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André Cordeiro

Personal information
Nationality	Brazil
Born	(1974-03-15) 15 March 1974 (age 50) Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Height	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Weight	85 kg (187 lb)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Freestyle
Medal record Men's swimming Representing  Brazil World Championships (SC) 1995 Rio de Janeiro 4×100 m freestyle Pan American Games 1999 Winnipeg 4×100 m freestyle 1999 Winnipeg 4×200 m freestyle

André Cordeiro (born 15 March 1974) 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.

In the 2002 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) in Moscow, Cordeiro reached the 4×200-metre freestyle final, finishing in 4th place, and was also in the 4×100-metre freestyle final, finishing in 5th place.

He swam at the 2002 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships, where he finished 4th in the 4×100-metre freestyle, 5th in the 4×200-metre freestyle, 5th in the 4×100-metre medley, 13th in the 100-metre freestyle, and 15th in the 50-metre freestyle.

After retiring from professional swimming, became coach of Minas Tênis Clube. He was part of the technical commission of the Brazilian team at the Junior World Championships in Monterrey-2008.

References

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7. "rotates Brazilian enters the final and the Olympics". CBDA (in Portuguese). 25 March 2007. Archived from the original on 30 November 2012. Retrieved 3 April 2013.
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9. "The Olympics of David". CBDA (in Portuguese). 17 August 2004. Archived from the original on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 3 April 2013.
10. "With 15 medals, seven gold, Winnipeg Pan-1999 was swimming mark". R7 (in Portuguese). 29 May 2011. Retrieved 3 April 2013.
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12. "Results of the 4×100-metre freestyle at 2002 Moscow". OmegaTiming. 3 April 2002. Retrieved 3 April 2013.
13. "Bruno Bonfim closes as the 12th athlete with index". CBDA (in Portuguese). 29 August 2002. Archived from the original on 15 June 2013. Retrieved 19 April 2013.
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External links

• André Cordeiro at World Aquatics
• André Cordeiro at Olympedia (archive)

• 1974 births
• Living people
• Brazilian male freestyle swimmers
• Sportspeople from Belo Horizonte
• Swimmers at the 1996 Summer Olympics
• Swimmers at the 1999 Pan American Games
• Olympic swimmers for Brazil
• Medalists at the FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)
• Pan American Games gold medalists for Brazil
• Pan American Games silver medalists for Brazil
• Pan American Games medalists in swimming
• Medalists at the 1999 Pan American Games
• 21st-century Brazilian sportsmen
• 20th-century Brazilian sportsmen