of 3:28.88, along with Guilherme Guido, Felipe França e Lucas Salatta.
  • Silva also did the 100-metre freestyle final, finishing 8th and the 4×100-metre freestyle final, finishing 8th too, and finished 14th in the 50-metre freestyle.At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, participated in the 4×100-metre freestyle, where the Brazilian team was disqualified.At the 2009 World Aquatics Championships, held in Rome, Silva ranked fourth in the 4×100-metre freestyle, along with Nicolas Oliveira, Guilherme Roth and César Cielo, with a time of 3:10.80, new South American record.He was at the 2010 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships in Irvine, where he finished 25th in the 50-metre freestyle, 30th in the 100-metre butterfly, and 49th in the 100-metre freestyle.

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