Fernando Scherer

Fernando Scherer
Scherer in 2006
Personal information
Full nameFernando de Queiroz Scherer
Nickname"Xuxa"
Nationality Brazilian
Born (1974-10-06) October 6, 1974
Florianópolis, SC, Brazil
Height1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Weight85 kg (187 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesFreestyle
ClubPinheiros/Flamengo
Medal record
Men's swimming
Representing  Brazil
Olympic Games
1996 Atlanta50 m freestyle
2000 Sydney4×100 m freestyle
World Championships (LC)
1994 Rome4×100 m freestyle
World Championships (SC)
1993 Palma100 m freestyle
1993 Palma4×100 m freestyle
1995 Rio100 m freestyle
1995 Rio4×100 m freestyle
1995 Rio50 m freestyle
Goodwill Games
1998 New York50 m freestyle
1998 New York4×100 m freestyle
1998 New York100 m freestyle
2001 Brisbane4×100 m freestyle
Pan American Games
1995 Mar del Plata50 m freestyle
1999 Winnipeg50 m freestyle
1999 Winnipeg100 m freestyle
1999 Winnipeg4×100 m freestyle
1999 Winnipeg4×100 m medley
2003 Santo Domingo50 m freestyle
2003 Santo Domingo4×100 m freestyle
1995 Mar del Plata4×100 m freestyle
1995 Mar del Plata4×200 m freestyle
1995 Mar del Plata100 m freestyle
Universiade
1995 Fukuoka50 m freestyle
1995 Fukuoka100 m freestyle
1995 Fukuoka4×100m freestyle

Fernando de Queiroz Scherer (born October 6, 1974) is a Brazilian former international swimmer. 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.

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.