Hélio da Silva
triple jumper · sprinter · pole vaulter
- December 2, 1923 · Rio de Janeiro
- July 12, 1987 · Rio de Janeiro
- 63 years
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Hélio da Silva, 63, Brazilian Olympic athlete (1948).
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|Hélio Coutinho da Silva (2 December 1923 – 12 July 1987) was a Brazilian sprinter and triple jumper.
At the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, he competed in the men's 100 metres, 4 × 100 metres relay and triple jump. At the 1951 Pan American Games in Buenos Aires, he won a silver medal in the triple jump as well as competing in the men's 100 metres, 200 metres and long jump.
Da Silva died in Rio de Janeiro on 12 July 1987, at the age of 63.
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