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Gustavo França Borges (born 2 December 1972) is a Brazilian former competitive swimmer.[1] He swam for Brazil in four Summer Olympic Games: 1992, 1996, 2000 and 2004. Borges has won the fourth-most Olympic medals of any Brazilian, with four —one in 1992, two in 1996 and one in 2000—only behind sailors Robert Scheidt and Torben Grael and canoeist Isaquias Queiroz with five, and gymnast Rebeca Andrade with six. He also has eight Pan American Games gold medals, the third-most of any Brazilian and only behind swimmer Thiago Pereira and table tennis player Hugo Hoyama. Borges was Brazil's flagbearer for the Closing Ceremony at the 2004 Summer Olympics.
Borges' first medal was silver, which he won in the 100-meter freestyle at the 1992 Olympics, which he received after a delay because his lane's timer was not working, and the judges had to review video recordings of the race to verify his place.[2] Borges even overcame his idol, Matt Biondi, to win the silver medal.
Borges lives in São Paulo, where he runs his own swimming school.[3] He used to live in the United States in Jacksonville, Florida and in Ann Arbor, Michigan while he was still a student. He attended university at the University of Michigan in the mid-1990s, where he swam for the university's team, coached by Jon Urbanchek and graduated with a degree in Economics.[4] His teammates at Michigan included Eric Namesnik and Marcel Wouda in the mid-1990s.
- ^ Borges entry from sports-reference.com; retrieved 24 March 2012.
- ^ (in Portuguese) Gustavo Borges profile, UOL Olimpíadas
- ^ (in Portuguese) Academia Gustavo Borges
- ^ "Perfil Gustavo Borges". Gustavo Borges Oficial. Retrieved 29 June 2012.