Lavy Pinto
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| Full name | Lavinia Tome (Lavy Thomas) Pinto | ||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 23 October 1929 Nairobi, Kenya |
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| Country | India | ||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Track and field | ||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | Sprint | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Personal best(s) | 100 m: 10.6 (1952) 200 m: 21.5 (1956) |
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Lavy Pinto (born 23 October 1929) is an Indian former sprinter. He is the first Indian to win a Gold medal in the Asian Games which he won in the first Asian Games held in New Delhi in 100 and 200 meter categories.[1] He also competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics.[2]
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