Adhemar da Silva

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Olympic medalist
Adhemar da Silva
Medal record
Men's athletics
Gold	1952 Helsinki	Triple jump
Gold	1956 Melbourne	Triple jump

Adhemar Ferreira da Silva (September 29, 1927 – January 12, 2001) is a former Brazilian athlete who competed in the triple jump. He won two Olympic gold medals and set four world records, the last being 16,56 metres in 1956.

He was born in São Paulo, in a poor family, and began in the triple jump in 1947. Under the coaching of german Dietrich Gerner, he soon showed his talent, breaking the national record and taking a place in the Brazilian athletics team to 1948 Olympics, where he only took 14th place, but at Helsinki 1952 and Melbourne 1956, he became a two-time olympic champion and world record holder.

In 1959, Adhemar acted in the film Orfeu, by french director Marcel Camus, Academy Award's Best Foreign Picture that year.

He was atlete of São Paulo Futebol Clube,and because him,in the team coat have 2 gold stars in your homage.

Olympic champions in men's triple jump

1896: James Connolly | 1900: Myer Prinstein | 1904: Myer Prinstein | 1906: Peter O'Connor | 1908: Tim Ahearne | 1912: Gustaf Lindblom | 1920: Vilho Tuulos | 1924: Nick Winter | 1928: Mikio Oda | 1932: Chuhei Nambu | 1936: Naoto Tajima | 1948: Arne Åhman | 1952: Adhemar da Silva | 1956: Adhemar da Silva | 1960: Józef Szmidt | 1964: Józef Szmidt | 1968: Viktor Saneyev | 1972: Viktor Saneyev | 1976: Viktor Saneyev | 1980: Jaak Uudmäe | 1984: Al Joyner | 1988: Hristo Markov | 1992: Mike Conley | 1996: Kenny Harrison | 2000: Jonathan Edwards | 2004: Christian Olsson