fullname coach club birth_place weight height birth_date article_title strokes name collegeteam
fernando eurico de barros oliveira da fonseca e costa josé baltar leite -lrb- por -rrb- leixões sport clube -lrb- por -rrb- porto , portugal 78 kg lb 0 on 1.81 0 on 29 april 1985 fernando costa
 freestyle fernando costa wayne state warriors -lrb- usa -rrb-
fernando costa

fernando eurico de barros oliveira da fonseca e costa -lrb- also `` fernando costa '' , born april 29 , 1985 in porto -rrb- is a portuguese swimmer , who specialized in long-distance freestyle events .
he is a two-time olympian , and currently holds the portuguese record in the 1500 m freestyle from the 2007 summer universiade in bangkok , thailand .
costa made his official debut , as a 19-year-old , at the 2004 summer olympics in athens , greece , where he competed in the men 's 1500 m freestyle , an event which was later dominated by australian swimmer and world record holder grant hackett .
costa placed twenty-first overall in the preliminary heats with a time of 15:32.55 , but failed to qualify for the eight-man final .
at the 2008 summer olympics in beijing , costa qualified for the second time in the men 's 1500 m freestyle , by clearing a fina b-standard entry time of 15:16.22 from the 2007 summer universiade in bangkok , thailand .
costa challenged six other swimmers on the second heat , including three-time olympians dragoș coman of romania , and nicolas rostoucher of france .
he raced to sixth place by two seconds behind coman in 15:26.21 .
costa failed to advance into the final for the second time , as he placed twenty-ninth overall in the preliminaries .
costa is also a former member and a student assistant coach of the swimming team for the wayne state warriors , and a graduate of nutrition and food science at wayne state university in detroit , michigan .
