João Silva

João Silva is a Portuguese professional triathlete, born in Benedita, Alcobaça, in 1989. He won the European Under-23 title three times, in 2008, 2010 and 2011, and took Portuguese junior and under-23 national titles earlier in his career. At the 2012 Summer Olympics in London he finished ninth, which made him the most decorated male triathlete in Portuguese history at that point, and he won World Triathlon Series gold medals in Yokohama in 2011 and 2012. He joined the S.L. Benfica triathlon team in 2013 and won silver at the 2015 European Games in Baku. He also raced for French clubs in the Club Championship Series Grand Prix de Triathlon, and he studied medicine at the Universidade Nova de Lisboa.