Pedro Ferreira da Silva Filho (born October 24, 1966) is a former

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 ...

from

Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...

. He won the gold medal in the men's decathlon event at the

1991 Pan American Games The 1991 Pan American Games were held in Havana, Cuba from August 2 to August 18, 1991. There were 4,519 athletes from 39 countries of the Pan American Sports Organization, PASO community, with events in 33 different sports. The main stadium was ...

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, and competed for his native country at the

1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 1992), officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XXV Olimpiada, ca, Jocs de la XXV Olimpíada) and commonly known as ...

. His personal best of 8266 points, set in Walnut, California in 1987, lasted twenty-five years as the Brazilian record. Luiz Alberto de Araújo bettered this mark at the 2012 Brazilian championships. He won three straight decathlon title at the

South American Junior Championships in Athletics The South American U20 Championships in Athletics are the South American championships in the sport of athletics which is open for those in the junior age category (19 years or under). It is organized by the South American Athletics Confederation (C ...

from 1983 to 1985. He was also the silver medallist at the 1984 Pan American Junior Athletics Championships.Pan American Championships 1984
. World Junior Athletics History. Retrieved on 2012-07-09.

International competitions

References

1966 births Living people Brazilian decathletes Brazilian male athletes Olympic athletes of Brazil Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics Pan American Games athletes for Brazil Pan American Games medalists in athletics (track and field) Pan American Games gold medalists for Brazil Athletes (track and field) at the 1987 Pan American Games Athletes (track and field) at the 1991 Pan American Games Athletes (track and field) at the 1995 Pan American Games World Athletics Championships athletes for Brazil Medalists at the 1991 Pan American Games 20th-century Brazilian people {{Brazil-athletics-bio-stub