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Eduardo Fischer
Personal information
Full nameEduardo Aquiles Fischer
Nationality Brazil
Born (1980-03-25) March 25, 1980 (age 44)
Joinville, Santa Catarina, Brazil
Height1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight76 kg (168 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesBreaststroke
Medal record
Men's swimming
Representing  Brazil
World Championships (SC)
Bronze medal – third place 2002 Moscow 50m breaststroke
Pan American Games
Silver medal – second place 2003 S.Domingo 4×100 medley
Bronze medal – third place 2003 S.Domingo 100 breaststroke

Eduardo Aquiles Fischer (born March 25, 1980 in Joinville, Santa Catarina, Brazil)[1] is an Olympic breaststroke swimmer from Brazil. He swam for Brazil at the 2000 and 2004 Olympics.

Early years

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.[2]

The first major title came at the 1997 Brazilian Winter Championship, with the gold medal in the 100-metre breaststroke.

International career

Participated in the 2000 Summer Olympics, in Sydney, in the 100-metre breaststroke (31st place) and in the 4×100-metre medley (12th place).[1]

In 2001, he already was the South American record holder at 50-metre breaststroke [3] and 100-metre breaststroke [4]

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.[5] In addition, he was also in the 100-metre breaststroke final, finishing in 6th place,[6] and in the 4×100-metre medley final, finishing in 7th place.[7] In this competition he beat twice the South American record at the short-course 50-metre breaststroke (27.51 seconds in qualifying [8] and 27.23 seconds in semifinal [9]), and twice the 100-metre breaststroke (59.64 seconds in qualifying [10] and 59.60 seconds in the final.[11]) beyond the South American record in the 4×100-metre medley final (3:35.59).[12][13] The South American record of the 50-metre breaststroke was only beaten in 2008 by Felipe França [14]

Participating in the 2003 World Aquatics Championships, in Barcelona, finished 21st place in the 50-metre breaststroke,[15] 23rd in the 100-metre breaststroke [16] and 17th in the 4×100-metre medley.[17]

At the 2003 Pan American Games in Santo Domingo, won the silver medal in the 4×100-metre medley, and bronze in the 100-metre breaststroke.[18] In the 100-metre breaststroke, broke the South American record in Olympic pool, and still hit the index for the 2004 Summer Olympics, with a time of 1:01.88.[19][20]

In 2003, broke the South American record in the 50-metre breaststroke Olympic pool, with a time of 28.21 seconds. This mark was only broke in 2007 by Felipe Lima.[21]

At the 2004 Summer Olympics, in Athens, went to the 100-metre breaststroke semifinals and finished 15th place. Fischer also swam the 200-metre breaststroke, finishing 24th place, and 4×100-metre medley, placing 15th.[1] In the 100-metre breaststroke heats, he broke the South American record, with a time of 1:01.84.[22] This mark was only hit in 2006 by Henrique Barbosa.[23]

At the 2004 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m), in Indianapolis, Fischer was close to winning a medal on three occasions: came in 4th place in the 50-metre breaststroke, 10 hundredths of bronze;[24] 4th in the 100-metre breaststroke,[25] and 4th in the 4×100-metre medley,[26] which broke the South American record with a time of 3:33.02, along with Guilherme Guido, Kaio Almeida and César Cielo.[27] This 4×100-metre medley area record just fell in 2008.[28]

He was in the 2006 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m), in Shanghai, where he went to the semifinals and was ranked 16th in the 50-metre breaststroke,[29] was 22nd in the 100-metre breaststroke [30] and 9th in the 4×100-metre medley.[31]

At the 2008 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m), in Manchester, went to the 50-metre breaststroke semifinal, but was disqualified,[32] and in 100-metre breaststroke, finished 17th place.[33]

In May, 2009, still managed to beat the South American record in the short-course 100-metre breaststroke, with a time of 58.14 seconds,[34] and the 50-metre breaststroke record, with a time of 26.73 seconds.[35]

He was at the 2010 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships in Irvine, where he was disqualified at the 50-metre breaststroke,[36] and finished 18th in the 100-metre breaststroke.[37]

