Sylvio dos Santos
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| Full name | Sylvio Kelly dos Santos | |||||||||||||||||
| Nationality |  Brazil | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | 15 July 1935 Brazil | |||||||||||||||||
| Died | 4 November 2016 (aged 81) | |||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Freestyle | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Sylvio Kelly dos Santos (15 July 1935 – 4 November 2016) was a Brazilian sportsman. He competed in two Olympics. He represented Brazil in swimming at the 1952 and 1956 Olympics and in water polo at the 1959 Pan American Games.[1][2] He was brother of Márvio dos Santos, who participated at three Summer Olympics in Water Polo.[1] At the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, he swam the 1500-metre and the 4×200-metre freestyle, not reaching the final.[1] At the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, he swam the 400-metre freestyle, not reaching the final.[1] At the 1959 Pan American Games in Chicago, he won the bronze medal in the Water Polo.[1][3][4] He broke the Brazilian record in the 1500-metre freestyle, in Helsinki at the 1952 Summer Olympics.[5]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Sylvio dos Santos". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016. Retrieved 30 June 2013.
- ↑ "Ex-presidente do Fluminense Sylvio Kelly morre aos 81 anos". 4 November 2016.
- ↑ "Brazil medals at 1959 Pan". UOL (in português). 2007. Retrieved 30 June 2013.
- ↑ "Brazilian medalists at 1959 Pan". Folha de S.Paulo (in português). 2007. Retrieved 30 June 2013.
- ↑ "Historical progression of Brazilian record of 1500-metre freestyle". Best Swimming (in português). 8 April 2015. Retrieved 15 April 2015.
External links
- Sylvio dos Santos at World Aquatics
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- 1935 births
- 2016 deaths
- Brazilian male freestyle swimmers
- Brazilian male water polo players
- Swimmers at the 1952 Summer Olympics
- Swimmers at the 1956 Summer Olympics
- Olympic swimmers for Brazil
- Pan American Games bronze medalists for Brazil
- Pan American Games medalists in water polo
- Competitors at the 1959 Pan American Games
- Medalists at the 1959 Pan American Games
- 20th-century Brazilian sportsmen