André Cordeiro (born 15 March 1974) is a retired

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from

Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...

. He competed for his native country at the

1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games) were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, ...

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. Participating in the 1995 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) held in

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, Cordeiro won the gold medal in the 4×100-metre freestyle, along with

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and

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, with 3m12s42 time. In the

, Cordeiro qualified to the 4×100-metre freestyle final, finishing 4th. He was at the

1999 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) The 4th FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) was an international swimming meet organized by FINA, held 1–4 April 1999 at the Hong Kong Coliseum in Hong Kong. It features 516 swimmers from 61 nations, swimming in 40 short course In swimmin ...

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, swimming the 200-metre freestyle proof. André was in

1999 Pan American Games The 1999 Pan American Games, officially the XIII Pan American Games or the 13th Pan American Games, was a major international multi-sport event that was held from July 23 to August 8, 1999, in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada and surrounding towns and ...

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, where he earned a gold medal in the 4×100-metre freestyle, and a silver medal in the 4×200-metre freestyle. In the 4×100-metre freestyle, Cordeiro broke the South American record, with a time of 3:17.18, along with

and César Quintaes. In the 4×200-metre freestyle, he broke the South American record, with a time of 7:22.92, along with

Rodrigo Castro Rodrigo Octávio Coelho da Rocha e Castro (born 21 December 1978 in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais) is a freestyle swimmer from Brazil, who competed for his native country at three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 2000 (Sydney). Internati ...

and Leonardo Costa. In the

2002 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) The 6th FINA Short Course World Championships were held in Moscow, Russia Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and Northern Asia. It is the largest country in the world, with ...

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, Cordeiro reached the 4×200-metre freestyle final, finishing in 4th place, and was also in the 4×100-metre freestyle final, finishing in 5th place. He swam at the

2002 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships The ninth edition of the Pan Pacific Swimming Championships, a long course (50 m) event, was held in 2002 in Yokohama International Swimming Pool in Yokohama, Japan, from August 24–29. One world record A world record is usually th ...

, where he finished 4th in the 4×100-metre freestyle, 5th in the 4×200-metre freestyle, 5th in the 4×100-metre medley, 13th in the 100-metre freestyle, and 15th in the 50-metre freestyle. After retiring from professional swimming, became coach of

Minas Tênis Clube Minas Tênis Clube (short, just ''Minas'') is a social, recreational and sports club from Belo Horizonte, Brazil. By 2013, it has more than 73,000 members. Its patrimony comprises two urban units, the Minas I and Minas II, and two country units, ...

. He was part of the technical commission of the Brazilian team at the Junior World Championships in Monterrey-2008.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Cordeiro, Andre 1974 births Living people Brazilian male freestyle swimmers Sportspeople from Belo Horizonte Swimmers at the 1996 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 1999 Pan American Games Olympic swimmers of Brazil Medalists at the FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) Pan American Games gold medalists for Brazil Pan American Games silver medalists for Brazil Pan American Games medalists in swimming Medalists at the 1999 Pan American Games 21st-century Brazilian people 20th-century Brazilian people