SILVA Joao Pedro

Date of Birth: 29 Jan 1994

Age: 27

Gender: Male

Height (m/ft): 1.90/6'2''

Place of birth: NOVA IGUACU

Birth Country:

Brazil

Place of residence : PUENTE-GENIL

Residence Country:

Spain

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Handball	Men BRA Brazil	10

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Yoyogi National Stadium	Men's Preliminary Round Group A #01 NOR Norway 27 BRA Brazil 24	Finished
	Yoyogi National Stadium	Men's Preliminary Round Group A #07 BRA Brazil 29 FRA France 34	Finished
	Yoyogi National Stadium	Men's Preliminary Round Group A #17 BRA Brazil 25 ESP Spain 32	Finished
	Yoyogi National Stadium	Men's Preliminary Round Group A #19 ARG Argentina 23 BRA Brazil 25	Finished
	Yoyogi National Stadium	Men's Preliminary Round Group A #29 GER Germany 29 BRA Brazil 25	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Olympic Games

Rank	Event	Year	Location
7	Men	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA

World Championship

Rank	Event	Year	Location
16	Men	2017	France
16	Men	2015	Qatar
18	Men	2021	Egypt

Pan American Games

Rank	Event	Year	Location
3	Men	2019	Lima, PER

Occupation:

Partner Gabriela Jordao

Languages spoken:

Club Balonmano Puente Genil [Spain] since 2020/21

Francisco Bustos Gamez [club], ESP; Marcus Oliveira [national], BRA

Position style:

Centre back (cbhb.org.br, 02 Jan 2021)

Right (chamberysavoiehandball.com, 2015)

Sporting relatives:

His brother Matheus Silva also represents Brazil in handball, and competed at the 2019 World Junior Championship in Spain. (cbhb.org.br, 02 Jan 2021; tcheesportes.com, 13 Dec 2020; SportsDeskOnline, 13 May 2021)

A shoulder injury prevented him from competing at the 2019 World Championship in Germany and Denmark. (ihf.info, 01 Jan 2019)

National league:

Liga ASOBAL [ESP] (clubbalonmanopuentegenil.es, 09 Mar 2021)

He began playing handball in 2005 in Nova Iguacu, Brazil. (oglobo.globo.com, 30 Jul 2016; esportes.estadao.com.br, 18 Jan 2015)

"My older brother used to play handball at school. I enjoyed football, as everyone else. But as I watched a game in 2005, I got the chills. At that moment I thought, 'I want to do it too'. It was love at first sight." (oglobo.globo.com, 30 Jul 2016)

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Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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