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
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. 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 ...
in
Havana, Cuba
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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
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The greater Walnut Valley is located betw ...
in 1987, lasted twenty-five years as the
Brazilian record.
Luiz Alberto de Araújo
Luiz Alberto Cardoso de Araújo (born 27 June 1987) is a Brazilian decathlete.
Career
He broke the South American record in decathlon in 30 June 2012, with 8,276 points. In June 2013, Carlos Chinin broke his record, with the mark of 8,393 po ...
bettered this mark at the 2012 Brazilian championships. He won three straight decathlon title at the
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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
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