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gustavo borges -lrb- right -rrb- and fernando scherer gustavo frança borges pinheiros , vasco da gama ribeirão preto , são paulo 98 kg lb 180 2.03 m ftin on 2 december 1972 fernando scherer e gustavo borges.jpg gustavo borges
 freestyle university of michigan
gustavo borges

gustavo frança borges -lrb- born december 2 , 1972 -rrb- is a brazilian former competitive swimmer .
he swam for brazil in the summer olympic games in : 1992 , 1996 , 2000 and 2004 .
borges , together with sailor robert scheidt , have won the second-most olympic medals of any brazilian , with fourone in 1992 , two in 1996 and one in 2000behind sailor torben grael .
he also has the second-most pan american games gold medals of any brazilian , with eightbehind table tennis player hugo hoyama .
borges was brazil 's flagbearer for the closing ceremony at the 2004 summer olympics .
borges ' first medal was a silver , which he won in the 100-meter freestyle at the 1992 olympics , which he received after a delay because his lane 's timer was not working , and the judges had to review video recordings of the race to verify his place .
borges even overcame his idol , matt biondi , to win the silver medal .
borges currently lives in são paulo , where he runs his own swimming school .
he has lived in the united states at jacksonville , florida and in ann arbor , michigan while a student .
he attended university at the university of michigan in the mid-1990s , where he swam for the university 's team , was coached by jon urbanchek and graduated with a degree in economics .
his teammates at michigan included eric namesnik and marcel wouda in the mid-1990s .
