Andre Brasil

Perninha (Athlete, 21 Sep 2010)

Playing with his son Leonardo, going to the beach, watching films. (andrebrasil.com, 18 Sep 2016)

Competing at the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. (blog.hammerhead.com.br, 19 Sep 2017)

Canadian Para swimmer Benoit Huot, Brazilian Para swimmer Clodoaldo Silva, and his parents. (ParalympicSportTV, 25 Aug 2012; Athlete, 21 Sep 2010)

Brazilian Para swimmer Clodoaldo Silva, Brazilian swimmer Gustavo Borges. (Athlete, 21 Sep 2010)

He underwent surgery on his left shoulder in May 2018 and was out of action until February 2019. (Instagram profile, 22 Feb 2019; olimpiadatododia.com.br, 20 Feb 2019)

In 2014 doctors discovered he had five hernias. He required nine months of rehabilitation and also worked with a psychologist to put the injury into perspective. (folha.uol.com.br, 28 Aug 2016; paralympic.org, 03 Jun 2015)

He missed three months of competition in 2007 after suffering from tendinopathy in both shoulders. (Athlete, 21 Sep 2010)

"Go hard or go home." (paralympic.org, 03 Jun 2015)

He was flag bearer for Brazil at the 2011 Parapan American Games in Guadalajara, Mexico. (globoesporte.globo.com, 10 Nov 2011)

To compete at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo. (Instagram profile, 15 Nov 2018)

The impairment to his left leg is a result of the effects of a polio vaccine he had as a child. He underwent eight operations before he was age eight, and his left leg is five centimetres shorter than his right. (caixa.gov.br, 08 Nov 2017; andrebrasil.com, 18 Sep 2016; folha.uol.com.br, 28 Aug 2016)

INELIGIBILITY
In April 2019 he underwent reclassification ahead of the World Series event in Sao Paulo, Brazil. He had spent the previous 14 years competing in the S10 category but after the mandatory reclassification, which all Para swimmers were required to undertake following a reworking of the classification process in 2018, he was told that he would not be able to compete in freestyle, butterfly or backstroke but he was still eligible for breastroke events. The Brazilian Paralympic Committee [CPB] filed an official protest with the International Paralympic Committee [IPC] over Brasil's ineligibility. "They doubted me when I became a Paralympic athlete but my limitation has not changed since then. There was no improvement or worsening of the condition. I only have losses because I am going to age with the years of training and effort as an athlete," Brasil said. (swimswam.com, 02 May 2019; globoesporte.globo.com, 25 Apr 2019)