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{{Short description|Indian sprinter}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2019}}
{{Use Indian English|date=March 2019}}
{{Infobox athlete
| name             = Lavy Pinto
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| fullname         = Lavinho Thomas Pinto
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| nationality      = Indian
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| sport            = [[Track and field]]
| event            = [[Sprint (running)|Sprint]]
| birth_date       = {{birth date|1929|10|23|df=yes}}
| birth_place      = [[Nairobi]], [[Kenya Colony]]
| death_date       = {{death date and age|2020|2|15|1929|10|23|df=yes}}
| death_place      = [[Chicago, Illinois]], US
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| country          = India
| pb               = '''100&nbsp;m''': 10.6 (1952)<br>'''200&nbsp;m''': 21.5 (1956)
| show-medals      = yes
| medaltemplates   =
{{MedalSport|Men's [[Athletics (sport)|athletics]]}}
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{{MedalCompetition|[[Athletics at the Asian Games|Asian Games]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[1951 Asian Games|1951 New Delhi]]|100&nbsp;m}}
{{MedalGold|1951 New Delhi|200&nbsp;m}}
{{MedalSilver|1951 New Delhi|4×100&nbsp;m relay}}
}}

'''Lavinho Thomas Pinto''' (23 October 1929 &ndash; 15 February 2020) was an [[India]]n [[Sprint (running)|sprinter]].  He won two gold medals in the first Asian Games held in New Delhi in 1951 for the 100 and 200 metre sprints.<ref name=Ananth2014>{{cite web|last1=Ananth|first1=Venkat|title=The untold story of Lavy Pinto - India’s first (and only) 100m Asiad gold medallist|url=http://www.livemint.com/Consumer/J3ySMeKOYCiffC4H69iCFL/The-untold-story-of-Lavy-Pinto--Indias-first-and-only-10.html|work=Livemint|accessdate=13 February 2017|date=1 October 2014}}</ref> He also competed in the [[1952 Summer Olympics]].<ref name=Ananth2014 /> Pinto later immigrated to the [[United States]], settling in [[Chicago]]. He died there in 2020 at the age of 90.<ref name="Olympedia">{{Olympedia|71401}}</ref>

==Competition record==
{| {{AchievementTable|Event=yes}}
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!colspan="6"|Representing {{flagIOC|IND|1952 Summer}}
|-
|1952
|[[1952 Summer Olympics|Olympics]]
|[[Helsinki]], [[Finland]]
|4th, SF 1
|100 m
|[[Athletics at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metres|10.94/10.7]]
|}

==References==
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==External links==
* {{sports-reference}}{{India-athletics-bio-stub}}

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[[Category:1929 births]]
[[Category:2020 deaths]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from Nairobi]]
[[Category:Indian male sprinters]]
[[Category:Olympic athletes of India]]
[[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1952 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Asian Games medalists in athletics (track and field)]]
[[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1951 Asian Games]]
[[Category:Asian Games gold medalists for India]]
[[Category:Asian Games silver medalists for India]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 1951 Asian Games]]