Guilherme Guido
Guido at the 2015 Military World Games
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| Full name | Guilherme Augusto Guido |
| Nationality |
 Brazil
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February 12, 1987 Limeira, São Paulo, Brazil |
| Height | 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) |
| Weight | 90 kg (200 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Swimming |
| Strokes | Backstroke |
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Medal record
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Guilherme Augusto Guido (born 12 February 1987) is a Brazilian backstroke swimmer who specializes in sprint events.
When Guido was young, he was a big rival of César Cielo. In the tournaments in the region of Campinas, Guido used to beat Cielo in freestyle, while Cielo won the backstroke, until the age of 15, where Cielo decided to dedicate himself to freestyle and, the situation was reversed. Guilherme Guido focused on backstroke and today both him and Cielo are great Brazilian and South American swimmers.
At 17 years old, Guido participated in his first major international tournament, the 2004 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m), in the city of Indianapolis, in October 2004. He finished 4th in the 4×100-metre medley, breaking the South American record with a time of 3:33.02, along with César Cielo, Kaio Almeida and Eduardo Fischer. He also finished 13th in the 100-metre backstroke, 18th in the 50-metre backstroke and dropped the 200-metre backstroke.
At the 2006 South American Games, Guido won a silver medal in the 200-metre backstroke, and a bronze medal in the 100-metre backstroke.
At the 2008 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m), he went to the 100-metre backstroke final, finishing in 7th place. Also ranked 10th in the 50-metre backstroke, dropped the 200-metre backstroke and was a finalist in the 4×100-metre medley ending in 6th.
In 2008 already held the South American record in the 50-meter backstroke Olympic pool, with 25.10 seconds. In May, improved his record to 25.04 seconds.
At the 2008 Summer Olympics, Guido finished 20th in the Men's 100 metre backstroke and 14th in the Men's 4 × 100 metre medley relay.
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