Brazilian swimmer
Leônidas da Silva
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Full name | Leônidas Francisco Marques da Silva |
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Nationality | Brazil |
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Born | (1914-04-05)5 April 1914 Brazil |
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Died | 18 April 1996(1996-04-18) (aged 82)[1] |
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Sport | Swimming |
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Strokes | Freestyle |
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Leônidas Francisco Marques da Silva (5 April 1914 – 18 April 1996) was an Olympic freestyle swimmer from Brazil, who participated at one Summer Olympics for his native country.[2] At the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, he swam the 100-metre and the 4×200-metre freestyle, not reaching the finals.[2]
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