SILVA Rui

Date of Birth: 28 Apr 1993

Age: 28

Gender: Male

Height (m/ft): 1.85/6'0''

Place of residence : GUIMARAES

Residence Country:

Portugal

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Handball	Men POR Portugal	9

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Yoyogi National Stadium	Men's Preliminary Round Group B #05 POR Portugal 31 EGY Egypt 37	Finished
	Yoyogi National Stadium	Men's Preliminary Round Group B #11 BRN Bahrain 25 POR Portugal 26	Finished
	Yoyogi National Stadium	Men's Preliminary Round Group B #14 SWE Sweden 29 POR Portugal 28	Finished
	Yoyogi National Stadium	Men's Preliminary Round Group B #23 POR Portugal 28 DEN Denmark 34	Finished
	Yoyogi National Stadium	Men's Preliminary Round Group B #25 POR Portugal 30 JPN Japan 31	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

World Championship

Rank	Event	Year	Location
10	Men	2021	Egypt

European Championship

Rank	Event	Year	Location
6	Men	2020

Occupation:

Marketing Management

Languages spoken:

FC Porto [Portugal]

Magnus Andersson [club], SWE; Paulo Pereira [national], POR

Position style:

Centre back (rtp.pt, 11 Jan 2021)

Sporting relatives:

His brother Nuno Silva is also a professional handball player who has competed in the Portuguese Campeonato Andebol 1. He was also part of the Portuguese handball team that won gold at the 2015 World University Games in Gwangju, Republic of Korea. His mother has served as president of the Xico Andebol club in Guimaraes, Portugal. (SportsDeskOnline, 19 Apr 2021; maisfutebol.iol.pt, 18 Mar 2021)

National league:

Campeonato Andebol 1 [POR] (fcporto.pt, 25 Mar 2021)

He took up the sport at age four. (maisfutebol.iol.pt, 18 Mar 2021)

His parents played handball and he followed his brother into the sport. (maisfutebol.iol.pt, 18 Mar 2021)

His brother and his parents. (maisfutebol.iol.pt, 18 Mar 2021)

He was named Best Male Player of the 2018/19 season by the Portuguese Handball Federation. (noticiasdeviseu.com, 26 Aug 2019)

General Interest

General
TATTOO HONOUR
He has a tattoo on his right arm of Portuguese handball player Alfredo Quintana who died in February 2021. "It was the way I found to remember him. My idea was he will always be alongside me in everything I do on the court. Everything I do with this arm will always have a part of Quintana. Because he is here. He is my super hero, the one I chose to be on my arm." (maisfutebol.iol.pt, 18 Mar 2021)

GLASSES
He competed wearing glasses for 10 years between 2010 and 2020. However, in December 2020 he decided to stop wearing glasses while competing after he sustained a blow that caused a cut under his eye. (Record, 08 Nov 2016; A Bola, 08 Nov 2016; maisfutebol.iol.pt, 17 Mar 2021)

Social Media

Legend

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

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