Clodoaldo Silva

Medal record
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]

Notes

1. ^ "Paralympic Sport Awards Winners - 2005", International Paralympic Committee
2. ^ "Brazilean swimmer Clodoaldo Silva to participate in Beijing's Paralympic Games", Xinhua, September 4, 2008
3. ^ "Paralympic Sport Awards Winners - 2005", International Paralympic Committee
4. ^ "Paralympic Sport Awards Winners - 2005", International Paralympic Committee

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Name	Silva, Clodoaldo
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Date of birth	February 1, 1979
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