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Full name | Sylvio Kelly dos Santos | |||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Brazil | |||||||||||||||||
Born | (1935-07-15)15 July 1935 Brazil | |||||||||||||||||
Died | 4 November 2016(2016-11-04) (aged 81) | |||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||
Strokes | Freestyle | |||||||||||||||||
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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.
He was brother of Márvio dos Santos, who participated at three Summer Olympics in Water Polo.
At the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, he swam the 1500-metre and the 4×200-metre freestyle, not reaching the final.
At the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, he swam the 400-metre freestyle, not reaching the final.
At the 1959 Pan American Games in Chicago, he won the bronze medal in the Water Polo.
He broke the Brazilian record in the 1500-metre freestyle, in Helsinki at the 1952 Summer Olympics.
References
- ^ 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.
- "Ex-presidente do Fluminense Sylvio Kelly morre aos 81 anos". 4 November 2016.
- "Brazil medals at 1959 Pan". UOL (in Portuguese). 2007. Retrieved 30 June 2013.
- "Brazilian medalists at 1959 Pan". Folha de S.Paulo (in Portuguese). 2007. Retrieved 30 June 2013.
- "Historical progression of Brazilian record of 1500-metre freestyle". Best Swimming (in Portuguese). 8 April 2015. Retrieved 15 April 2015.
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- 1935 births
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- Brazilian male freestyle swimmers
- Brazilian male water polo players
- Swimmers at the 1952 Summer Olympics
- Swimmers at the 1956 Summer Olympics
- Olympic swimmers for Brazil
- Pan American Games bronze medalists for Brazil
- Pan American Games medalists in water polo
- Competitors at the 1959 Pan American Games
- Medalists at the 1959 Pan American Games
- 20th-century Brazilian sportsmen
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