Rui Pedro Silva
Personal information | |
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Born | 6 May 1981 |
Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) |
Weight | 60 kg (130 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 |
Personal Bests[]
- 1500m - 3:52.77 (2002)
- 3000m - 8:02.37 (2005)
- 5000m - 13:48.87 (2010)
- 10000m - 28:01.63 (2009)
- 3000m Steeplechase - 8:52.66 (2002)
- Half Marathon - 1:02:38 (2012)
- Marathon - 2:12:15 (2012)
References[]
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 11 January 2015. Retrieved 11 January 2015.
{{cite web}}
: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "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[]
Categories:
- 1981 births
- Living people
- People from Santo Tirso
- Portuguese male middle-distance runners
- Portuguese male long-distance runners
- Olympic athletes of Portugal
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- S.L. Benfica athletes
- Portuguese athletics biography stubs