Fernando Eurico de Barros Oliveira da Fonseca e Costa (also ''Fernando Costa'', born 29 April 1985) is a Portuguese former swimmer, who specialized in long-distance freestyle events. He is a two-time Olympian, and currently holds the Portuguese record in the 1500 m freestyle from the

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. Costa made his first Portuguese team, as a 19-year-old, at the

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, where he competed in the men's 1500 m freestyle. Swimming in last out of five heats, Costa closed out the field with an eighth-place finish and twenty-first overall in 15:32.55, more than thirty seconds behind the winner

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of Russia. At the

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, Costa qualified for the second time in the men's 1500 m freestyle, by clearing a FINA B-standard entry time of 15:16.22 from the

. Costa challenged six other swimmers on the second heat, including three-time Olympians

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of Romania, and

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of France. He raced to sixth place by two seconds behind Coman in 15:26.21. Costa failed to advance into the final for the second time, as he placed twenty-ninth overall in the prelims. Costa is also a former member and a student assistant coach of the swimming team for the

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, and a graduate of nutrition and food science at

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