Rui Pedro Silva (born 6 May 1981 in

Santo Tirso Santo Tirso () is a city and municipality located in the north of Porto Metropolitan Area, 25 km from central Porto, Portugal. In the region, the Ave Valley, there is a large center of textile industry. The population in 2011 was 71,530, in ...

) is a Portuguese

track and field Track and field is a sport that includes athletic contests based on running, jumping, and throwing skills. The name is derived from where the sport takes place, a running track and a grass field for the throwing and some of the jumping eve ...

athlete specialized in long distance and cross country

running Running is a method of terrestrial locomotion allowing humans and other animals to move rapidly on foot. Running is a type of gait characterized by an aerial phase in which all feet are above the ground (though there are exceptions). This is ...

. With Benfica, he won the Portuguese Road Men's Championship on 12 January 2014, repeating the achievement of 2009. On 11 January 2015, he won the title again in the same competition.

Competition record

Personal Bests

1500m The 1500 metres or 1,500-metre run (typically pronounced 'fifteen-hundred metres') is the foremost middle distance track event in athletics. The distance has been contested at the Summer Olympics since 1896 and the World Championships in Athlet ...

- 3:52.77 (2002) *

3000m The 3000 metres or 3000-metre run is a track running event, also commonly known as the "3K" or "3K run", where 7.5 laps are run around an outdoor 400 m track, or 15 laps around a 200 m indoor track. It is debated whether the 3000m shoul ...

- 8:02.37 (2005) * 5000m - 13:48.87 (2010) *

10000m The 10,000 metres or the 10,000-metre run is a common long-distance track running event. The event is part of the athletics programme at the Olympic Games and the World Athletics Championships, and is common at championship level events. The ra ...

- 28:01.63 (2009) * 3000m Steeplechase - 8:52.66 (2002) *

Half Marathon A half marathon is a road running event of —half the distance of a marathon. It is common for a half marathon event to be held concurrently with a marathon or a 5K race, using almost the same course with a late start, an early finish or shortcut ...

- 1:02:38 (2012) * Marathon - 2:12:15 (2012)

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* 1981 births Living people People from Santo Tirso Portuguese male middle-distance runners Portuguese male long-distance runners Olympic athletes for Portugal Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics S.L. Benfica athletes Sportspeople from Porto District {{Portugal-athletics-bio-stub