Country India Sport Track and field | Name Lavy Pinto Events Sprint | |
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Full name Lavinia Tome (Lavy Thomas) Pinto Born 23 October 1929 (age 94) ( 1929-10-23 ) Nairobi, Kenya Personal best(s) 100 m: 10.6 (1952)
200 m: 21.5 (1956) | ||
Lavinho Thomas 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. He also competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics.
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