Brazilian swimmerFor the Brazilian Olympic rower, see Fernando de Abreu (rower).

Fernando Nabuco de Abreu (born 22 June 1944 in São Paulo) is a former Olympic freestyle swimmer from Brazil, who participated at one Summer Olympics for his native country.

He was president of the Brazilian Cycling Confederation and CEO of São Paulo Stock Exchange.

He was the son of an Olympic athlete from rowing Fernando Nabuco de Abreu and started swimming at the age of six, at Club Athletico Paulistano, where he always competed.

At 16 years of age, at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, he swam the 100-metre freestyle and the 4×100-metre medley, not reaching the finals.

He was Brazilian and South American champion and ended his swimming career at the age of 17. He was also a water polo player and sailer.

References

External links

• Fernando de Abreu at FINA
• Fernando de Abreu at Olympedia