Lavy Pinto

{{Short description|Indian sprinter (1929–2020)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2019}}

{{Use Indian English|date=March 2019}}

{{Infobox sportsperson

| name = Lavy Pinto

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| fullname = Lavinho Thomas Pinto

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| nationality = Indian

| club =L.A.C.

| sport = Track and field

| event = Sprint

| birth_date = {{birth date|1929|10|23|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Nairobi, Kenya Colony

| death_date = {{death date and age|2020|2|15|1929|10|23|df=yes}}

| death_place = Chicago, Illinois, US

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| country = India

| pb = 100 m: 10.6 (1952)
200 m: 21.5 (1956)

| show-medals = yes

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{{MedalSport|Men's athletics}}

{{MedalCountry|{{IND}}}}

{{MedalCompetition|Asian Games}}

{{MedalGold|1951 New Delhi|100 m}}

{{MedalGold|1951 New Delhi|200 m}}

{{MedalSilver|1951 New Delhi|4×100 m relay}}

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Lavinho Thomas Pinto (23 October 1929 – 15 February 2020) was an Indian sprinter. He won two gold medals in the first Asian Games held in New Delhi in 1951 for the 100 and 200 metre sprints.{{cite web|last1=Ananth|first1=Venkat|title=The untold story of Lavy Pinto - India's first (and only) 100m Asiad gold medallist|url=http://www.livemint.com/Consumer/J3ySMeKOYCiffC4H69iCFL/The-untold-story-of-Lavy-Pinto--Indias-first-and-only-10.html|work=Livemint|accessdate=13 February 2017|date=1 October 2014}} He also competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics. Pinto later immigrated to the United States, settling in Chicago. He died there in 2020 at the age of 90.{{Olympedia|71401}}