Pedro Silva (swimmer)

Pedro Nuno Gonçalves Conceição Silva (born January 21, 1977) is a Portuguese former swimmer, who specialized in sprint freestyle events.[2] He is a two-time Olympian (2000 and 2004) and a former Portuguese record holder in the 50 m freestyle (22.86).[3] Silva is a resident athlete for Sport Algés e Dafundo, and is trained by his long-time coach, director, and mentor Mário Madeira.[1]

Pedro Silva
Personal information
Full namePedro Nuno Gonçalves
Conceição Silva
National team Portugal
Born (1977-01-21) 21 January 1977
Lisbon, Portugal
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight74 kg (163 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesFreestyle
ClubSport Algés e Dafundo[1]
CoachMário Madeira[1]

Silva made his official debut at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, where he competed in the men's 50 m freestyle. Swimming in heat seven, he rounded out a field of seven swimmers to last place and thirty-sixth overall by 0.45 of a second behind winner Jiang Chengji of China in 23.27.[4]

At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Silva qualified again for the 50 m freestyle by clearing a FINA B-standard entry time of 22.86 from the World Championships in Barcelona, Spain.[5][6] He challenged seven other swimmers on the same heat as Sydney, including two-time Olympians Rolandas Gimbutis of Lithuania and Camilo Becerra of Colombia. He shared a sixth seed with Becerra in his lifetime best of 23.23. Silva failed to advance into the semifinals, as he managed to repeat the same position from his first Olympic stint in the preliminaries.[7][8]

References
  1. Albuquerque, Nuno (3 November 2000). "Sport Algés e Dafundo: De pobre e aflito a pioneiro e" [Sport Algés e Dafundo: A pioneer of the poor and the afflicted] (in Portuguese). Jornal Record Portugal. Retrieved 29 April 2013.
  2. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Pedro Silva". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 28 April 2013.
  3. "Portugal Long Course Championships: Diogo Filipe Carvalho Claims Pair of National Records". Swimming World Magazine. 31 March 2009. Retrieved 28 April 2013.
  4. "Sydney 2000: Swimming – Men's 50m Freestyle Heat 7" (PDF). Sydney 2000. LA84 Foundation. p. 105. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 August 2011. Retrieved 28 April 2013.
  5. "Swimming – Men's 50m Freestyle Startlist (Heat 7)" (PDF). Athens 2004. Omega Timing. Retrieved 24 March 2013.
  6. Albuquerque, Nuno (26 July 2003). "Natação: Doutor Pedro Silva com mínimo olímpico" [Swimming: Doctor Pedro Silva meets an Olympic standard] (in Portuguese). Jornal Record Portugal. Retrieved 29 April 2013.
  7. "Men's 50m Freestyle Heat 7". Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 20 August 2004. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
  8. Thomas, Stephen (19 August 2004). "Men's 50 Freestyle Prelims Day 6: Hall Splashes a Hot 22.04, Fastest Qualifier; Lezak Makes This One but Popov, Hoogie Bow Out". Swimming World Magazine. Archived from the original on 29 October 2013. Retrieved 19 April 2013.


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