Edson Luques Bindilatti (born 13 March 1979 in

Camamu Camamu is a municipality in the state of Bahia, Brazil. Politically, it is in the Valença subregion of the Sul Baiano region. It is located on the southern coast of Bahia state, the Costa do Dendê (Palm Coast), along the BA-001 highway. The mun ...

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) is a

decathlete The decathlon is a combined event in athletics consisting of 10 track and field events. The word "decathlon" was formed, in analogy to the word "pentathlon", from Greek δέκα (''déka'', meaning "ten") and ἄθλος (''áthlos'', or ἄθ� ...

and

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from

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Career

As a decathlete, Bindilatti won a silver medal at the 1996 South American Junior Championships and then took gold medals at the

1997 Events January * January 1 – The Emergency Alert System is introduced in the United States. * January 11 – Turkey threatens Cyprus on account of a deal to buy Russian S-300 missiles, prompting the Cypriot Missile Crisis. * January 1 ...

and 1998 South American Junior Championships. He took the silver medal at the 1999 South American Championships, then the gold medals at the

2001 The year's most prominent event was the September 11 attacks against the United States by al-Qaeda, which Casualties of the September 11 attacks, killed 2,977 people and instigated the global war on terror. The United States led a Participan ...

and 2003 South Junior Championships, the first gold in a competition record of 7564 points. Against European competitors as well, he won the 2000 Ibero-American Championships and the silver medal at the 2002 Ibero-American Championships. He became the national champion six times, from 1999 through 2004. Bindilatti took up bobsleigh after being approached by Eric Maleson in 1999: Bindilatti was unfamiliar with the sport and agreed to take it up after Maleson asked him to watch the film ''

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''. He competed for Brazil at the

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and

2006 Winter Olympics The 2006 Winter Olympics (), officially the XX Olympic Winter Games () and also known as Torino 2006, were a winter multi-sport event held from 10 to 26 February in Turin, Italy. This marked the second time Italy had hosted the Winter O ...

. He competed for Brazil at the 2014 Winter Olympics in the four-man competition where he placed in 29th position out of 30 teams along with

Fábio Gonçalves Silva Fábio Gonçalves Silva (born March 27, 1977) is a bobsledder from Brazil. He competed for Brazil at the 2014 Winter Olympics in the Bobsleigh at the 2014 Winter Olympics – Four-man, four-man competition where he placed in 29th position out of ...

, Edson Martins and Odirlei Pessoni. Bindilatti was selected as flag bearer for the Brazilian team in the

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of the

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. He was part of the Brazilian crews which finished 27th in the two-man and 23rd in the four-man competitions at those Games. He qualified to represent Brazil at the

2022 Winter Olympics The 2022 Winter Olympics, officially called the XXIV Olympic Winter Games () and commonly known as Beijing 2022 (2022), were an international winter multi-sport event held from 4 to 20 February 2022 in Beijing, China, and surrounding areas wit ...

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* 1979 births Living people Sportspeople from Bahia Brazilian decathletes Brazilian male bobsledders Bobsledders at the 2002 Winter Olympics Bobsledders at the 2006 Winter Olympics Bobsledders at the 2014 Winter Olympics Bobsledders at the 2018 Winter Olympics Bobsledders at the 2022 Winter Olympics Olympic bobsledders for Brazil Troféu Brasil de Atletismo winners {{Brazil-bobsleigh-bio-stub