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Paulo Maurício Silva Machado (born July 24 1978 in Piracicaba São Paulo) is a Brazilian swimmer who specialized in backstroke events. Macahdo is a former member of the Tennessee Volunteers and a graduate of liberal arts and sciences at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville Tennessee.Machado qualified for two swimming events at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens by attaining a FINA A-standard entry time of 56.19 (100 m backstroke) from the national championships in Rio de Janeiro.