João Silva

João Pedro Lopes da Silva (born 15 May 1989) is a Portuguese professional triathlete. He was the European Under-23 Champion in 2008, 2010 and 2011, National Junior Champion in 2006 and 2007 and the National Under-23 Champion in 2008. At the 2012 Summer Olympics Silva placed 9th thus becoming the most decorated male triathlete in Portuguese history. On 23 January 2013, Silva joined S.L. Benfica's triathlon team. He won the silver medal at the 2015 European Games in Baku.

Career Silva was born in Benedita, Alcobaça, Portugal. At the age of seventeen Silva won his first medals at Junior World Championships and in the same year he started to take part in and to achieve top ten positions at Elite competitions.

At the World Championship Series and World Triathlon Series triathlons in Yokohama he won the gold medals in 2011 and 2012. In 2012 he also represented Portugal at the London Olympics and placed 9th.

In France, Silva takes part in the prestigious Club Championship Series Grand Prix de Triathlon. At the Grand Final in Nice, he placed 3rd in the individual ranking and 1st in the club ranking. His club Les Sables Vendee Tri is also the French Club Champion of the year 2012.

Silva studies medicine at the Universidade Nova de Lisboa.

ITU Competitions In the ten years from 2003 to 2012, Silva took part in 60 ITU competitions and achieved 26 top ten positions. The following list is based upon the official ITU Athlete's Page. Unless indicated otherwise the following competitions are triathlons and belong to the Elite category.

Date Competition Place Rank 2006-04-23 European Cup Estoril DNF 2006-09-02 World Championships (Junior) Lausanne 3 2006-10-07 Duathlon European Championships (Junior) Rimini 2 2006-10-28 Premium European Cup Eilat 5 2007-01-21 Pan American Cup La Paz DNF 2007-01-28 Pan American Cup Villarrica 28 2007-05-06 BG World Cup Lisbon 61 2007-05-19 Duathlon World Championships (Junior) Gyor 5 2007-06-03 BG World Cup Madrid DNF 2007-06-16 Duathlon European Championships (Junior) Edinburgh 1 2007-06-29 European Championships (Junior) Copenhagen 3 2007-07-21 European Championships (U23) Kuopio 37 2007-08-30 BG World Championships (Junior) Hamburg 8 2007-09-09 Premium European Cup Kedzierzyn Kozle 11 2007-10-07 BG World Cup Rhodes 17 2007-11-04 BG World Cup Cancun 40 2007-12-01 BG World Cup Eilat DNF 2008-03-30 BG World Cup Mooloolaba DNF 2008-04-06 BG World Cup New Plymouth 45 2008-04-19 Premium European Cup Pontevedra 36 2008-05-10 European Championships (Junior) Lisbon 2 2008-06-05 BG World Championships (Junior) Vancouver 14 2008-09-06 European Championships (U23) Pulpí 1 2008-09-27 Duathlon World Championships (Junior) Rimini 20 2009-04-05 European Cup Quarteira 15 2009-05-02 Dextro Energy World Championship Series Tongyeong 46 2009-05-17 Premium European Cup Pontevedra DNF 2009-06-20 European Championships (U23) Tarzo Revine 15 2009-07-02 European Championships Holten 30 2009-09-09 Dextro Energy World Championship Series, Grand Final (U23 World Championship) Gold Coast DNF 2009-09-26 Duathlon World Championships (U23) Concord 7 2010-04-11 European Cup Quarteira 2 2010-04-18 World Cup Monterrey 1 2010-05-08 Dextro Energy World Championship Series Seoul 22 2010-06-05 Dextro Energy World Championship Series Madrid 7 2010-07-03 European Championships Athlone 4 2010-07-17 Dextro Energy World Championship Series Hamburg 10 2010-07-24 Dextro Energy World Championship Series London 11 2010-08-14 Dextro Energy World Championship Series Kitzbuhel 7 2010-08-28 European Championships (U23) Vila Nova de Gaia (Porto) 1 2010-09-08 Dextro Energy World Championship Series, Grand Final Budapest 4 2011-04-09 Dextro Energy World Championship Series Sydney 8 2011-06-04 Dextro Energy World Championship Series Madrid 27 2011-06-24 European Championships Pontevedra DNF 2011-07-16 Dextro Energy World Championship Series Hamburg 5 2011-08-06 Dextro Energy World Championship Series London 20 2011-08-20 Sprint World Championships Lausanne 8 2011-09-09 Dextro Energy World Championship Series, Grand Final Beijing 27 2011-09-19 Dextro Energy World Championship Series Yokohama 1 2011-10-09 World Cup Huatulco 7 2011-10-28 European Championships (U23) Eilat 1 2012-03-31 European Cup Quarteira 43 2012-04-20 European Championships Eilat 25 2012-05-10 World Triathlon Series San Diego 52 2012-08-04 Olympic Games London 9 2012-08-25 World Triathlon Series Stockholm 18 2012-09-01 European Championships (U23) Aguilas 14 2012-09-29 World Triathlon Series Yokohama 1 2013-04-07 World Triathlon Series Auckland 3 2013-04-20 World Triathlon Series San Diego 3 2015-06-14 European Games Baku 2

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