Leandro Ruiz Machado (born February 22, 1977 in

São Paulo São Paulo (, ; Portuguese for 'Saint Paul') is the most populous city in Brazil, and is the capital of the state of São Paulo, the most populous and wealthiest Brazilian state, located in the country's Southeast Region. Listed by the GaWC a ...

) is a

water polo Water polo is a competitive team sport played in water between two teams of seven players each. The game consists of four quarters in which the teams attempt to score goals by throwing the ball into the opposing team's goal. The team with the ...

player 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 ...

. Nicknamed ''Flipper'' he competed in three consecutive

Pan American Games The Pan American Games (also known colloquially as the Pan Am Games) is a continental multi-sport event in the Americas featuring summer sports, in which thousands of athletes participate in a variety of competitions. The competition is held ...

for his native country, starting in 1999. Machado won two silver medals at this event with the

Brazil men's national water polo team The Brazil men's national water polo team represents Brazil in international men's water polo competitions and friendly matches. Results Olympic Games * 1920 – 6th place * 1932 – disqualified * 1952 – 9th place * 1960 – 12th place * 1 ...

. He participated in 4 world championships, 1998 (Perth-Australia), 2001 (Fukuoka-Japan), 2003 (Barcelona-Spain) and 2009 (Rome-Italy). In 2001 he participated in the University of Beijing-China. He was a 6-time South American champion (1998-2000-2002-2004-2006-2008).

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1977 births Living people Brazilian male water polo players Water polo players from São Paulo Pan American Games silver medalists for Brazil Pan American Games medalists in water polo Water polo players at the 2003 Pan American Games Water polo players at the 2007 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2003 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2007 Pan American Games 21st-century Brazilian people {{Brazil-waterpolo-bio-stub