José António Silva (born October 27, 1971) is a
Portuguese sprint and
marathon canoer who competed in the early 1990s. At the
1992 Summer Olympics
The 1992 Summer Olympics (, ), officially the Games of the XXV Olympiad (, ) and officially branded as Barcelona '92, were an international multi-sport event held from 25 July to 9 August 1992 in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Beginning in 1994 ...
in
Barcelona
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, he was eliminated in the semifinals of both the
K-2 500 m and the
K-2 1000 m events.
José António, together with
João Gomes, became the first European Champions in K2 at
1995 Canoe Marathon European Championships and the first Portuguese to win the
International Sella River Descent
The International Sella River Descent (Spanish: , popularly known as ) is a canoeing and kayaking race that has been held since 1930 on the Saturday following 2 August along the Sella River between Arriondas and Ribadesella (Asturias), Spain.
...
, in
Ribadesella
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(
Asturias
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It is coextensive with the provinces of Spain, province of Asturias and contains some of the territory t ...
) also in 1995.
[El PaÃs]
Gomes y Silva se imponen en el descenso del Sella.
» Retrieved Jan 17, 2024
See also
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1995 Canoe Marathon European Championships
External links
Personal page of Jose Antonio Silva
References
Olympedia.org profileHistória da Federação Portuguesa de Canoagem
1971 births
Living people
Canoeists at the 1992 Summer Olympics
Olympic canoeists for Portugal
Portuguese male canoeists
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