Fernando Pereira de Almeida (born August 3, 1985 in São Caetano do Sul,

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) is a Brazilian sprinter, who specialized in the 400 metres. De Almeida represented the host nation

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at the

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, where he placed sixth for the national sprint team in the men's 4 × 400 m relay, with a time of 3:05.87. At the 2008 Summer Olympics in

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, de Almeida competed for the men's 400 metres this time, as an individual athlete. He ran in the third heat against seven other athletes, including Costa Rica's

Nery Brenes Nery Antonio Brenes Cárdenas, (born September 25, 1985) is a Costa Rican sprinter. He is one of Costa Rica's most prominent track and field athletes and reached the semi-finals at the 400 m sprint in the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing. Brenes ...

and Nigeria's

James Godday James Godday (born 9 January 1984) is a Nigerian athlete who specializes in 400 metres. He was born in Kaduna. Godday was a part of the Nigerian team that won the bronze medal in the 2004 Olympics 4 x 400 metres relay. In the 2005 Worl ...

. He finished the race in fifth place by approximately one sixth of a second (0.16) ahead of Zimbabwe's

Lewis Banda Lewis Simon Banda (born 16 September 1982 in Tshabalala) is a Zimbabwean sprinter who specializes in the 400 metres. His personal best time is 44.58 seconds, achieved in May 2004 in Tucson , "(at the) base of the black ill , nicknames ...

, with a time of 46.60 seconds. De Almeida, however, failed to advance into the semi-finals, as he placed forty-sixth overall and was ranked below three mandatory slots for the next round.

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1985 births Living people People from São Caetano do Sul Brazilian male sprinters Olympic athletes of Brazil Athletes (track and field) at the 2007 Pan American Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics South American Games gold medalists for Brazil South American Games medalists in athletics Competitors at the 2006 South American Games Pan American Games athletes for Brazil Sportspeople from São Paulo (state) {{Brazil-athletics-bio-stub