Alexandre Dias Paradeda (born 24 November 1972 in Porto Alegre), also known as Xandi or Careca,[1] is a Brazilian sailor who competed in the Summer Olympic Games, the Pan American Games, the South American Games, the Snipe World Championships and the 470 World Championships.

[2] Paradeda first major success came in 1987, when he won the Brazilian National Championship of the Optimist class.

In 1997, he entered 470 competition at the 470 World Championships in Tel Aviv, where he finished 10th.

Back to the 470 class, he competed in the World Championships in Cagliari 2002, Cádiz 2003 and Zadar 2004.

Again in the Snipe class, he became Western Hemisphere & Orient champion in 2004, won the gold medal at the 2007 Pan American Games and took 6th place in 2015.