Fernando Silva (swimmer)
Gabriel Mangabeira and Fernando Silva in 4×100-metre medley at 2007 Pan Am Games | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Full name | Fernando Souza da Silva | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Born | Rome,Italy | 7 April 1986||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 82 kg (181 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Strokes | Freestyle | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | EC Pinheiros | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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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 4×100-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 4×100-metre freestyle.[8]
At the 2007 Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro, Silva won the gold medal in the 4×100-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.[11][12]
Silva was South American champion in the 100-metre freestyle and the 100-metre butterfly in São Paulo 2008.[13]
He was at the 2008 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m), in Manchester, where he reached the 4×100-metre medley final, finishing 6th,[14] and beating the short-course South American Record, with a time of 3:28.88, along with Guilherme Guido, Felipe França e Lucas Salatta.[15] Silva was also in the 100-metre freestyle final, finishing 8th[16][17] and the 4×100-metre freestyle final, also finishing 8th;[18] and he finished 14th in the 50-metre freestyle.[19]
At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, Silva participated in the 4×100-metre freestyle, but the Brazilian team was disqualified.[1][20]
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, a new South American record.[21]
He was at the 2010 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships in Irvine, where he finished 25th in the 50-metre freestyle,[22] 30th in the 100-metre butterfly,[23] and 49th in the 100-metre freestyle.[24]
Results
- ^ a b c Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Fernando Silva". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 February 2013. Retrieved 18 April 2013.
- ^ "UOL profile". UOL (in Portuguese). 2008. Retrieved 18 April 2013.
- ^ "Silva's bio/results page". Archived from the original on 18 September 2008. Retrieved 25 July 2009.
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: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) from the 2008 Olympics website; retrieved 2009-07-24. - ^ "Brazilian Team-Fernando Silva profile". Best Swimming (in Portuguese). 1 August 2008. Retrieved 18 April 2013.
- ^ "Results of the 200-metre butterfly at 2006 Shanghai". OmegaTiming. 9 April 2006. Retrieved 18 April 2013.
- ^ "Results of the 100-metre butterfly at 2006 Pan Pacific". OmegaTiming. 19 August 2006. Retrieved 20 April 2013.
- ^ "Results of the 200-metre butterfly at 2006 Pan Pacific". OmegaTiming. 17 August 2006. Retrieved 20 April 2013.
- ^ "Results of the 4×100-metre freestyle at 2006 Pan Pacific". OmegaTiming. 19 August 2006. Retrieved 20 April 2013.
- ^ "Fernando Silva gives bronze to Brazil". CBDA (in Portuguese). 11 August 2007. Archived from the original on 27 November 2012. Retrieved 18 April 2013.
- ^ "4×100-metre freestyle relay is gold". Globoesporte (in Portuguese). 20 July 2007. Retrieved 18 April 2013.
- ^ "Fernando Silva gives bronze to Brazil". CBDA (in Portuguese). 11 August 2007. Archived from the original on 27 November 2012. Retrieved 18 April 2013.
- ^ "Brazilian Team-Fernando Silva profile". Best Swimming (in Portuguese). 1 August 2008. Retrieved 18 April 2013.
- ^ "Brazilian Team-Fernando Silva profile". Best Swimming (in Portuguese). 1 August 2008. Retrieved 18 April 2013.
- ^ "Results of the 4×100-metre medley at 2008 Manchester". OmegaTiming. 13 April 2008. Retrieved 18 April 2013.
- ^ "New South American record in medley". CBDA (in Portuguese). 13 April 2008. Archived from the original on 28 June 2013. Retrieved 18 April 2013.
- ^ "Brazilian Team-Fernando Silva profile". Best Swimming (in Portuguese). 1 August 2008. Retrieved 18 April 2013.
- ^ "Results of the 100-metre freestyle at 2008 Manchester". OmegaTiming. 13 April 2008. Retrieved 18 April 2013.
- ^ "Results of the 4×100-metre freestyle at 2008 Manchester". OmegaTiming. 8 April 2008. Retrieved 18 April 2013.
- ^ "Results of the 50-metre freestyle at 2008 Manchester". OmegaTiming. 10 April 2008. Retrieved 18 April 2013.
- ^ "UOL profile". UOL (in Portuguese). 2008. Retrieved 18 April 2013.
- ^ "Cielo shines in opening relay". Globoesporte (in Portuguese). 26 July 2009. Retrieved 18 April 2013.
- ^ "Results of the 50-metre freestyle at 2010 Pan Pac in Irvine". OmegaTiming. 21 August 2010. Retrieved 27 April 2013.
- ^ "Results of the 100-metre butterfly at 2010 Pan Pac in Irvine". OmegaTiming. 20 August 2010. Retrieved 27 April 2013.
- ^ "Results of the 100-metre freestyle at 2010 Pan Pac in Irvine". OmegaTiming. 19 August 2010. Retrieved 27 April 2013.
External links
- 1986 births
- Living people
- Brazilian male butterfly swimmers
- Brazilian male freestyle swimmers
- Olympic swimmers for Brazil
- Swimmers at the 2007 Pan American Games
- Swimmers at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Swimmers from Rio de Janeiro (city)
- Pan American Games gold medalists for Brazil
- Pan American Games medalists in swimming
- Summer World University Games medalists in swimming
- South American Games gold medalists for Brazil
- South American Games bronze medalists for Brazil
- South American Games medalists in swimming
- Competitors at the 2014 South American Games
- FISU World University Games bronze medalists for Brazil
- Medalists at the 2007 Summer Universiade
- Medalists at the 2007 Pan American Games
- 21st-century Brazilian people