Edson Bindilatti

Edson Bindilatti
Personal information
Born March 13, 1979 (age 36)
Camamu, Bahia, Brazil
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) (6' 3)
Weight 100 kg / 220 lb

Edson Luques Bindilatti (born March 13, 1979 in Camamu, Bahia[1]) is a decathlete and bobsledder from Brazil.

Career

As a decathlete Bindilatti won a silver medal at the 1996 South American Junior Championships and then took gold medals at the 1997 and 1998 South American Junior Championships.[2] He took the silver medal at the 1999 South American Championships, then the gold medals at the 2001 and 2003 South Junior Championships, the first gold in a competition record of 7564 points.[3] Against European competitors as well, he won the 2000 Ibero-American Championships and the silver medal at the 2002 Ibero-American Championships.[4] He became the national champion six times, from 1999 through 2004.[5]

He competed for Brazil at the 2002 and 2006 Winter Olympics.

He competed for Brazil at the 2014 Winter Olympics in the four-man competition[6] where he placed in 29th position out of 30 teams along with Fábio Gonçalves Silva, Edson Martins and Odirlei Pessoni.[7]

References

  1. Sochi 2014 profile
  2. "South American Junior Championships (Men)". GBR Athletics. Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 28 April 2014.
  3. "South American Championships (Men)". GBR Athletics. Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 28 April 2014.
  4. "Ibero American Championships". GBR Athletics. Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 28 April 2014.
  5. "Brazilian Championships". GBR Athletics. Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 28 April 2014.
  6. "Comitê Olímpico inscreve 13 atletas em Sochi 2014" [Olympic Committee inscribed 13 athletes in Sochi 2014]. http://www.brasil.gov.br/'' (in Portuguese). Brazilian Government. 31 January 2014. Retrieved 31 January 2014.
  7. Final 4 man bobsled results at Sochi 2014