Medal record | ||
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Paralympic Games | ||
Men's Swimming (S4) | ||
Bronze | 2000 Sydney | 50 m freestyle |
Silver | 2000 Sydney | 100 m freestyle |
Silver | 2000 Sydney | 4×50 m medley 20 pts |
Silver | 2000 Sydney | 4×50 m freestyle 20 pts |
Gold | 2004 Athens | 50 m freestyle S4 |
Gold | 2004 Athens | 100 m freestyle S4 |
Gold | 2004 Athens | 200 m freestyle S4 |
Gold | 2004 Athens | 50 m butterfly S4 |
Gold | 2004 Athens | 150 m ind. medley SM4 |
Gold | 2004 Athens | 4×50 m medley 20 pts |
Silver | 2004 Athens | 4×50 m freestyle 20 pts |
Men's Swimming (S5) | ||
Bronze | 2008 Beijing | 4×50 m freestyle 20 pts |
Clodoaldo Silva (born February 1, 1979 in Natal, Rio Grande do Norte) is a Brazilian swimmer.
Silva competed at the 2000 Summer Paralympics in Sydney, winning three silver medals and one bronze. He competed again at the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens, where he set four world records, five Paralympic records, and won six gold medals and one silver.[1] He will represent Brazil for the third time at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing.[2]
In 2005, he was given the Best Male Athlete award by the International Paralympic Committee, the Best Female Athlete award going to Japan's Mayumi Narita.[3]
Silva has cerebral palsy.[4]