Mário Silva (athlete)

Mário Manuel da Silva (born 23 July 1961 in Madina do Boe, Guinea-Bissau) is a retired Portuguese runner who specialized in the 1500 metres. He won a bronze medal at the 1991 World Indoor Championships behind Noureddine Morceli and Fermín Cacho. That indoor season Silva ran in 3:36.46 minutes, which placed him third in the world ranking, again behind Morceli and Cacho.

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing  Portugal
1988	Olympic Games	Seoul, South Korea	9th	1500 m
1990	European Championships	Split, Yugoslavia	3rd	1500 m
1991	World Indoor Championships	Seville, Spain	3rd	1500 m
	World Championships	Tokyo, Japan	6th	1500 m

References

• IAAF profile for Mário Silva
• sports-reference

Awards
Preceded by Bernardo Marques	Olympic Medal Nobre Guedes 1990	Succeeded by Vitor Hugo Miguel Barroso

Persondata
Name	Silva, Mario
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Date of birth	23 July 1961
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