Cassius Ricardo Duran (born May 31, 1979 in

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) is a male diver from

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. He represented his native country at three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 2000 ( Sydney, Australia). Duran won a silver medal at the

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. Nowadays, Cassius is training at APOE, in

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* 1979 births Living people Brazilian male divers Olympic divers for Brazil Divers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Divers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Divers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Pan American Games silver medalists for Brazil Pan American Games medalists in diving Divers at the 2003 Pan American Games Divers at the 2007 Pan American Games Universiade medalists in diving Universiade bronze medalists for Brazil Divers from São Paulo Medalists at the 2005 Summer Universiade Medalists at the 2003 Pan American Games 21st-century Brazilian people {{Brazil-acrobatics-diving-bio-stub