Pedro da Silva (decathlete)

{{short description|Brazilian decathlete}}

Pedro Ferreira da Silva Filho (born October 24, 1966) is a former decathlete from Brazil. He won the gold medal in the men's decathlon event at the 1991 Pan American Games in Havana, Cuba, and competed for his native country at the 1992 Summer Olympics.

His personal best of 8266 points, set in Walnut, California in 1987, lasted twenty-five years as the Brazilian record. Luiz Alberto de Araújo bettered this mark at the 2012 Brazilian championships.Biscayart, Eduardo (2012-07-02). [http://www.iaaf.org/Mini/OLY12/News/NewsDetail.aspx?id=65551 De Araújo tallies 8267pt national record at Brazilian championships]. IAAF. Retrieved on 2012-07-09. He won three straight decathlon title at the South American Junior Championships in Athletics from 1983 to 1985. He was also the silver medallist at the 1984 Pan American Junior Athletics Championships.[http://www.wjah.co.uk/wojc/PAJC/PAJC1984.html Pan American Championships 1984] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120313021110/http://www.wjah.co.uk/wojc/PAJC/PAJC1984.html |date=2012-03-13 }}. World Junior Athletics History. Retrieved on 2012-07-09.

International competitions

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colspan="6"|Representing {{BRA}}
1985

|South American Championships

|Santiago, Chile

|5th

|Decathlon

|6354 pts

rowspan=2|1987

|Pan American Games

|Indianapolis, United States

| –

|Decathlon

|DNF

World Championships

|Rome, Italy

| —

|Decathlon

|DNF

1989

|South American Championships

|Medellín, Colombia

|6th

|Decathlon

|6619 pts

1990

|Ibero-American Championships

|Manaus, Brazil

|4th

|Decathlon

|6440 pts

rowspan=2|1991

|Pan American Games

|Havana, Cuba

|bgcolor="gold" | 1st

|Decathlon

|7762 pts

World Championships

|Tokyo, Japan

| —

|Decathlon

|DNF

rowspan=3|1992

|rowspan=2|Ibero-American Championships

|rowspan=2|Seville, Spain

| —

|Pole vault

|NM

14th

|Long jump

|6.79 m w (+2.2 m/s)

Olympic Games

|Barcelona, Spain

| —

|Decathlon

|DNF

rowspan=2|1995

|Pan American Games

|Mar del Plata, Argentina

|5th

|Decathlon

|6692 pts

South American Championships

|Manaus, Brazil

|bgcolor="gold" | 1st

|Decathlon

|7374 pts

References