Fernando Scherer

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Fernando Scherer.Photo by: Raphael Koerich
Fernando Scherer.
Photo by: Raphael Koerich
Medal record
Men's Swimming
Competitor for Flag of Brazil Brazil
Olympic Games
Bronze 1996 Atlanta 50m Freestyle
Bronze 2000 Sydney 4x100m Freestyle
World Championships (SC)
Gold 1995 Rio de Janeiro 100m Freestyle
Gold 1995 Rio de Janeiro 4x100m Freestyle
Silver 1995 Rio de Janeiro 50m Freestyle
Pan American Games
Gold 1995 Mar del Plata 50m Freestyle
Gold 1999 Winnipeg 50m Freestyle
Gold 1999 Winnipeg 100m Freestyle
Gold 1999 Winnipeg 4x100m Freestyle
Gold 1999 Winnipeg 4x100m Medley
Gold 2003 Santo Domingo 50m Freestyle
Gold 2003 Santo Domingo 4x100m Freestyle
Silver 1995 Mar del Plata 4x100m Freestyle
Silver 1995 Mar del Plata 4x100m Medley
Bronze 1995 Mar del Plata 100m Freestyle
Summer Universiade
Gold 1995 Fukuoka 50m Freestyle
Gold 1995 Fukuoka 100m Freestyle

Fernando de Queiroz Scherer (born October 6, 1974 in Florianópolis) is an international top swimmer from Brazil, who won the bronze medal in the 50 metres freestyle at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. He did so once again four years later in Sydney with the Brazilian relay team in the 4x100 metres freestyle.

His first big title came at the inaugural 1993 FINA Short Course World Championships in Palma de Mallorca, where he won the 100 metres freestyle. Scherer is nicknamed Xuxa in his native country, and he became Brazil's Sportsman of The Year in 1995, after winning one golden and one silver medal at the 1995 FINA Short Course World Championships in Rio de Janeiro.

Scherer is currently involved in the organization Cansei.

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