André Domingos da Silva (born 26 November 1972) is a Brazilian athlete who competed mainly in the

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and

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. He competed for Brazil in the

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held in

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, United States in the 4 x 100 metre relay where he won the bronze medal with his teammates

Arnaldo da Silva Arnaldo de Oliveira da Silva (born 26 March 1964) is a former Brazilian athlete who competed mainly in the 100 metres. He is a four-time Olympian (1984, 1988, 1992 and 1996). He competed for Brazil at the 1996 Summer Olympics held in Atlanta, Un ...

Robson da Silva Robson Caetano da Silva (born September 4, 1964 in Rio de Janeiro) is a Brazilian sprinter. He participated in four consecutive Olympic Summer Games (1984, 1988, 1992, 1996) and won the bronze medal over 200 metres in the 1988 Seoul Olympics as ...

and

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. In the

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held in

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, Australia he was again part of the Brazilian 4 x 100 metre team with Edson Ribeiro and newcomers

Vicente de Lima Vicente Lenílson de Lima (born June 4, 1977) is a Brazilian sprinter specializing in the 100 metres, 200 metres, and the 4×100 metres relay. De Lima represented Brazil at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. The 37.90 seconds were not enough ...

and

Claudinei da Silva Claudinei Quirino da Silva (born November 19, 1970, in Lençóis Paulista) is a retired Brazilian sprinter who competed primarily in 200 metres. __TOC__ Career He has been successful on regional and world level, and won a 2000 Olympic silver ...

and this time the team won the silver medal.Andre Da Silva at Sports Reference
/ref> da Silva competed in 4 consecutive Olympics, in the

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in Barcelona, 1992; the 100 metres and relay in Atlanta, 1996; the

and relay in Sydney, 2000; and the

and relay in Athens, 2004. He was a part of the gold medal winning 4x100 relay at the 1999 Pan Am Games as well as the Universiade winner in the individual

that same year. His personal best times are 10.06 seconds over 100 m and 20.15 seconds over 200 m.

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