SCHEFFER Fernando

World Championships

Year	Location	200Free	4x200Free
2019	Gwangju, KOR	SF (1:45.83)	7th (7:07.64)

Pan American Games

Year	Location	200Free	400Free	4x200Free
2019	Lima, PER	1st (1:46.68)	2nd (3:49.60)	1st (7:10.66)

Pan Pacific Championships

Year	Location	200Free	400Free	4x200Free
2018	Tokyo, JPN	4th (1:46.12)	6th (3:50.55)	4th (7:11.65)

South American Championships

Year	Location	200Free	400Free	4x100Free M	4x200Free
2018	Cochabamba, BOL	1st (1:50.75)	6th (4:10.66)	2nd (3:20.13)	1st (7:31.69)

World Championships Short Course

Year	Location	100Free	200Free	400Free	4x200Free
2018	Hangzhou, CHN	-	-	8th (3:39.40)	1st (6:46.81)
2016	Windsor, ON, CAN	H (48.67)	H (1:45.54)	H (3:47.42)	-

Legend
Free - Freestyle, Back - Backstroke, Breast - Breaststroke, Fly - Butterfly, IndMed - Individual Medley, SF - Semifinal, H - Heats, DNS - Did Not Start, M - Men, W - Women, X - Mixed, DSQ - Disqualified, [Relay athlete without time] - Did not swim in final

Reading. (minastenisclube.com.br, 22 May 2020)

Athlete, Serves in the Army

Portuguese

Minas Tenis Clube [Belo Horizonte, BRA]

Sergio Marques [club, national], BRA

His brother Augusto, after inspiring him to take up swimming, has taken part in rowing competitions at national level in Brazil. His partner Gabriela Cordeiro is also a swimmer who has been a member of the Brazilian national team. (jornalvs.com.br, 15 Dec 2018; gnu.com.br, 29 Mar 2018; gvesportes.com.br, 20 Jan 2018, 26 May 2018; Instagram profile, 14 Dec 2019)

He took up the sport at age seven in Canoas, Brazil. (minastenisclube.com.br, 22 May 2020)

He followed his brother into the sport. "My brother always was very competitive. He always wanted to beat me, and I also want to defeat him. I think my competitiveness began at home." (blog.hammerhead.com.br, 08 Jan 2019; globoplay.globo.com, 07 Jan 2019)

To win a medal at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (blog.hammerhead.com.br, 08 Jan 2019)

Winning gold in the 200m freestyle at the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, Peru. Setting a world record and winning gold in the 4x200m freestyle relay at the 2018 World Short Course Championships in Hangzhou, People's Republic of China. (swimchannel.net, 08 Aug 2019; globoplay.globo.com, 07 Jan 2019)

Brazilian Formula One driver Ayrton Senna, Brazilian swimmers Cesar Cielo and Kaio Marcio, US swimmer Michael Phelps. (blog.hammerhead.com.br, 08 Jan 2019)

"Never give up your dreams!" (blog.hammerhead.com.br, 08 Jan 2019)