Adhemar da Silva

Adhemar Ferreira da Silva ( born September 27, 1927 in São Paulo, † January 12, 2001 ) was a Brazilian triple jumper and Olympic champion.

At the Olympic Games in Helsinki in 1952 and in 1956 in Melbourne he won gold.

Da Silva was the dominant Springer -1950s. He improved the world record five times:

The last world record meant his victory at the Pan American Games. He won this title in 1951 in Buenos Aires, 1955 in Mexico City and in 1959 in Chicago.

He is so far the only Brazilian athlete who won two gold medals at the Olympic Games. At a height of 1.78 m his competition weight was 69 kg.

As an actor, Da Silva was involved in Marcel Camus ' Orfeu Negro award-winning feature film (1959). In 1971, he was seen again in Hall Bartlett's thriller The challenger as Big John.

In 2012 he was inducted into the IAAF Hall of Fame.