Edson Luques Bindilatti (born 13 March 1979 in

Camamu Camamu is a municipality in the state of Bahia, Brazil. Politically, it is in the Valença subregion of the Sul Baiano region. It is located on the southern coast of Bahia state, the Costa do Dendê (Palm Coast), along the BA-001 highway. The munic ...

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) is a

decathlete The decathlon is a combined event in athletics consisting of ten track and field events. The word "decathlon" was formed, in analogy to the word "pentathlon", from Greek δέκα (''déka'', meaning "ten") and ἄθλος (''áthlos'', or ἄθ ...

and

bobsledder Bobsleigh or bobsled is a team winter sport that involves making timed runs down narrow, twisting, banked, iced tracks in a gravity-powered sleigh. International bobsleigh competitions are governed by the International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Feder ...

from

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Career

As a decathlete, Bindilatti won a silver medal at the 1996 South American Junior Championships and then took gold medals at the

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and 1998 South American Junior Championships. He took the silver medal at the 1999 South American Championships, then the gold medals at the

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and 2003 South Junior Championships, the first gold in a competition record of 7564 points. Against European competitors as well, he won the

2000 Ibero-American Championships The 2000 Ibero-American Championships in Athletics (Spanish: ''IX Campeonato Iberoamericano de Atletismo'') was the ninth edition of the international athletics competition between Ibero-American nations which was held at the Estádio Célio de Ba ...

and the silver medal at the 2002 Ibero-American Championships. He became the national champion six times, from 1999 through 2004. Bindilatti took up bobsleigh after being approached by

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in 1999: Bindilatti was unfamiliar with the sport, and agreed to take it up after Maleson asked him to watch the film ''

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''. He competed for Brazil at the

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and

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. He competed for

Brazil at the 2014 Winter Olympics Brazil competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia from 7 to 23 February 2014. With 13 athletes qualified, Brazil sent its largest ever team to the Winter Olympics, surpassing the ten it qualified for the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake ...

in the four-man competition where he placed in 29th position out of 30 teams along with Fábio Gonçalves Silva, Edson Martins and Odirlei Pessoni. Bindilatti was selected as flag bearer for the Brazilian team in the

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of the

2018 Winter Olympics , nations = 93 , athletes = 2,922 (1,680 men and 1,242 women) , events = 102 in 7 sports (15 disciplines) , opening = , closing = , opened_by = President Moon Jae-in , cauldron = Kim Yun-a , stadium = Pyeongchang Olympic Stadium , winte ...

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. He was part of the Brazilian crews which finished 27th in the two-man and 23rd in the four-man competitions at those Games. He qualified to represent Brazil at the

2022 Winter Olympics The 2022 Winter Olympics (2022年冬季奥林匹克运动会), officially called the XXIV Olympic Winter Games () and commonly known as Beijing 2022 (2022), was an international winter multi-sport event held from 4 to 20 February 2022 in Beij ...

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* 1979 births Living people Sportspeople from Bahia Brazilian decathletes Brazilian male bobsledders Bobsledders at the 2002 Winter Olympics Bobsledders at the 2006 Winter Olympics Bobsledders at the 2014 Winter Olympics Bobsledders at the 2018 Winter Olympics Bobsledders at the 2022 Winter Olympics Olympic bobsledders for Brazil Troféu Brasil de Atletismo winners {{Brazil-bobsleigh-bio-stub