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Place of Birth: Lisbon, Lisbon District, Portugal
About Pedro Silva (swimmer)
- Pedro Nuno Gonçalves Conceição Silva (born January 21, 1977) is a Portuguese former swimmer, who specialized in sprint freestyle events.
- He is a two-time Olympian (2000 and 2004) and a former Portuguese record holder in the 50 m freestyle (22.86).
- Silva is a resident athlete for Sport Algés e Dafundo, and is trained by his long-time coach, director, and mentor Mário Madeira.Silva made his official debut at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, where he competed in the men's 50 m freestyle.
- Swimming in heat seven, he rounded out a field of seven swimmers to last place and thirty-sixth overall by 0.45 of a second behind winner Jiang Chengji of China in 23.27.At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Silva qualified again for the 50 m freestyle by clearing a FINA B-standard entry time of 22.86 from the World Championships in Barcelona, Spain.
- He challenged seven other swimmers on the same heat as Sydney, including two-time Olympians Rolandas Gimbutis of Lithuania and Camilo Becerra of Colombia.
- He shared a sixth seed with Becerra in his lifetime best of 23.23.
- Silva failed to advance into the semifinals, as he managed to repeat the same position from his first Olympic stint in the preliminaries.
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