Vasco de Paiva Vilaça (born 21 December 1999) is a

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. He won the gold medal at the

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on the Junior Men category and later on, a silver medal at the ITU World Triathlon Grand Final in

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also on the Junior category. Vasco also competes in Super League Triathlon. He finished 12th in the 2019 Championship series and 4th in 2021. He finished in second place at the inaugural SLT Arena Games, held in

, 2020. Vilaca took his first Super League Triathlon Championship Series event podium in Munich, in the 2022 series, when he finished 2nd behind Australian Triathlete

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Personal life

His one year older sister, Vera Vilaça, is also an elite Portuguese triathlete with both of them being national champions on almost every age category.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Vilaça, Vasco 1999 births Living people Portuguese male triathletes S.L. Benfica (triathlon) Sportspeople from Lisbon