April 17, 2012
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- The International Swimming Hall of Fame (ISHOF) will induct its 48th Class of Honorees on Saturday, May 12, in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. The 11-member class is headlined by former University of Michigan men's swimmer and Brazilian international Gustavo Borges.
While at Michigan, Borges was a 10-time NCAA champion (eight individual, two relay), a 24-time All-American and 20-time Big Ten champion. Swimming internationally for his native Brazil, he won four Olympic medals, two silver (100m freestyle, 1992; 200m freestyle, 1996) and two bronze (100m freestyle, 1996; 4x100m freestyle, 2000) medals. He is tied for the second-most Olympic medals by any Michigan athlete all-time and owns the most among any U-M swimmer ever. [ Michigan All-time Olympic Medalists ]
Borges holds the second-most Olympic medals of any Brazilian and the second-most Pan American Games gold medals of any Brazilian with eight.
The honor is the 19th for a University of Michigan affiliated swimmer or coach, and the first since Tom Dolan was inducted in 2006. Borges was a key member of the 1995 NCAA championship squad, as he swept the freestyle events with titles in the 50-yard, 100-yard and 200-yard races.
He currently resides in Sao Paulo, Brazil, where he runs his own swimming school.
BORGES HONORS & AWARDS
Olympic
• Four-time Olympian (Brazil)
1992, '96, 2000, '04
• Four-time Olympic medalist
Two silver medals:
100m freestyle, 1992;
200m freestyle, 1996
Two bronze medals:
100m freestyle, 1996; 4x100m freestyle, 2000
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NCAA
• 10-time NCAA champion
1992
100 freestyle, 200 freestyle
1993
100 freestyle, 800 freestyle relay
1994
100 freestyle, 200 freestyle, 800 freestyle relay
1995
50 freestyle, 100 freestyle, 200 freestyle
• 24-time All-American
• 1995 NCAA High-Point Award
• NCAA team champion (1995)
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Big Ten
• 20-time Big Ten champion
1992
2 individual, 3 relay
1993
3 individual, 4 relay
1994
2 individual, one relay
1995
2 individual, 3 relay
• 1992 Big Ten Freshman of the Year, Freshman of the Championships
• Four-time team champion
• Third all-time in 100-yard freestyle (42.46, 1994)
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U-M
• 1994 Michigan Male Athlete of the Year
• 100-yard freestyle record holder (42.46, 1994)
