Álvaro Manuel Santos Rosa Silva (21 April 1965 – 29 April 2025) was a Portuguese athlete who specialized in the

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. He ran the

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early in his career, and was on the national team in the

4 × 400 metres relay The 4 × 400 metres relay or long relay is an athletics track and field, track event in which teams consist of four runners who each complete 400 metres or one lap, totaling 1600 meters. It is traditionally the final event of ...

, competing in two Olympic Games.

Biography

In individual races, Silva finished fifth at both the

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and 1988 Ibero-American Championships. Furthermore, he competed in the 1983 European Junior Championships, the 1986 European Championships, the 1987 World Championships, the 1988 European Indoor Championships, the 1988 Olympic Games and the 1989 European Indoor Championships without reaching the final. As a relay runner, Silva finished fourth at the 1983 Ibero-American Championships, won a bronze medal at the 1988 Ibero-American Championships, reached the semi-final at the 1988 Olympic Games, before only reaching the heat at the 1992 Olympic Games. His personal best times were 46.6 seconds in the 400 metres and 1:45.12 minutes in the 800 metres, both achieved in 1988. In August 1991 he set his lifetime best in the

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of 3:38.73 minutes. Silva died on 29 April 2025, at the age of 60.

References

1965 births 2025 deaths Athletes from Lisbon Portuguese male sprinters Portuguese male middle-distance runners Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics World Athletics Championships athletes for Portugal Olympic athletes for Portugal 20th-century Portuguese sportsmen S.L. Benfica athletes {{Portugal-athletics-bio-stub