Gustavo Borges

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.