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| Full name | Sylvio Kelly dos Santos | |||||||||||||||||
| Nationality |  Brazil | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | 15 July 1935 Brazil | |||||||||||||||||
| Died | 4 November 2016 (aged 81) | |||||||||||||||||
| Sport | ||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Freestyle | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Sylvio Kelly dos Santos (15 July 1935 – 4 November 2016) was a Brazilian sportsman. He competed in two Olympics. He represented Brazil in swimming at the 1952 and 1956 Olympics and in water polo at the 1959 Pan American Games.[1][2]
He was brother of Márvio dos Santos, who participated at three Summer Olympics in Water Polo.[1]
At the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, he swam the 1500-metre and the 4×200-metre freestyle, not reaching the final.[1]
At the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, he swam the 400-metre freestyle, not reaching the final.[1]
At the 1959 Pan American Games in Chicago, he won the bronze medal in the Water Polo.[1][3][4]
He broke the Brazilian record in the 1500-metre freestyle, in Helsinki at the 1952 Summer Olympics.[5]
