António Leitão

Portuguese long-distance runner (1960–2012)

OIH

António Leitão

Personal information

Full name

António Carlos Carvalho Nogueira Leitão

Nationality

Portuguese

Born

22 July 1960
Espinho, Portugal

Died

18 March 2012(2012-03-18) (aged 51)
Porto, Portugal

Height

176 cm (5 ft 9 in)

Weight

68 kg (150 lb)

Sport

Country

Portugal

Sport

Athletics

Event

Track

Club

Benfica

Medal record

Men's Athletics

Representing Portugal
Olympic Games
	1984 Los Angeles	5000m

António Carlos Carvalho Nogueira Leitão OIH^[1] (22 July 1960 – 18 March 2012) was a Portuguese athlete who mainly competed in the long distance events.

Career

Born in Espinho, Leitão competed for Portugal at the 1984 Summer Olympics, where he won the bronze medal in the men's 5000 metres event. Following this result, he was viewed as one of the most promising athletes in his specialty; however, several injuries prevented him from participating in any further Olympic Games. He also competed for the Portuguese club Benfica.^[2]^[3]

Death

Leitão died in Porto from complications due to hemochromatosis.^[4] Following his death, the Corrida António Leitão was created, which is an annual athletics competition in Lisbon organized by Benfica.

Orders

Officer of the Order of Prince Henry^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b "Ordens Honoríficas Portuguesas" [Portuguese Honorary Orders] (in Portuguese). Presidency of the Portuguese Republic. Retrieved 1 June 2015. 1984/10/26
^ Antonio Leitao at Sports Reference
^ "Faleceu António Leitão" [António Leitão has died]. Archived from the original on 2016-02-13. Retrieved 2015-06-01.
^ "RTP Notícias".

External links

Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "António Leitão". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17.