# Fernando Silva (swimmer)

Fernando Souza da Silva (born 7 April 1986 in Rio de Janeiro) 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.
He competed at the 2006 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) in Shanghai, where he finished 17th in the 200-metre butterfly.
Silva swam at the 2006 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships, where he finished 14th in the 100-metre butterfly, 17th in the 200-metre butterfly and was disqualified from the 4×100-metre freestyle.
At the 2007 Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro, Silva won the gold medal in the 4×100-metre freestyle, beating the South American and Pan American records, with a time of 3:15.90, along with Eduardo Deboni, Nicolas Oliveira and César Cielo
Participating in the 2007 Summer Universiade in Bangkok, Thailand, Silva won the bronze medal in the 100-metre freestyle.
Silva was South American champion in the 100-metre freestyle and the 100-metre butterfly in São Paulo 2008.
He was at the 2008 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m), in Manchester, where he reached the 4×100-metre medley final, finishing 6th, and beating the short-course South American Record, with a time of 3:28.88, along with Guilherme Guido, Felipe França e Lucas Salatta. Silva was also in the 100-metre freestyle final, finishing 8th and the 4×100-metre freestyle final, also finishing 8th; and he finished 14th in the 50-metre freestyle.
At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, Silva participated in the 4×100-metre freestyle, but the Brazilian team was disqualified.
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.
He was at the 2010 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships in Irvine, where he finished 25th in the 50-metre freestyle, 30th in the 100-metre butterfly, and 49th in the 100-metre freestyle.

## Results

* 1 2 3 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.
* 1 2 "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.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) from the 2008 Olympics website; retrieved 2009-07-24.
* 1 2 3 4 "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.
* 1 2 "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.
* ↑ "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.
* ↑ "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.
* ↑ "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.