Leobaldo Pereira Pulido (born July 31, 1972) is a

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n sprint canoeist who competed in the late 1990s and the early 2000s. He won the silver medal in the C-2 1000 m event at the

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. Pereira also won four medals at the

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with a gold (C-2 500 m:

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), a silver (C-2 1000 m:

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), and two bronzes (C-2 200 m and C-2 1000 m: both 2001).

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