caption event death_date death_place birth_place weight height pb sport birth_date image article_title
nelson prudêncio in 1968 triple jump 23 november 2012 são carlos , são paulo lins , são paulo 71 kg lb on 1.82 m ftin on 17.27 m -lrb- 1968 -rrb- athletics 4 april 1944 nelson prudêncio 1968.jpg nelson prudêncio

nelson prudêncio

nelson prudêncio -lrb- april 4 , 1944 -- november 23 , 2012 -rrb- was a brazilian athlete who competed in the triple jump .
he won silver medals at the 1967 and 1971 pan american games and 1968 summer olympics , and a bronze at the 1972 summer olympics .
prudêncio was ranked world 's # 2 in 1968 , # 3 in 1972 , # 5 in 1975 , and # 8 in 1971 .
prudêncio 's jump of at the 1968 olympics was the world record before viktor saneyev extended it to a few minutes later .
prudêncio was professor of physical education at the federal university of são carlos and vice-president of confederação brasileira de atletismo -lrb- brazilian athletics confederation -rrb- .
he died of lung cancer on november 23 , 2012 , in são carlos .
he was 68 years old .
