Eduardo Fischer
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| Full name | Eduardo Aquiles Fischer |
| Nationality |
 Brazil
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| Born |
March 25, 1980 Joinville, Santa Catarina, Brazil |
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) |
| Weight | 76 kg (168 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Swimming |
| Strokes | Breaststroke |
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Eduardo Aquiles Fischer (born March 25, 1980 in Joinville, Santa Catarina, Brazil) is an Olympic breaststroke swimmer from Brazil. He swam for Brazil at the 2000 and 2004 Olympics.
Eduardo began swimming at the age of seven, but only started competing at 11. The motivation came from his older brother, who has practiced the sport. His first club was the Joinville Tênis Clube, where he stayed for ten years. In 1999, he went to Minas Tênis Clube, where he went to defend the CR Vasco da Gama until 2002, when he returned to Joinville.
The first major title came at the 1997 Brazilian Winter Championship, with the gold medal in the 100-metre breaststroke.
Participated in the 2000 Summer Olympics, in Sydney, in the 100-metre breaststroke (31st place) and in the 4×100-metre medley (12th place).
In 2001, he already was the South American record holder at 50-metre breaststroke and 100-metre breaststroke
At the 2002 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m), in Moscow, obtained his best performance in an international tournament, getting the bronze medal in the 50-metre breaststroke. In addition, he was also in the 100-metre breaststroke final, finishing in 6th place, and in the 4×100-metre medley final, finishing in 7th place. In this competition he beat twice the South American record at the short-course 50-metre breaststroke (27.51 seconds in qualifying and 27.23 seconds in semifinal ), and twice the 100-metre breaststroke (59.64 seconds in qualifying and 59.60 seconds in the final.) beyond the South American record in the 4×100-metre medley final (3:35.59). The South American record of the 50-metre breaststroke was only beaten in 2008 by Felipe França
Participating in the 2003 World Aquatics Championships, in Barcelona, finished 21st place in the 50-metre breaststroke, 23rd in the 100-metre breaststroke and 17th in the 4×100-metre medley.
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