Claudinei Quirino Da Silva

Place: Lençóis Paulista

Born: 1970

Biography:

Quirino da Silva, also known as Claudinei Quirino da Silva, was born on November 19, 1970, in Lençóis Paulista, Brazil. He is a retired Brazilian sprinter who competed primarily in the 200 meters. 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, 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 4x100m. At the 1999 Pan American Games in Winnipeg, he won gold in the 200 meters and 4x100m 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. Quirino has won several medals in his career, including silver at the 2000 Olympic Games in the 4x100 meters relay, gold at the 1999 Pan American Games in the 200 meters and 4x100m relay, silver at the 1999 World Championships in the 200 meters, and bronze at the 1999 World Championships in the 4x100m relay. He also won silver at the 2003 South American Championships in the 200 meters, and gold at the 1997 South American Championships in the 200 meters and 4x100m relay. Quirino has also competed in the 100 meters, winning bronze at the 1999 Pan American Games.