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Brazilian swimmer

Fernando de Queiroz Scherer (born October 6, 1974) is a Brazilian former international swimmer. He won the bronze medal in the 50 meter freestyle at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta and another bronze medal four years later in Sydney with the Brazilian relay team in the 4×100 meter freestyle. Scherer won his first major title at the inaugural 1993 FINA Short Course World Championships in Palma de Mallorca, where he won the 100 meter freestyle. He trained at The Race Club, a swimming club founded by Olympic swimmers Gary Hall, Jr. and his father, Gary Hall, Sr. as a training group for elite swimmers in preparation for the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games. Scherer is nicknamed Xuxa in his native country, and he became Brazil's Sportsman of The Year in 1995 after winning one gold and one silver medal at the 1995 FINA Short Course World Championships in Rio de Janeiro. Scherer was involved in the organization Cansei. In 2009, he took part in the second season of a reality television program called A Fazenda, where one of his fellow contestants was his future wife, the actress and dancer Sheila Mello. Scherer and Mello married on June 24, 2010, in São Paulo.

Scherer began swimming when he was a child to help improve his respiratory problems. When he was 14, he participated in his first competitions and trained at the Doze de Agosto club. In 1992, he began to achieve national prominence, winning the 50 meter freestyle and 100 meter freestyle in the Brazil Trophy. That day, his friends created a nickname "Xuxa", by which Scherer became widely known because his blond hair resembled that of a children's television presenter with the same name.

At the Brazilian short course championship, the Jose Finkel Trophy in Santos on July 7, 1993, the Brazilian team comprising Fernando Scherer, Teófilo Ferreira, José Carlos Souza and Gustavo Borges, broke the world record in the 4×100 meter freestyle with a time of 3:13.97three centiseconds better than the Swedish team record of 3:14.00 from March 19, 1989. On December 5, Brazil again broke the world record, with the same team, with a time of 3:12.11. This mark was achieved at the 1993 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m), in Palma de Mallorca, where Scherer won his first major titles: the gold in the 100 meter freestyle and in the 4×100 meter freestyle, at 19 years of age and after five years of competitive swimming experience. With this, Scherer was elected as the revelation athlete of Brazil. Scherer also finished 10th in the 50 meter freestyle and 14th in the 100 meter freestyle.

In 1995, Scherer signed with Flamengo. He was the first swimmer with signed contract. He was named the Brazilian Athlete of the Year in 1995, after winning two gold medals in the 100 meter freestyle and 4×100 meter freestyle at the 1995 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) in Rio de Janeiro. In the 4×100 meter freestyle, he opened with a time of 47.74 seconds in the heats and a time of 47.63 seconds in the finala South American and Championship record. He also won a silver medal in the 50 meter freestyle.

At the 1996 Summer Olympics, in Atlanta, Scherer earned a bronze medal in the 50 metre freestyle, came 5th in the 100 metre freestyle and 4th in the 4×100 metre freestyle.

1997 was a bad year for Scherer. He could not swim competitively for six months after experiencing problems in his left shoulder and both knees caused after the Olympics. In August in New York City, at the Goodwill Games, Scherer broke the South American record for the 50 meter freestyle with a time of 22.18 seconds, that would only be broken in 2007 by César Cielo. He also broke the 100 metre freestyle record with a time of 48.69 seconds, which was unbroken until 2006, also by Cielo. With that, Scherer attained first place in the world rankings in both events; he was awarded the title of "World's Best" by Swimworld magazine, and for the second time the best Brazilian athlete, by COB. In this competition, Scherer had also broken the short course South American records in the 50 meter freestyle with a time of 21.44 seconds, the 100 meter freestyle with a time of 47.17 seconds, and the Brazilian record in the 100 meter butterfly with a time of 53.13 seconds. In the 50 meter freestyle, Scherer was 0.13 seconds slower than Mark Foster's world record of 21.31 seconds, obtained on December 13. He also came close to the world record in the 100 meter freestyle of 46.74 seconds set by Popov in 1994. Scherer was also elected Best Swimmer in the World, in 1998, by FINA.

In March 1999, Scherer broke the South American record for the 50 meter butterfly twice in one week.

This year, Scherer forwent all competitions to prepare for the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. However, after an accident on the stairs of his house he sprained an ankle and partially tore the ligament, almost costing him the Games. Although his injury affected his performancehe hardly used his legs, Scherer won the bronze in the 4×100 meter freestyle and participated in two other heats, ranking 12th in the 4×100 meter medley and 20th in the 50 meter freestyle. He went to the final, finishing in 8th. He also finished 23rd in the 50 meter freestyle, and 12th in the 4×100 meter freestyle. At the age of 29, Scherer competed in his third Pan American Games in Santo Domingo, where he helped Brazil win 21 medals in swimmingBrazil's all time record. Scherer won the gold in the 50 meter freestyle, beating the Olympic champion Gary Hall Jr. and world champion José Meolans, and gold in the 4×100 meter freestyle.

In May, Scherer equaled his South American record of 23.86 seconds in the 50 meter butterfly. At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, he swam just one race, ranking 11th in the 50 meter freestyle. a record that was beaten in 2009 by César Cielo. Scherer finished fifth in the final. He also finished in 24th place in the 50 meter freestyle.

In 2007, Scherer retired from competitive swimming. RaceTimeDateRecordPool50m freestyle3:17.18August 1999South AmericanLong Course4 × 100 m medley3:40.27August 1999South AmericanLong Course50m freestyle21.44December 17, 1998South AmericanShort Course100m freestyle3:10.45December 20, 1998WorldShort Course