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Place of Birth: Macapá, Amapá, Brazil
About Jader Souza
- Jader José da Silva Souza (born March 13, 1982 in Macapá) is a Brazilian swimmer.He started swimming at age 6, when he asked his mother to enter in a swimming school.
- Away from the major centers of the national sport, Jader has always struggled to participate in competitions and consequently improve their performance.
- In 2002, discouraged with the situation in his hometown, dropped everything to pursue a dream in Brasilia.
- But then he began to reap the rewards of their dedication.He was at the 2003 World Aquatics Championships in Barcelona, where he finished 31st in the 50-metre freestyle, 30th in the 100-metre freestyle and 12th in the 4×100-metre freestyle.At the 2003 Pan American Games, in Santo Domingo, Jader won the gold medal in the 4×100-metre freestyle, along with Gustavo Borges, Fernando Scherer and Carlos Jayme.
- He also finished 6th in the 50-metre freestyle, and 5th in the 100-metre freestyle.Jader competed in the 2004 Summer Olympics, in Athens, where he finished 12th in the 4×100-metre freestyle, 15th in the 4×100-metre medley, and 33rd in the 100-metre freestyle.
- In the 4×100-metre freestyle, the Brazilian legend Gustavo Borges said goodbye to swimming at the age of 31.After the Olympics, he lost his sponsorship and stopped swimming.
- However, he returned in 2005.At the 2006 South American Games held in Buenos Aires, Souza won the gold medal in the 50-metre butterfly , the silver medal in the 4×100-metre freestyle, and the bronze medal in the 50-metre freestyle.On January 2009, he retired from professional swimming.
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