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Nelson Prudêncio

1944 - 2012

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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 17.27 metres (56 feet 8 inches) at the 1968 Olympics was the world record before Viktor Saneyev extended it to 17.39 metres (57 feet 1 inch) a few minutes later. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Nelson Prudêncio is the 556th most popular athlete (up from 676th in 2019), the 454th most popular biography from Brazil (up from 572nd in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Brazilian Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Nelson Prudêncio ranks 556 out of 6,025. Before him are Gerhard Auer, Herbert Jamison, František Douda, John Mulcahy, Hartmut Briesenick, and Ellen Braumüller. After him are Jaan Kikkas, Rodolfo Terlizzi, Ivo Trumbić, Frank Wykoff, André Bonin, and Walter Bathe.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1944, Nelson Prudêncio ranks 435. Before him are Ana Derșidan-Ene-Pascu, Diana Bracho, Pleun Strik, John Onaiyekan, Andrew Loog Oldham, and Daniel Morelon. After him are Annette Lu, Kati Kovács, Gene Clark, Doreen Massey, Yitzhak Mordechai, and José Dolhem. Among people deceased in 2012, Nelson Prudêncio ranks 246. Before him are William Windom, Eugênio Sales, Ahmed Jabari, Cordelia Edvardson, Boris Parygin, and Leon Schlumpf. After him are Paul Pietsch, Donald "Duck" Dunn, Félicien Marceau, Vladimir Krutov, Lupe Ontiveros, and Isuzu Yamada.

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In Brazil

Among people born in Brazil, Nelson Prudêncio ranks 454 out of 2,236. Before him are Filipe Luís (1985), Ricardo Gomes (1964), Júlio Prestes (1882), Romeu Pellicciari (1911), Alfredo Brilhante da Costa (1904), and Luiz Bueno (1937). After him are Éder Militão (1998), Leivinha (1949), Rafinha (1985), Douglas Costa (1990), Jorginho Putinatti (1959), and Alemão (1961).

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Among ATHLETES In Brazil

Among athletes born in Brazil, Nelson Prudêncio ranks 2. Before him are Adhemar da Silva (1927). After him are Vanderlei de Lima (1969), Joaquim Cruz (1963), João Carlos de Oliveira (1954), Torben Grael (1960), Glover Teixeira (1979), Robson da Silva (1964), Robert Scheidt (1973), Renzo Gracie (1967), Maurren Maggi (1976), and Fabiana Murer (1981).

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