Gustavo Borges

Gustavo Borges
Gustavo Borges in 2003
Personal information
Full nameGustavo França Borges
National team Brazil
Born (1972-12-02) 2 December 1972
Height2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)
Weight98 kg (216 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesFreestyle
ClubPinheiros, Vasco da Gama
College teamUniversity of Michigan
CoachJon Urbanchek (Michigan)
Medal record
Men's swimming
Representing Brazil
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games 0 2 2
World Championships (LC) 0 0 2
World Championships (SC) 4 4 2
Pan American Games 8 6 3
Universiade 0 2 0
Total 12 14 9
Olympic Games
1992 Barcelona 100 m freestyle
1996 Atlanta 200 m freestyle
1996 Atlanta 100 m freestyle
2000 Sydney 4×100 m freestyle
World Championships (LC)
1994 Rome 100 m freestyle
1994 Rome 4×100 m freestyle
World Championships (SC)
1993 Palma 4×100 m freestyle
1995 Rio 200 m freestyle
1995 Rio 4×100 m freestyle
1997 Gothenburg 200 m freestyle
1993 Palma 100 m freestyle
1995 Rio 100 m freestyle
1997 Gothenburg 100 m freestyle
2002 Moscow 200 m freestyle
1993 Palma 4×200 m freestyle
1995 Rio 4×200 m freestyle
Pan American Games
1991 Havana 100 m freestyle
1991 Havana 4×100 m freestyle
1995 Mar del Plata 100 m freestyle
1995 Mar del Plata 200 m freestyle
1999 Winnipeg 200 m freestyle
1999 Winnipeg 4×100 m freestyle
1999 Winnipeg 4×100 m medley
2003 Santo Domingo 4×100 m freestyle
1991 Havana 200 m freestyle
1991 Havana 4×200 m freestyle
1995 Mar del Plata 4×100 m freestyle
1995 Mar del Plata 4×200 m freestyle
1995 Mar del Plata 4×100 m Medley
1999 Winnipeg 4×200 m freestyle
2003 Santo Domingo 4×200 m freestyle
1991 Havana 50 m freestyle
1999 Winnipeg 100 m freestyle
2003 Santo Domingo 100 m freestyle
Summer Universiade
1995 Fukuoka 100 m freestyle
1995 Fukuoka 4×100 m freestyle

Gustavo França Borges (born 2 December 1972) is a Brazilian former competitive swimmer. He swam for Brazil in four Summer Olympic Games: 1992, 1996, 2000 and 2004. With four medals in swimming, as of 2000 Borges had won the fourth-most Olympic medals of any Brazilian athlete, with one in 1992, two in 1996 and one in 2000. Sailors Robert Scheidt and Torben Grael and canoeist Isaquias Queiroz have won five, and gymnast Rebeca Andrade won six. As of 2000, he had won eight Pan American Games gold medals, the third-most of any Brazilian competitor. Borges was Brazil's flagbearer for the Closing Ceremony at the 2004 Summer Olympics.

Borges lives in São Paulo, where he runs his own swimming school. He had formerly resided in the United States, first in Jacksonville, Florida and then in Ann Arbor, Michigan while he was a student at Michigan. He attended the University of Michigan in the mid-1990s, where he competed and trained for the university's swim team, managed by Hall of Fame Coach Jon Urbanchek and graduated with a degree in Economics. His teammates at Michigan included Eric Namesnik and Marcel Wouda in the mid-1990s.