Andre Brasil

André Brasil

André Brasi in 2012
Personal information
Born	(1984-05-23) May 23, 1984 (age 32) Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Height	183 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	75 kg (165 lb)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Backstroke, butterfly, freestyle, medley
Medal record Representing  Brazil Paralympic Games 2008 Beijing 50 m freestyle S10 2008 Beijing 100 m freestyle S10 2008 Beijing 400 m freestyle S10 2008 Beijing 100 m butterfly S10 2012 London 50 m freestyle S10 2012 London 100 m freestyle S10 2012 London 100 m butterfly S10 2008 Beijing 200 m Individual Medley SM10 2012 London 200 m Individual Medley SM10 2012 London 100 m backstroke S10 2016 Rio 100 m butterfly S10 IPC World Championships 2015 Glasgow 50 m freestyle S10 2015 Glasgow 100 m freestyle S10 2015 Glasgow 100 m backstroke S10 2015 Glasgow 100 m freestyle relay 34pts IPC World Championships 25m 2009 Rio de Janeiro 50 m freestyle S10 2009 Rio de Janeiro 100 m freestyle S10 2009 Rio de Janeiro 400 m freestyle S10 2009 Rio de Janeiro 100 m backstroke S10 2009 Rio de Janeiro 100 m butterfly S10 2009 Rio de Janeiro 100 m individual medley SM10 2009 Rio de Janeiro 200 m individual medley SM10 2009 Rio de Janeiro 4×50 m medley relay 20 pts

Andre Brasil (born May 23, 1984) is a Paralympic swimmer from Brazil. He had poliomyelitis as a child. He competes in the S10 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. He is unbeaten in the men's 400 m freestyle S10 event. He then went on to win and break a world record at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in 50 m freestyle S10, with a time of 23.16 seconds, 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.