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Full name | André Cordeiro | |||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Brazil | |||||||||||||||||||||
Born |
Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil |
March 15, 1974 |||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 85 kg (187 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||
Strokes | Freestyle | |||||||||||||||||||||
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André Cordeiro (born March 15, 1974 in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais) is a retired freestyle swimmer from Brazil. He competed for his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States.
Participating in the 1995 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) held in Rio de Janeiro, Cordeiro won the gold medal in the 4×100-metre freestyle, along with Gustavo Borges, Fernando Scherer and Alexandre Massura, with 3m12s42 time.
In the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Cordeiro qualified to the 4×100-metre freestyle final, finishing 4th.
He was at the 1999 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) in Hong Kong, swimming the 200-metre freestyle proof.
André was in 1999 Pan American Games in Winnipeg, where he earned a gold medal in the 4×100-metre freestyle, and a silver medal in the 4×200-metre freestyle. In the 4×100-metre freestyle, Cordeiro broke the South American record, with a time of 3:17.18, along with Gustavo Borges, Fernando Scherer and César Quintaes. In the 4×200-metre freestyle, he broke the South American record, with a time of 7:22.92, along with Gustavo Borges, Rodrigo Castro and Leonardo Costa.