Rui Pedro Silva (born 6 May 1981 in Santo Tirso) is a Portuguese track and field athlete specialized in long distance and cross country running.
With Benfica, he won the Portuguese Road Men's Championship on 12 January 2014, repeating the achievement of 2009. On 11 January 2015, he won the title again in the same competition.
Competition record Representing 2003European U23 ChampionshipsBydgoszcz, Poland —5000mDNF2004Ibero-American ChampionshipsHuelva, Spain10th5000 m14:32.852006European Cross Country ChampionshipsSan Giorgio su Legnano, Italy5thSenior raceIndividual3rdTeam2008Olympic GamesBeijing, China34th10,000 m29:09.03European Cross Country ChampionshipsBrussels, Belgium8thSenior raceIndividual8thTeam2009Lusophony GamesLisbon, Portugal1st10 km30:14World ChampionshipsBerlin, Germany23rd10,000 m28:51.402010European ChampionshipsBarcelona, Spain –10,000 mDNFEuropean Cross Country ChampionshipsAlbufeira, Portugal8thSenior raceIndividual2ndTeam2012European ChampionshipsHelsinki, Finland8th10,000 m28:31.16Olympic GamesLondon, United Kingdom –MarathonDNF2016European ChampionshipsAmsterdam, Netherlands76thHalf marathon1:10:04
Personal Bests 1500m – 3:52.77 (2002) 3000m – 8:02.37 (2005) 5000m – 13:48.87 (2010) 10000m – 28:01.63 (2009) 3000m Steeplechase – 8:52.66 (2002) Half Marathon – 1:02:38 (2012) Marathon – 2:12:15 (2012)
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