CORNEL WROTE: Hi Goanetters, I'd like to repeat an earlier request I made on Goanet some time ago. Does anyone know anything about the sprinter Levy Pinto, once reputed to be the fastest man in Asia? I believe he was located in Mumbai. I am just curious to know if there is anything on record or known about him. His name had come up often in early Goan papers in the sports sections. Cornel DaCosta
FN NOTES: Sports is not my area of interest, but a search on Google is all it takes. Guess you're referring to Lavy Pinto. See http://wapurl.co.uk/?5SYD68W which has lots of references (a shorter URL for Google search). THE TRIBUNE says: http://whttp://www.tribuneindia.com/2002/20021005/spr-trib.htmww.tribuneindia.com/2002/20021005/spr-trib.htm Lavy Pinto became the fastest man in Asia bagging the 100 metres and 200 metres in athletics, a discipline that gave India 10 gold. And, check this: DINNER WITH 'SPRINT KING' LAVY PINTO CHICAGO, June 21: Dr. Avertano Noronha organised a dinner the great Goan track-star Lavy Pinto in Chicago recently. Lavy Pinto (Ex-Morod Mapusa, Nairobi Kenya, and Bombay) won the gold medals in the 100m, 200m sprints in the 1950 Asian Games and represented India in the 1952 Olympics. It was a memorable dinner as Lavy reminisced about his birthplace Nairobi, growing up in the South Bombay area and his school and college days at St. Xavier's School and College, his athletic career, which won him the title of The Fastest Man in Asia" in 1950, his working career at Tatas and his stints at the Taj Mahal Hotel and Air India and his subsequent arrival in the US in 1969. Lavy is very proud of his five grown up children, many of whom live in the Chicago area. (Dr. CARMO DCRUZ [EMAIL PROTECTED]) From http://www.goacom.com/joel/news/2006/june/22june06.htm -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Frederick Noronha http://fn.goa-india.org 9822122436 +91-832-240-9490 http://fredericknoronha.wordpress.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ Goanet mailing list [email protected] http://lists.goanet.org/listinfo.cgi/goanet-goanet.org
