José Fiolo

José Fiolo

Personal information
Full name	José Sylvio Fiolo
Nationality	Brazil
Born	(1950-03-02) March 2, 1950
Height	1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	77 kg (170 lb)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Breaststroke
Medal record Pan American Games 1967 Winnipeg 100 m breaststroke 1967 Winnipeg 200 m breaststroke 1967 Winnipeg 4x100 m medley 1971 Cali 100 m breaststroke 1971 Cali 4x100 m medley 1975 Mexico City 100 m breaststroke 1975 Mexico City 4x100 m medley

José Sylvio Fiolo (born March 2, 1950) is a former international breaststroke swimmer from Brazil.

Fiolo participated for his native country at three consecutive Summer Olympics: 1968 Mexico City, 1972 Munich and 1976 Montreal. In 1968, he obtained the 4th place in the 100 meter breaststroke; also participated in the 200-metre breaststroke and 4×100-metre medley, not going to the finals. In 1972, he was 6th in the 100-metre breaststroke, and along the Brazilian relay, ranked 5th in the 4×100-metre medley. Also attended the 200 meter breaststroke, not going to the finals. In 1976, participated in the 100-metre breaststroke, not going to the finals.

His greatest achievement occurred on February 19, 1968, at age 17, when, alone in the pool but in front of a crowd in the stands of the Clube de Regatas Guanabara, in Rio de Janeiro – the same place and the same way as Manuel dos Santos broke seven years before the world record of 100-metre freestyle – he established the World Record for the 100-metre breaststroke race, with a time of 1:06.4.

Fiolo also holds seven medals in Pan American Games: two Gold won at the 1967 Pan American Games in Winnipeg, Canada and five bronze, won in 1967, 1971 and 1975 Pans.

He's been living in Australia for more than 20 years. His son, Pietro Figlioli, was player of water polo of the Australian team, and now, by the Italian team.

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