Edson Luques BINDILATTI

Brazil

Bobsleigh

Date of Birth: 13 Mar 1979

Age: 42

Gender: Male

Place of birth: CAMAMU

Birth Country:

Brazil

Residence: CAMAMU

Residence Country:

Brazil

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Bobsleigh	2-man BRA Brazil	29
	4-man BRA Brazil	20

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Yanqing National Sliding Centre	2-man Official Training Heat 1	Finished
After Heat 1	Yanqing National Sliding Centre	2-man Official Training Heat 2	Finished
	Yanqing National Sliding Centre	2-man Official Training Heat 3	Finished
After Heat 3	Yanqing National Sliding Centre	2-man Official Training Heat 4	Finished
	Yanqing National Sliding Centre	2-man Official Training Heat 5	Finished
	Yanqing National Sliding Centre	2-man Official Training Heat 6	Finished
	Yanqing National Sliding Centre	2-man Heat 1	Finished
	Yanqing National Sliding Centre	2-man Heat 2	Finished
	Yanqing National Sliding Centre	2-man Heat 3	Finished
	Yanqing National Sliding Centre	4-man Official Training Heat 1	Finished
After Heat 1	Yanqing National Sliding Centre	4-man Official Training Heat 2	Finished
	Yanqing National Sliding Centre	4-man Official Training Heat 3	Finished
After Heat 3	Yanqing National Sliding Centre	4-man Official Training Heat 4	Finished
	Yanqing National Sliding Centre	4-man Official Training Heat 5	Finished
After Heat 5	Yanqing National Sliding Centre	4-man Official Training Heat 6	Finished
	Yanqing National Sliding Centre	4-man Heat 1	Finished
	Yanqing National Sliding Centre	4-man Heat 2	Finished
	Yanqing National Sliding Centre	4-man Heat 3	Finished
	Yanqing National Sliding Centre	4-man Heat 4	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Athlete:

Historical Results

Olympic Games
Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
23	4-man	2018	PyeongChang, KOR	00:02:29.490
25	4-man	2006	Torino, ITA	00:02:58.940
26	4-man	2014	Sochi, RUS	00:02:50.710
27	2-man	2018	PyeongChang, KOR	00:02:30.710
27	4-man	2002	Salt Lake City, USA	00:03:16.730

World Championships
Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
23	4-man	2016	Innsbruck, AUT	2:35.58
27	2-man	2016	Innsbruck, AUT	2:38.11

World Cup Rankings
Season	2-man	4-man
2021/22	35	33
2016/17	30	28
2015/16		33
2014/15	38	34

World Cup - Best Achievements
Season	2-man	4-man
2021/22	1 x 27th	1 x 23rd

Ten Best World Cup Performances in Current Season
Rank	Event	Season	Location	Result
23	4-man	2021/22	St. Moritz, SUI	1:06.27
27	2-man	2021/22	St. Moritz, SUI	1:07.64

Nickname:

Blue Birds (team)

Hobbies:

Football, spending time with his family; going to the park, shopping malls, and the movies.

Occupation:

Athlete, Student

Education:

Undergraduate degree in Physical Education from the University of Grande ABC (Santo Andre, BRA).
Postgraduate degree in Sports Training from University Center of the United Metropolitan Colleges [FMU] (Sao Paolo, BRA).

Family:

Wife, Renata. Son, Dayron (born 2014). Daughter, Luiza (born November 2018). Father, Jair. Mother, Dirce.

Languages spoken:

Portuguese, English

Club name:

Clube Paulista de Desportos no Gelo

Coach:

National: Bryan Berghorn (USA)
Personal: Cristiano Paes (BRA)

Position style:

Pilot

Other sports:

Athletics: Competed in decathlon starting in 1993, winning titles at the national level (six-consecutive times), continental (four) and Ibero-American (one).

Debut:

2006 World Cup in Koenigssee (Four-man - 33rd)

Injuries:

2004: Suffered a stress fracture in the tibia in his left leg and underwent surgery.

