Eduardo Aquiles Fischer (born March 25, 1980 in

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, Santa Catarina, Brazil) is an Olympic

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from

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. He swam for Brazil at the

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and

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Early years

Eduardo began swimming at the age of seven, but only started competing at 11. The motivation came from his older brother, who has practiced the sport. His first club was the Joinville Tênis Clube, where he stayed for ten years. In 1999, he went to

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, where he went to defend the

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until 2002, when he returned to Joinville. The first major title came at the 1997 Brazilian Winter Championship, with the gold medal in the 100-metre breaststroke.

International career

Fischer participated in the

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, finishing 31st in the 100-metre breaststroke and 12th in the 4×100-metre medley. In 2001, he already held the South American record in the 50-metre breaststroke and 100-metre breaststroke. At the

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, Fischer turned in his best performance in an international tournament, getting the bronze medal in the 50-metre breaststroke. In addition, he was in the 100-metre breaststroke final, finishing in 6th place, and in the 4×100-metre medley final, finishing in 7th place. In this competition, he beat the South American short-course record twice in the 50-metre breaststroke (27.51 seconds in qualifying and 27.23 seconds in the semifinal), and twice in the 100-metre breaststroke (59.64 seconds in qualifying and 59.60 seconds in the final), beating the South American record in the 4×100-metre medley final (3:35.59). The South American record in the 50-metre breaststroke was not broken again until 2008 (by

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). Participating in the

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, Fischer finished 21st in the 50-metre breaststroke, 23rd in the 100-metre breaststroke, and 17th in the 4×100-metre medley. At the

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, Fischer won the silver medal in the 4×100-metre medley and bronze in the 100-metre breaststroke. In the 100-metre breaststroke, he broke the South American Olympic pool record, and still hit the index for the

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with a time of 1:01.88. In 2003, Fischer broke the South American Olympic pool record in the 50-metre breaststroke with a time of 28.21 seconds. This record was not broken again until 2007 (by Felipe Lima). At the

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, Fischer finished 15th in the 100-metre breaststroke semifinals. He also swam the 200-metre breaststroke, finishing 24th, and the 4×100-metre medley, placing 15th. In the 100-metre breaststroke heats, he broke the South American record with a time of 1:01.84. At the

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, Fischer was close to winning a medal on three occasions. He finished 4th in the 50-metre breaststroke (10 hundredths short of bronze), 4th in the 100-metre breaststroke, and 4th in the 4×100-metre medley with teammates

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, Kaio Almeida, and

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. The medley performance broke the South American record with a time of 3:33.02. This 4×100-metre medley area record was not broken again until 2008. Fischer swam in the

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, where he made the semifinals, finishing 16th in the 50-metre breaststroke, 22nd in the 100-metre breaststroke, and 9th in the 4×100-metre medley. At the

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, Fischer made the 50-metre breaststroke semifinal, but was disqualified. He finished 17th in the 100-metre breaststroke. In May 2009, Fischer beat the South American record in the short-course 100-metre breaststroke, with a time of 58.14 seconds. He also broke the 50-metre breaststroke record with a time of 26.73 seconds. Fischer attended the

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, where he was disqualified in the 50-metre breaststroke and finished 18th in the 100-metre breaststroke.

After professional swimming

At the end of 2011, the 31-year-old Eduardo Fischer announced his retirement from professional swimming. Graduated in Law, began to devote himself to his career in tax consultancy.

References

UOL Profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Fischer, Eduardo 1980 births Living people Swimmers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2003 Pan American Games Swimmers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Olympic swimmers of Brazil Brazilian people of German descent People from Joinville Medalists at the FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) Pan American Games silver medalists for Brazil Pan American Games bronze medalists for Brazil Brazilian male breaststroke swimmers Pan American Games medalists in swimming South American Games silver medalists for Brazil South American Games gold medalists for Brazil South American Games medalists in swimming Competitors at the 2006 South American Games Medalists at the 2003 Pan American Games Sportspeople from Santa Catarina (state)

Early years

International career

After professional swimming

See also

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