Thiago Pereira

Thiago Machado Vilela Pereira (born January 26, 1986 in Volta Redonda, Rio de Janeiro) is a medley swimmer from Brazil, who won the silver medal in the 200m individual medley at the Pan American Games in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, just behind George Bovell of Trinidad and Tobago. Pereira's biggest success so far came one year later, when he won the world title in the same event at the 2004 FINA Short Course World Championships. A resident of Belo Horizonte he represented his native country at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. There he reached the final of the 200m medley, and finished in fifth place.