Eduardo Deboni (born 24 September 1981 in

Erechim Erechim () is a Municipalities of Brazil, municipality in the States of Brazil, state of Rio Grande do Sul, located in the South Region, Brazil, South Region of Brazil. Recognized as a subregional hub in the country, it serves as the central cit ...

) is a Brazilian competitive

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. Integrated the Brazilian national delegation in

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, as a reserve. He was at the

2007 World Aquatics Championships The 2007 World Aquatics Championships, or the XII FINA World Championships, were held in Melbourne, Australia from 17 March to 1 April 2007. The competition took place at three locations in central Melbourne: the Melbourne Sports and Aquatic C ...

, in

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where he helped the 4×100-metre freestyle relay of Brazil to qualify for the final. At the

2007 Pan American Games The 2007 Pan American Games, officially known as the XV Pan American Games () and commonly known as Rio 2007, were a major Americas, continental multi-sport event that took place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from July 13 to 29, 2007. A total of ...

, in

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, he won a gold medal in the 4×100-metre freestyle (beating the South American and Pan American records, with a time of 3:15.90, along with Fernando Silva, Nicolas Oliveira and

César Cielo César Augusto Cielo Filho (, born 10 January 1987) is a Brazilian former competitive swimmer who specialized in sprint events. He is the most successful Brazilian swimmer in history, having obtained three Olympic medals, winning six individu ...

), silver in the 4×100-metre medley (by having participated in heats) and 4th place in the 100-metre freestyle. Participating in the

2008 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) The 9th FINA Swimming World Championships (25 m) were held at the Manchester Arena, in Manchester, United Kingdom 9–13 April 2008. The United States topped the medal table with 10 gold medals, though host team Great Britain Great B ...

, in

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, reached the 4×100-metre freestyle final, finishing in 8th place. also helped the 4×100-metre medley to go to the final beating the South American record with a time of 3:29.74, along with

Guilherme Guido Guilherme Augusto Guido (born 12 February 1987) is a Brazilian backstroke swimming, backstroke swimmer who specializes in sprint events. He was twice a finalist in the 100 metre backstroke at World Championships When Guido was young, he was a bi ...

Felipe França Felipe is the Spanish variant of the name Philip, which derives from the Greek adjective ''Philippos'' "friend of horses". Felipe is also widely used in Portuguese-speaking Brazil alongside Filipe, the form commonly used in Portugal. Noteworthy ...

and

Lucas Salatta Lucas Vinícius Yokoo Salatta (born 27 April 1987 in São Paulo) is a Brazilian backstroke swimmer. At his 1998 state championship, Salatta set two age records in the 100m freestyle (1:04.50) and 100m butterfly (1:09.30) with only 11 years old. ...

; ranked 25th in the 50-metre freestyle, and 28th in the 100-metre freestyle.

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