Lavy Pinto

Lavy Pinto
Personal information
Full name	Lavinho Thomas Pinto
Nationality	Indian
Born	23 October 1929; Nairobi, Kenya Colony
Died	15 February 2020 (aged 90); Chicago, Illinois, US
Sport
Country	India
Sport	Track and field
Event(s)	Sprint
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	100 m: 10.6 (1952); 200 m: 21.5 (1956)
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing India
Asian Games

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Lavinho Thomas Pinto (23 October 1929 – 15 February 2020) was an Indian sprinter. He won two gold medals in the first Asian Games held in New Delhi in 1951 for the 100 and 200 metre sprints.^[1] He also competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics.^[1] Pinto later immigrated to the United States, settling in Chicago. He died there in 2020 at the age of 90.^[2]

Competition record[edit]

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing India
1952	Olympics	Helsinki, Finland	4th, SF 1	100 m	10.94/10.7

References[edit]

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Ananth, Venkat (1 October 2014). "The untold story of Lavy Pinto - India's first (and only) 100m Asiad gold medallist". Livemint. Retrieved 13 February 2017.
↑ Lavy Pinto at Olympedia

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[Ananth2014-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Ananth, Venkat (1 October 2014). "The untold story of Lavy Pinto - India's first (and only) 100m Asiad gold medallist". Livemint. Retrieved 13 February 2017.

[Olympedia-2] Lavy Pinto at Olympedia

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