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Sylvio dos Santos

Sylvio dos Santos

Brazilian swimmer and water polo player

Sylvio Kelly dos Santos (15 July 1935 – 4 November 2016) was a Brazilian sportsman. He competed in two Olympics. He represented Brazil in swimming at the 1952 and 1956 Olympics and in water polo at the 1959 Pan American Games.[1][2]

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He was brother of Márvio dos Santos, who participated at three Summer Olympics in Water Polo.[1]

At the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, he swam the 1500-metre and the 4×200-metre freestyle, not reaching the final.[1]

At the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, he swam the 400-metre freestyle, not reaching the final.[1]

At the 1959 Pan American Games in Chicago, he won the bronze medal in the Water Polo.[1][3][4]

He broke the Brazilian record in the 1500-metre freestyle, in Helsinki at the 1952 Summer Olympics.[5]

References

  1. [1]
    Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Sylvio dos Santos". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016. Retrieved 30 June 2013.
  2. [2]
    "Ex-presidente do Fluminense Sylvio Kelly morre aos 81 anos". 4 November 2016.
  3. [3]
    "Brazil medals at 1959 Pan". UOL (in Portuguese). 2007. Retrieved 30 June 2013.
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    "Brazilian medalists at 1959 Pan". Folha de S.Paulo (in Portuguese). 2007. Retrieved 30 June 2013.
  5. [5]
    "Historical progression of Brazilian record of 1500-metre freestyle". Best Swimming (in Portuguese). 8 April 2015. Retrieved 15 April 2015.


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