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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Indian sprinter}}<br />
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{{Infobox athlete<br />
| name = Lavy Pinto<br />
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| fullname = Lavinho Thomas Pinto<br />
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| nationality = Indian<br />
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| sport = [[Track and field]]<br />
| event = [[Sprint (running)|Sprint]]<br />
| birth_date = {{birth date|1929|10|23|df=yes}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Nairobi]], [[Kenya Colony]]<br />
| death_date = {{death date and age|2020|2|15|1929|10|23|df=yes}}<br />
| death_place = [[Chicago, Illinois]], US<br />
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| country = India<br />
| pb = '''100&nbsp;m''': 10.6 (1952)<br>'''200&nbsp;m''': 21.5 (1956)<br />
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{{MedalSport|Men's [[Athletics (sport)|athletics]]}}<br />
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{{MedalCompetition|[[Athletics at the Asian Games|Asian Games]]}}<br />
{{MedalGold|[[1951 Asian Games|1951 New Delhi]]|100&nbsp;m}}<br />
{{MedalGold|1951 New Delhi|200&nbsp;m}}<br />
{{MedalSilver|1951 New Delhi|4×100&nbsp;m relay}}<br />
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'''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><br />
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==Competition record==<br />
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!colspan="6"|Representing {{flagIOC|IND|1952 Summer}}<br />
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|1952<br />
|[[1952 Summer Olympics|Olympics]]<br />
|[[Helsinki]], [[Finland]]<br />
|4th, SF 1<br />
|100 m<br />
|[[Athletics at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metres|10.94/10.7]]<br />
|}<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
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{{Footer Asian Games Champions 100 metres Men}}<br />
{{Footer Asian Games Champions 200 metres Men}}<br />
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[[Category:1929 births]]<br />
[[Category:2020 deaths]]<br />
[[Category:Sportspeople from Nairobi]]<br />
[[Category:Indian male sprinters]]<br />
[[Category:Olympic athletes of India]]<br />
[[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1952 Summer Olympics]]<br />
[[Category:Asian Games medalists in athletics (track and field)]]<br />
[[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1951 Asian Games]]<br />
[[Category:Asian Games gold medalists for India]]<br />
[[Category:Asian Games silver medalists for India]]<br />
[[Category:Medalists at the 1951 Asian Games]]</div>->Toad62