After professional swimming

At the end of 2011, the 31-year-old Eduardo Fischer announced his retirement from professional swimming. Graduated in Law, began to devote himself to his career in tax consultancy.[38]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c "Sports Reference Profile". Sports Reference. 2014. Archived from the original on April 7, 2014. Retrieved March 21, 2014. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  2. ^ Fischer profile in UOL Template:Pt icon
  3. ^ 50-metre breaststroke SA record Archived 2012-07-29 at archive.today Template:Pt icon
  4. ^ 100-metre breaststroke SA record Archived 2012-07-23 at archive.today Template:Pt icon
  5. ^ "Results of the 50-metre breaststroke at 2002 Moscow". OmegaTiming. April 7, 2002. Retrieved April 6, 2013.
  6. ^ "Results of the 100-metre breaststroke final at 2002 Moscow". OmegaTiming. April 4, 2002. Retrieved April 6, 2013.
  7. ^ "Results of the 4×100-metre medley final at 2002 Moscow". OmegaTiming. April 7, 2002. Retrieved April 6, 2013.
  8. ^ "Results of the 50-metre breaststroke heats at 2002 Moscow". OmegaTiming. April 6, 2002. Retrieved April 6, 2013.
  9. ^ "Results of the 50-metre breaststroke semifinals at 2002 Moscow". OmegaTiming. 6 April 2002. Retrieved April 6, 2013.
  10. ^ "Results of the 100-metre breaststroke heats at 2002 Moscow". OmegaTiming. April 3, 2002. Retrieved April 6, 2013.
  11. ^ "Results of the 100-metre breaststroke final at 2002 Moscow". OmegaTiming. April 4, 2002. Retrieved April 6, 2013.
  12. ^ "Brazil has three finals on the last day of events". CBDA (in Portuguese). April 7, 2002. Archived from the original on April 22, 2013. Retrieved April 6, 2013. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  13. ^ "Fischer arrives at the podium in Russia after four continental records". CBDA (in Portuguese). April 7, 2002. Retrieved April 6, 2013.[permanent dead link]
  14. ^ "Felipe Silva: "I want the world record"". CBDA (in Portuguese). October 11, 2008. Retrieved April 6, 2013.
  15. ^ "Results of the 50-metre breaststroke at 2003 Barcelona". OmegaTiming. July 22, 2003. Retrieved April 6, 2013.
  16. ^ "Results of the 100-metre breaststroke at 2003 Barcelona". OmegaTiming. July 20, 2003. Retrieved April 6, 2013.
  17. ^ "Results of the 4×100-metre medley at 2003 Barcelona". OmegaTiming. July 27, 2003. Retrieved April 6, 2013.
  18. ^ "Brazilian Medals at 2003 Pan". UOL (in Portuguese). 2007. Retrieved April 6, 2013.
  19. ^ "Eduardo Fischer wins 1st medal of the Brazilian swimming at Pan". Folha Online (in Portuguese). August 11, 2003. Retrieved April 6, 2013.
  20. ^ "Records, Olympic medals and indexes". CBDA (in Portuguese). August 11, 2003. Archived from the original on September 4, 2014. Retrieved April 6, 2013. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  21. ^ "Area record to Felipe". CBDA work (in Portuguese). May 4, 2007. Retrieved April 6, 2013.[permanent dead link]
  22. ^ "Brazilian advances, and Japanese hits record in the 100-metre breaststroke". UOL (in Portuguese). August 14, 2004. Retrieved April 6, 2013.
  23. ^ "Henrique is the best in South America in the 100-metre breaststroke". CBDA (in Portuguese). May 27, 2006. Retrieved April 6, 2013.[permanent dead link]
  24. ^ "Results the 50-metre breaststroke at 2004 Indianapolis". OmegaTiming. October 11, 2004. Retrieved April 6, 2013.
  25. ^ "Results of the 100-metre breaststroke at 2004 Indianapolis". OmegaTiming. October 8, 2004. Retrieved April 6, 2013.
  26. ^ "Results of the 4×100-metre medley at 2004 Indianapolis". OmegaTiming. October 11, 2004. Retrieved April 6, 2013.
  27. ^ "Brazilian success at 25 meters". CBDA (in Portuguese). October 11, 2004. Archived from the original on February 18, 2014. Retrieved April 6, 2013. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  28. ^ "Lucas Salatta and 4×100-metre medley hit South American records at World Championship". Globo (in Portuguese). April 13, 2008. Retrieved April 6, 2013.
  29. ^ "Results of the 50-metre breaststroke at 2006 Shanghai". OmegaTiming. April 8, 2006. Retrieved April 6, 2013.
  30. ^ "Results of the 100-metre breaststroke at 2006 Shanghai". OmegaTiming. April 5, 2006. Retrieved April 6, 2013.
  31. ^ "Results of the 4×100-metre medley at 2006 Shanghai". OmegaTiming. April 9, 2006. Retrieved April 6, 2013.
  32. ^ "Results of the 50-metre breaststroke at 2008 Manchester". OmegaTiming. April 12, 2008. Retrieved April 6, 2013.
  33. ^ "Results of the 100-metre breaststroke at 2008 Manchester". OmegaTiming. April 9, 2008. Retrieved April 6, 2013.
  34. ^ "World Cup has 4 world records; Fabiola takes two medals". UOL (in Portuguese). October 17, 2009. Retrieved April 6, 2013.
  35. ^ "Medals and records in the brazilian debut at second stage of the World Cup". COB (in Portuguese). November 6, 2009. Retrieved April 6, 2013.
  36. ^ "Results of the 50-metre breaststroke at 2010 Pan Pac in Irvine". OmegaTiming. August 20, 2010. Retrieved April 27, 2013.
  37. ^ "Results of the 100-metre breaststroke at 2010 Pan Pac in Irvine". OmegaTiming. August 19, 2010. Retrieved April 27, 2013.
  38. ^ "Joinville's Olympic Swimmer, Eduardo Fischer retires from elite competitions". clicRBS (in Portuguese). December 31, 2011. Retrieved April 6, 2013.
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