Clodoaldo Silva

Silva in 2016

Personal information

Born

1 February 1979 (age 38)
Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil

Height

175 cm (5 ft 9 in)

Weight

64 kg (141 lb)

Sport

Swimming

Club

Paraplegic Association Campinas

Coached by

Leonardo Tomasello Araujo (national)

Medal record

Representing Brazil
Paralympic Games
	2000 Sydney	100 m freestyle
	2000 Sydney	4×50 m medley 20 pts
	2000 Sydney	4×50 m freestyle 20 pts
	2000 Sydney	50 m freestyle
	2004 Athens	50 m freestyle S4
	2004 Athens	100 m freestyle S4
	2004 Athens	200 m freestyle S4
	2004 Athens	50 m butterfly S4
	2004 Athens	150 m ind. medley SM4
	2004 Athens	4×50 m medley 20 pts
	2004 Athens	4×50 m freestyle 20 pts
	2008 Beijing	4×50 m freestyle 20 pts
	2016 Rio	Mixed 4×50 m freestyle 20 pts
IPC Swimming World Championships
	2010 Eindhoven	4×50 m freestyle relay 20pts
	2013 Montreal	4×50 m freestyle relay 20pts
	2015 Glasgow	4×50 m mixed freestyle relay 20pts

Clodoaldo Silva (born 1 February 1979) is a Brazilian swimmer. He competed at the 2000 Summer Paralympics in Sydney, winning three silver medals and one bronze. He competed again at the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens, where he set four world records, five Paralympic records, and won six gold medals and one silver. He also represented Brazil at the 2008, 2012 and 2016 Paralympics, and lit the Paralympic cauldron at the 2016 Summer Paralympics opening ceremony.

In 2005, he was given the Best Male Athlete award by the International Paralympic Committee, the Best Female Athlete award going to Japan's Mayumi Narita.

Silva has cerebral palsy, and took up swimming in 1996 as part of his rehabilitation. He is married and has a daughter Anita.

At the 2016 Summer Paralympics he took a silver medal in the Mixed 4x50m Freestyle Relay. His teammates were Daniel Dias, Edenia Garcia, Susana Ribeiro, Talisson Glock, Maiara Regina Perreira Barreto, Joana Maria Silva and Patricia Pereira dos Santos. Silva was also the final torchbearer and lit the cauldron during the opening ceremony.