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Lavy Pinto

Personal information
Full name	Lavinho Thomas Pinto
Nationality	Indian
Born	(1929-10-23)23 October 1929 Nairobi, Kenya Colony
Died	15 February 2020(2020-02-15) (aged 90) Chicago, Illinois, US
Sport
Country	India
Sport	Track and field
Event	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 1951 New Delhi 100 m 1951 New Delhi 200 m 1951 New Delhi 4×100 m relay

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. He also competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics. Pinto later immigrated to the United States, settling in Chicago. He died there in 2020 at the age of 90.

Competition record

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing  India
1952	Olympics	Helsinki, Finland	4th, SF 1	100 m	10.94/10.7
1952	Olympics	Helsinki, Finland	5th, SF 2	200 m	22.01/21.46

References

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.
2. Lavy Pinto at Olympedia (archive)

External links

• Lavy Pinto at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)

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