National team:

2000

Start:

Was invited to try bobsleigh in 2000, and decided to pursue the sport despite never having seen snow before. "The president of the Brazilian confederation told me to rent 'Cool Runnings' so I could see what that was about." (Info 2018; ibsf.org)

Reason:

Likes the speed and the challenge. (Info 2018)

“I’m scared of heights so a lot of people were wondering how I was going to do in a sport where you go 150 kilometres per hour without a safety belt, brakes or motor. I don’t know. It was love at first sight.” (news.com.au, 17 Feb 2018)

Ambition:

To compete at his fifth Olympic Winter Games in 2022 and to finish in the top 20 in both the two- and four-man. (rededoesporte.gov.br, 2 Jun 2020; insidethegames.biz, 24 Jan 2022)

Training:

During the COVID-19 pandemic, he trained in the parking lot of his condominium. (rededoesporte.gov.br, 2 Jun 2020)

Memorable:

Entering the stadium during the Opening Ceremony at his first Olympic Winter Games at Salt Lake 2002.

Winning the North American Cup title in the four-man in 2017/18 with one victory in Whistler and three third-place results in Park City. (firstsportz.com, 20 Jun 2021)

Hero:

Formula One driver Ayrton Senna (BRA), world champion in 1988, 1990, and 1991.

Bobsledder Steven Holcomb (USA), 2010 Olympic champion (four-man), 2014 Olympic two-time silver medallist (two-man, four-man), five-time World champion. (Info 2018)

His parents. "They adopted me when I was months old, and I just have to thank them." (cpdg.com.br)

Influence:

His mother. (Info 2018)

Philosophy:

"Always be focused." (Info 2018)

Award:

Opening Ceremony Flagbearer (2018)
Brazil Olympic Prize for Ice Sports (2017, 2015)
Brazil Olympic Prize for Bobsleigh (2002)

General Interest

MOTORCYCLE THEFT
Just prior to leaving for the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games, his motorcycle was stolen while he was training at his gym in Sao Paolo. In response, the Brazilian Ice Sports Confederation set up a crowdfunding campaign to raise money for a new bike. (esportes.r7.com, 19 Feb 2014)

ADOPTION
Was adopted at the age of one. In 2016, he met his birth parents - his mother a rubber tapper, and his father a retired machinist, who were not married and were unable to raise him at the time - and his 12 brothers. "I always wanted to see them, to know if I had brothers, if they were like me. But traveling to compete in athletics and bobsleigh I never had time." (oglobo.com, 28 Jan 2018)

WINTER FOR THE FIRST TIME
First winter experience was in Lake Placid, NY, USA. "Until then, I had never seen snow. When we got there it was minus 10 degrees, and the first thing we did was go back into the airport to put on all the clothes we had, which also didn't help much." (desporto.sapo.pt, 16 Feb 2018)

IN MEMORY
Slides with a photo of former teammate and 2014 and 2018 Olympian Odirlei Pessoni on the team's helmets and sled. Pessoni, the team's mechanic who had built a push track in his garage, was killed in a motorcycle accident in March 2021 in Brazil. "Talking about Odirlei is difficult for me. I lived with him in athletics and bobsleigh. He was the heart of the team and made the team go up to 220 (get energetic). In the most tense hours, he was the one who controlled the situation. On the sled, he was 'hands-on'. He loved what he did, and he did it with love. We miss him, it was a great loss, but we are doing everything for his memory and to make him well represented." (olympics.com, 21 December 2021)

RETIREMENT
Will retire from bobsleigh at the conclusion of the Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games. (insidethegames.biz, 24 Jan 2022)

Milestones

Has competed at four Olympic Winter Games (2002, 2006, 2014, 2018). Is the oldest bobsledder from Brazil to ever compete at an Olympic Winter Games.

Competed at the 2016 World Championships (27th in two-man, 23rd in four-man).

Social Media

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event

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