| Claudinei da Silva | |
| Full Name: | Claudinei Quirino da Silva |
| Birth Place: | Lençóis Paulista, São Paulo |
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Claudinei Quirino da Silva (born November 19, 1970, in Lençóis Paulista) is a retired Brazilian sprinter who competed primarily in 200 metres.[1]
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He has been successful on regional and world level, and won a 2000 Olympic silver medal with the Brazilian 4 x 100 metres relay team.
In 1999 he ran the 200m dash in 19.89 seconds, the former South American record.
At the 1997 World Championships in Athletics in Athens, Claudinei Quirino won the bronze medal in the 200 meters, with a time of 20s26; in 1999 World Championships in Athletics, in Sevilla, Spain he won silver in the 200 meters, with 20 seconds and bronze in the .[2]
At the 1999 Pan American Games in Winnipeg, 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.[2]
(200 metres unless noted)