André Brasil
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Full name | André Brasil Esteves | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil[1] | May 23, 1984||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 183 cm (6 ft 0 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 75 kg (165 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Strokes | Backstroke, butterfly, freestyle, medley | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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André Brasil Esteves (born May 23, 1984) is a Paralympic swimmer from Brazil. He had poliomyelitis as a child.[2] He competes in the S10 classification.
He won gold for Brazil at the 2008 Summer Paralympics. He also broke S10 world records in three events, and a Paralympic record in a fourth.[3][4][5][6] He is unbeaten in the men's 400 m freestyle S10 event.[citation needed] He then went on to win and break a world record at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in 50 m freestyle S10, with a time of 23.16 seconds,[7] beating his old record of 23.44 seconds.
As of February 2013[update], he is S10 world record holder in long course 50, 100 and 200 metre freestyle, 50 and 100 metre butterfly and 50 metre backstroke events.[8]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Biographia. andrebrasil.com
- ^ Brazilian athletes gather five years before the Rio de Janeiro Paralympic Games. cidadeolimpica.com Archived 2013-02-15 at archive.today
- ^ "Paralympics, Swimming: World Records Continue to Fall". Swimming World Magazine. September 8, 2008. Archived from the original on 2012-02-13. Retrieved September 9, 2008.
- ^ "Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games - Swimming - Men's 100 m Freestyle S10" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved September 9, 2008.
- ^ "Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games - Swimming - Men's 50 m Freestyle S10" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved September 9, 2008.
- ^ "Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games - Swimming - Men's 400 m Freestyle S10" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved September 9, 2008.
- ^ "London 2012 - Paralympic Games Swimming - Men's 50 m Freestyle S10". International Paralympic Committee. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 26, 2016. Retrieved September 9, 2008.
- ^ "IPC Swimming World Records - Long Course". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved February 3, 2013.[permanent dead link ]
External links
[edit]Wikimedia Commons has media related to André Brasil.
- Andre Brasil at the International Paralympic Committee
- Andre Brasil at IPC.InfostradaSports.com (archived)
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