André Brasil

Who is André Brasil?

Andre Brasil is a Paralympic swimmer from Brazil. He had poliomyelitis as a child. He competes in the S10 classification.

He won gold for Brazil at the 2008 Summer Paralympics. He also broke S10 world records in three events, and a Paralympic record in a fourth. He is unbeaten in the men's 400m freestyle S10 event. He then went on to win and break a world record at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in 50m freestyle S10, with a time of 23.16 seconds, beating his old record of 23.44 seconds.

As of February 2013, he is S10 world record holder in long course 50, 100 and 200 metre freestyle, 50 and 100 metre butterfly and 50 metre backstroke events.