Fernando Silva (swimmer) explained

Fernando Silva
Full Name:Fernando Souza da Silva
Birth Date:1986 4, df=yes
Birth Place:Rome,Italy
Height:1.96 m
Weight:82 kg
Strokes:Freestyle
Club:EC Pinheiros

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.

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.[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]

Notes and References

  1. Fernando Silva . 18 April 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130204221149/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/si/fernando-silva-3.html . 4 February 2013.
  2. Web site: UOL profile . UOL . 2008 . 18 April 2013 . pt.
  3. Web site: Silva's bio/results page . 2009-07-25 . bot: unknown . https://web.archive.org/web/20080918012622/http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/BIO/Athlete/8/201928.shtml . 18 September 2008. from the 2008 Olympics website; retrieved 2009-07-24.
  4. Web site: Brazilian Team-Fernando Silva profile . Best Swimming . 1 August 2008 . 18 April 2013 . pt.
  5. Web site: Results of the 200-metre butterfly at 2006 Shanghai . OmegaTiming . 9 April 2006 . 18 April 2013.
  6. Web site: Results of the 100-metre butterfly at 2006 Pan Pacific . OmegaTiming . 19 August 2006 . 20 April 2013.
  7. Web site: Results of the 200-metre butterfly at 2006 Pan Pacific . OmegaTiming . 17 August 2006 . 20 April 2013.
  8. Web site: Results of the 4×100-metre freestyle at 2006 Pan Pacific . OmegaTiming . 19 August 2006 . 20 April 2013.
  9. Web site: Fernando Silva gives bronze to Brazil . CBDA . 11 August 2007 . https://archive.today/20121127181225/http://www.cbda.org.br/noticias/fernando-silva-da-bronze-ao-brasil-id-8453 . dead . 27 November 2012 . 18 April 2013 . pt.
  10. Web site: 4×100-metre freestyle relay is gold . Globoesporte . 20 July 2007 . 18 April 2013 . pt.
  11. Web site: Results of the 4×100-metre medley at 2008 Manchester . OmegaTiming . 13 April 2008 . 18 April 2013.
  12. Web site: New South American record in medley . CBDA . 13 April 2008 . https://archive.today/20130628042635/http://www.cbda.org.br/noticias/novo-recorde-sul-americano-no-medley-id-9196 . dead . 28 June 2013 . 18 April 2013 . pt.
  13. Web site: Results of the 100-metre freestyle at 2008 Manchester . OmegaTiming . 13 April 2008 . 18 April 2013.
  14. Web site: Results of the 4×100-metre freestyle at 2008 Manchester . OmegaTiming . 8 April 2008 . 18 April 2013.
  15. Web site: Results of the 50-metre freestyle at 2008 Manchester . OmegaTiming . 10 April 2008 . 18 April 2013.
  16. Web site: Cielo shines in opening relay . Globoesporte . 26 July 2009 . 18 April 2013 . pt.
  17. Web site: Results of the 50-metre freestyle at 2010 Pan Pac in Irvine . OmegaTiming . 21 August 2010 . 27 April 2013.
  18. Web site: Results of the 100-metre butterfly at 2010 Pan Pac in Irvine . OmegaTiming . 20 August 2010 . 27 April 2013.
  19. Web site: Results of the 100-metre freestyle at 2010 Pan Pac in Irvine . OmegaTiming . 19 August 2010 . 27 April 2013.

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