Fernando Scherer

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Medal record
Men's Swimming
Competitor for  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.

[edit] See also

• South American records in swimming