André Brasil
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| Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Medal record
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Andre Brasil (born May 23, 1984) is a Paralympic swimmer from Brazil. He had poliomyelitis as a child.[1] He competes in the S10 (minimal disability) classification.
He won gold for Brazil at the 2008 Summer Paralympics. He also broke S10 world records in three events, and a Paralympic record in a fourth.[2][3][4][5] He is unbeaten in the men's 400m freestyle S10 event.[citation needed] He then went on to win and break a world record at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in 50m freestyle S10, with a time of 23.16 seconds,[6] beating his old record of 23.44 seconds.
As of February 2013[update], he is S10 world record holder in long course 50, 100 and 200 metre freestyle, 50 and 100 metre butterfly and 50 metre backstroke events.[7]
References
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