Fernando Saez
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| Full name | Fernando de Oliveira Saez | ||||||||||||||
| Nationality |  Brazil | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 2 October 1974 Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 72 kg (159 lb) | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Freestyle | ||||||||||||||
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Fernando de Oliveira Saez (born 2 October 1974 in Rio de Janeiro) is a former international freestyle swimmer from Brazil. He participated for his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics.[1][2][3] He is currently a swimming teacher and coordinator of the Academia da Praia and of the swimming school he has with fellow Olympian Luiz Lima.[4]
He was a swimming athlete for the Fluminense when he won the silver medal at the 1995 Pan American Games in Mar del Plata, in the 4x200 meter freestyle relay. He also defended the Vasco da Gama and the Flamengo.[4]
At the 1995 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) done in Rio de Janeiro, he won the bronze medal in the 4×200-metre freestyle. [5] [6] He also swam the 400-metre freestyle. [7]
At the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, he finished 10th in the 4×200-metre freestyle.[3]
He was at the 1997 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m), where he finished 11th in the 200-metre freestyle, and 15th in the 400-metre freestyle.
Saez participated in the 2000 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m), in Athens, where he finished 8th in the 4×200-metre freestyle final. [8]
References
- ^ "Atletas Olímpicos Brasileiros: FERNANDO SAEZ". Olimpianos.com.br (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 14 February 2017.
Fernando de Oliveira Saez nasceu na cidade do Rio de Janeiro, em 2 de outubro de 1974 [Fernando de Oliveira Saez was born in the city of Rio de Janeiro, on 2 October 1974]
- ^ "Fernando Saez". Olympedia.org. Retrieved 9 September 2021.
Full name: Fernando de Oliveira Saez
- ^ a b Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Fernando Saez". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 23 April 2013.
- ^ a b Olimpianos - Atletas Olímpicos Brasileiros: FERNANDO SAEZ
- ^ "Brazil in the World Championships". CBDA (in Portuguese). 26 March 2006. Archived from the original on 22 April 2013. Retrieved 23 April 2013.
- ^ HistoFINA, Volumes IIIa (2008 ed) Archived 27 April 2015 at the Wayback Machine and IIIb (ed 2008) Archived 9 July 2015 at the Wayback Machine. ("HistoFINA" is the story of FINA. Volume III is about the World Short Course Swimming, part "a" has the statistics and the male part "b" of the female.
- ^ O GLOBO News Archive - December 1, 1995, Morning, Sports, page 30
- ^ "Results of the 4×200-metre freestyle at 2000 Athens". OmegaTiming. 17 March 2000. Retrieved 23 April 2013.
