Rui Pedro Silva
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About
Portuguese track and field athlete who won the Portuguese Road Men's Championship with Benfica in January of 2014. He also won the 10km event at the 2009 Lusofonia Games in Portugal. In the year 2010, he was part of the Portugal team that won 2nd place at the European Cross Country Championships.
Before Fame
In the year 2003, he participated in the 5000m event at the European Athletics U23 Championships held in Poland. In the following year, he took part in the 2004 Ibero-American Championships in Athletics held in Spain.
Trivia
He has participated in two Olympic Games. They were the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, and the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. His marathon personal best is 2:12:15, which he achieved in the year 2012.
Family Life
He was born in Portugal.
Associated With
He and fellow Olympic runner Carlos Lopes were both born in Portugal.
