Ulisses dos Santos

Ulisses Laurindo dos Santos (13 May 1929 – 17 March 2021) was a Brazilian sprint and hurdling track and field athlete and journalist.

Dos Santos was born in Coruripe, Alagoas in 1929. In the early 1940s, his family moved to Rio de Janeiro, where he worked as a bakery delivery boy. He later worked as an administrative assistant, and at eighteen, joined the army, where he became a proficient short and middle-distance runner. He competed for the Vasco da Gama and Flamengo clubs.

Dos Santos competed in the men's 400 metres hurdles at the 1956 Summer Olympics. He also finished 5th in the 400 metres hurdles at the 1959 Pan American Games, and won several medals at the South American Championships in Athletics.

After retiring from athletics in 1965, dos Santos concentrated on his career as a sports journalist, writing a column about athletics in Correio da Manhã, and reporting on various sporting events. He died in 2021 as a result of complications after contracting COVID-19.

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