Nelson Prudêncio

Nelson Prudêncio (April 4, 1944 – November 23, 2012) was a Brazilian athlete who competed in the triple jump. He won silver medals at the 1967 and 1971 Pan American Games and 1968 Summer Olympics, and a bronze at the 1972 Summer Olympics. Prudêncio was ranked world's #2 in 1968, #3 in 1972, #5 in 1975, and #8 in 1971.

Prudêncio's jump of at the 1968 Olympics was the world record before Viktor Saneyev extended it to a few minutes later.

Prudêncio was Professor of Physical Education at the Federal University of São Carlos and vice-president of Confederação Brasileira de Atletismo (Brazilian Athletics Confederation). He died of lung cancer on November 23, 2012, in São Carlos. He was 68 years old.

International competitions

Representing
1965	South American Championships	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	1st	Triple jump	14.96 m
1967	Pan American Games	Winnipeg, Canada	10th	Long jump	6.92 m
			2nd	Triple jump	16.45 m
	South American Championships	Buenos Aires, Argentina	1st	Triple jump	16.30 m
1968	Olympic Games	Mexico City, Mexico	2nd	Triple jump	17.27 m
1969	South American Championships	Quito, Ecuador	1st	Triple jump	16.34 m
1970	Universiade	Turin, Italy	8th	Triple jump	16.29 m
1971	Pan American Games	Cali, Colombia	2nd	Triple jump	16.82 m
	South American Championships	Lima, Peru	4th	Long jump	7.19 m
			1st	Triple jump	15.58 m
1972	Olympic Games	Munich, West Germany	3rd	Triple jump	17.05 m
1974	South American Championships	Santiago, Chile	2nd	Triple jump	16.09 m
1975	South American Championships	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	2nd	Triple jump	16.45 m
	Pan American Games	Mexico City, Mexico	4th	Triple jump	16.85 m
1976	Olympic Games	Montreal, Canada	14th (q)	Triple jump	16.22 m

References

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