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Fernando Silva (swimmer)

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Fernando Silva
Gabriel Mangabeira and Fernando Silva in 4×100-metre medley at 2007 Pan Am Games
Personal information
Full nameFernando Souza da Silva
Nationality Brazil
Born (1986-04-07) 7 April 1986 (age 38)
Rome,Italy
Height1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)
Weight82 kg (181 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesFreestyle
ClubEC Pinheiros
Medal record
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place 2007 Rio 4x100m freestyle
Universiade
Bronze medal – third place 2007 Bangkok 100m freestyle
South American Games
Gold medal – first place 2014 Santiago 4x100 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2014 Santiago 4x200 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Santiago 100 m butterfly
South American Championships
Gold medal – first place 2008 São Paulo 100m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2008 São Paulo 100m butterfly
Gold medal – first place 2008 São Paulo 4x100m freestyle

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.[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 4×100-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 4×100-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 4×100-metre freestyle, but the Brazilian team was disqualified.[1][2]

At the 2009 World Aquatics Championships, held in Rome, Silva ranked fourth in the 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.[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]

Results

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ a b "UOL profile". UOL (in Portuguese). 2008. Retrieved 18 April 2013.
  3. ^ "Silva's bio/results page". Archived from the original on 18 September 2008. Retrieved 25 July 2009.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) from the 2008 Olympics website; retrieved 2009-07-24.
  4. ^ a b c d "Brazilian Team-Fernando Silva profile". Best Swimming (in Portuguese). 1 August 2008. Retrieved 18 April 2013.
  5. ^ "Results of the 200-metre butterfly at 2006 Shanghai". OmegaTiming. 9 April 2006. Retrieved 18 April 2013.
  6. ^ "Results of the 100-metre butterfly at 2006 Pan Pacific". OmegaTiming. 19 August 2006. Retrieved 20 April 2013.
  7. ^ "Results of the 200-metre butterfly at 2006 Pan Pacific". OmegaTiming. 17 August 2006. Retrieved 20 April 2013.
  8. ^ "Results of the 4×100-metre freestyle at 2006 Pan Pacific". OmegaTiming. 19 August 2006. Retrieved 20 April 2013.
  9. ^ a b "Fernando Silva gives bronze to Brazil". CBDA (in Portuguese). 11 August 2007. Archived from the original on 27 November 2012. Retrieved 18 April 2013.
  10. ^ "4×100-metre freestyle relay is gold". Globoesporte (in Portuguese). 20 July 2007. Retrieved 18 April 2013.
  11. ^ "Results of the 4×100-metre medley at 2008 Manchester". OmegaTiming. 13 April 2008. Retrieved 18 April 2013.
  12. ^ "New South American record in medley". CBDA (in Portuguese). 13 April 2008. Archived from the original on 28 June 2013. Retrieved 18 April 2013.
  13. ^ "Results of the 100-metre freestyle at 2008 Manchester". OmegaTiming. 13 April 2008. Retrieved 18 April 2013.
  14. ^ "Results of the 4×100-metre freestyle at 2008 Manchester". OmegaTiming. 8 April 2008. Retrieved 18 April 2013.
  15. ^ "Results of the 50-metre freestyle at 2008 Manchester". OmegaTiming. 10 April 2008. Retrieved 18 April 2013.
  16. ^ "Cielo shines in opening relay". Globoesporte (in Portuguese). 26 July 2009. Retrieved 18 April 2013.
  17. ^ "Results of the 50-metre freestyle at 2010 Pan Pac in Irvine". OmegaTiming. 21 August 2010. Retrieved 27 April 2013.
  18. ^ "Results of the 100-metre butterfly at 2010 Pan Pac in Irvine". OmegaTiming. 20 August 2010. Retrieved 27 April 2013.
  19. ^ "Results of the 100-metre freestyle at 2010 Pan Pac in Irvine". OmegaTiming. 19 August 2010. Retrieved 27 April 2013.
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