Rui Pedro Silva
Rui Pedro Silva at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics, in Berlin | |
Personal information | |
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Born | 6 May 1981 |
Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) |
Weight | 60 kg (132 lb) |
Sport | |
Country | Portugal |
Sport | Athletics |
Event(s) | Marathon, 10,000 m |
Rui Pedro Silva (born 6 May 1981 in Santo Tirso) is a Portuguese track and field athlete specialized in long distance and cross country running.
With Benfica, he won the Portuguese Road Men's Championship on 12 January 2014, repeating the achievement of 2009.[1] On 11 January 2015, he won the title again in the same competition.[2]
Competition record
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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Representing Portugal | |||||
2003 | European U23 Championships | Bydgoszcz, Poland | — | 5000m | DNF |
2004 | Ibero-American Championships | Huelva, Spain | 10th | 5000 m | 14:32.85 |
2006 | European Cross Country Championships | San Giorgio su Legnano, Italy | 5th | Senior race | Individual |
3rd | Team | ||||
2008 | Olympic Games | Beijing, China | 34th | 10,000 m | 29:09.03 |
European Cross Country Championships | Brussels, Belgium | 8th | Senior race | Individual | |
8th | Team | ||||
2009 | Lusophony Games | Lisbon, Portugal | 1st | 10 km | 30:14 |
World Championships | Berlin, Germany | 23rd | 10,000 m | 28:51.40 | |
2010 | European Championships | Barcelona, Spain | – | 10,000 m | DNF |
European Cross Country Championships | Albufeira, Portugal | 8th | Senior race | Individual | |
2nd | Team | ||||
2012 | European Championships | Helsinki, Finland | 8th | 10,000 m | 28:31.16 |
Olympic Games | London, United Kingdom | – | Marathon | DNF | |
2016 | European Championships | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 76th | Half marathon | 1:10:04 |
References
- ↑
- ↑ "Atletismo: SL Benfica sagra-se Tricampeão Nacional de Estrada" [Athletics: SL Benfica becomes Thrice National Champion of Road Running]. slbenfica.pt (in Portuguese). S.L. Benfica. 11 January 2015. Retrieved 11 January 2015.
External links
- Rui Pedro Silva profile at IAAF
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