Saturday, May 31, 2008

Goans for India in International Athletics

MEN

Lavy Pinto
- won golds in 100m and 200m and silver in 4x100m at the Asian Games in Delhi 1951

Henry Rebello
- Long jump

N Ferrao
- 100m and 4x100m at the 1962 Asian Games in Jakarta

Anthony Coutinho
- 4x100m at 1964 Tokyo Olympics

Edward Sequeira
- 1500m at the 1966 Asian Games in Bangkok
- 5th in 1500m and 5000m at the 1970 Asian Games in Bangkok

Francis Clemente
- Macau International Marathon in Dec 2009

WOMEN

Marie (Simoes) Mendonca
- captained the Indian hockey team
- represented India at the 1st and 2nd Asian Games in Delhi(High jump) and Manila respectively in athletics
- 1956 wore Indian colours at the Melbourne Olympics.

Mary Emily D'Souza
- won bronze in the 200m at the 1951 Asian Games in Delhi
- won gold in the 4x100m at the 1954 Asian Games in Manila

Stephie D'Souza
- won gold in the 4x100m and finished 4th in 200m at the 1954 Asian Games in Manila
- won silver in the 200m at the 1958 Asian Games in Tokyo

Pat Mendonca
- finished 4th in the 100m at the 1951 Asian Games in Delhi

Irina Saldhana
- 4x100m at 1974 Asian Games in Tehran

Sylvina Pais
- 400m hurdles at 1994 Asian Games in Hiroshima

Pratima Gaonkar
- Asian Junior Athletics championships in Brunei in 2001

Sharnifa Da Costa
- Macau International Marathon in Dec 2009

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