Claudinei Quirino da Silva (born November 19, 1970, in

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) is a retired

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ian sprinter who competed primarily in

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Career

He has been successful on regional and world level, and won a 2000 Olympic silver medal with the Brazilian

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team. In 1999 he ran the 200m dash in 19.89 seconds, the former South American record. At the

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, Claudinei Quirino won the bronze medal in the 200 meters, with a time of 20s26; in

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, in Sevilla, Spain he won silver in the 200 meters, with 20 seconds and bronze in the .Claudinei da Silva profile at World Athletics
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, he won gold in the 200 meters and relay. Still in 1999, he won gold in the final stage of the IAAF Grand Prix, in 1999, in Munich, Germany, in the 200 meters race, with a time of 19s89.

Achievements

(200 metres unless noted) *2003 South American Championships - silver medal *

2000 Olympic Games The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad, officially branded as Sydney 2000, and also known as the Games of the New Millennium, were an international multi-sport event held from 15 September to 1 October ...

- silver medal (4x100 metres relay) *

- sixth place *

- gold medal (4x100 metres relay) *

- bronze medal (100 m) *

- gold medal * 1999 World Championships - silver medal *1999 South American Championships - gold medal (4x100 metres relay) *1997 South American Championships - gold medal (4x100 metres relay) *1997 South American Championships - gold medal * 1997 World Championships - bronze medal * 1995 World Championships - fifth place *1995 South American Championships - silver medal

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* 1970 births Living people Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1999 Pan American Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2003 Pan American Games Bobsledders at the 2006 Winter Olympics Brazilian male bobsledders Brazilian male sprinters Olympic athletes for Brazil Olympic bobsledders for Brazil Olympic silver medalists for Brazil Pan American Games athletes for Brazil World Athletics Championships medalists Pan American Games gold medalists for Brazil Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists in athletics (track and field) Pan American Games gold medalists in athletics (track and field) Goodwill Games medalists in athletics South American Games silver medalists for Brazil South American Games medalists in athletics Competitors at the 1994 South American Games Competitors at the 1998 Goodwill Games Medalists at the 1999 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2003 Pan American Games Athletes from São Paulo (state) Troféu Brasil de Atletismo winners 20th-century Brazilian sportsmen {{Brazil-bobsleigh-bio-stub