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}} Fernando de Queiroz Scherer (born October 6, 1974 in Florianópolis) is an international swimmer from Brazil. 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.〔http://www.theraceclub.net/mission-statement/history/world-team/〕 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.〔http://entretenimento.r7.com/famosos-e-tv/noticias/sheila-mello-se-casa-com-xuxa-e-proibe-entrada-da-imprensa-20100624.html〕〔http://www.cadaminuto.com.br/index.php/noticia/2010/06/25/casamento-sheila-mello-diz-sim-a-fernando-scherer-em-sao-paulo〕 == Beginning == 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. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Fernando Scherer」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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