Adhemar Ferreira da Silva 2001 Deaths
Adhemar Ferreira da Silva
Age: 73Olympic triple jump champion in 1952 and 1956, and the only Brazilian athlete to win two Olympic gold medals; awarded the Olympic Merit award by the Brazilian Olympic Committee in 2000. He died of pneumonia.
Died: Sao Paulo, Brazil, Jan. 12Devaughn Darling | A - F | Lawrence (Crash) Davis |