Danny Silva

Danny Silva (born 24 July 1973 in Perth Amboy, United States) is a Portuguese cross-country skier and biathlete.

Danny Silva is an English teacher and lives in Almeirim. He denied in January 2004 in Candanchu with a cross-country sprint his first FIS races. After further operations he had in the following year in Oberstdorf his first appearance at a World Nordic Ski Championships. In the race over 15 km freestyle, he was 119th, 88th in the sprint and in the 50 -kilometer race he did not finish. At the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin Silva started at the cross-country competitions from Pragelato Plan in the race over 15 kilometers in the classical style and has been there 93 He was the only starter in Portugal at these Olympic Games and the first Portuguese participants since 1998. Next major event were the Nordic World Ski Championships in Sapporo. In the sprint, he ran on the 77th, the race over 30 kilometers of the Portuguese did not run to the end. In summer 2007, he participated in the Summer Biathlon World Championships in Otepaeae and there was 32 ​​in the Cross -Country Sprint Competition. In 2009, Silva took part in the Nordic World Ski Championships. At the World Championships in Liberec, he was the 130 sprints, over 30 kilometers, it did not come back to the finish. Also at the Olympic Winter Games 2010, he participated as the only participant of Portugal. In the 15 -kilometer freestyle, he finished 95th