Fernando Silva (swimmer)

For other individuals with a similar name, see Fernando Silva.

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]

Fernando Silva

Gabriel Mangabeira and Fernando Silva in 4×100-metre medley at 2007 Pan Am Games
Personal information
Full name	Fernando Souza da Silva
Nationality	Brazil
Born	(1986-04-07) 7 April 1986 (age 39) Rome,Italy
Height	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)
Weight	82 kg (181 lb)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Freestyle
Club	EC Pinheiros
Medal record Pan American Games 2007 Rio 4x100m freestyle Universiade 2007 Bangkok 100m freestyle South American Games 2014 Santiago 4x100 m freestyle 2014 Santiago 4x200 m freestyle 2014 Santiago 100 m butterfly South American Championships 2008 São Paulo 100m freestyle 2008 São Paulo 100m butterfly 2008 São Paulo 4x100m freestyle

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]