Portuguese triathlete
Vasco de Paiva Vilaça (born 21 December 1999) is a Portuguese triathlete.[1][2][3] He won the gold medal at the 2017 European Triathlon Championships on the Junior Men category[4] and later on, a silver medal at the ITU World Triathlon Grand Final in Rotterdam also on the Junior category.[5]
Vasco also competes in Super League Triathlon. He finished 12th in the 2019 Championship series and 4th in 2021.[6] He finished in second place at the inaugural SLT Arena Games, held in Rotterdam, 2020.[7] Vilaca took his first Super League Triathlon Championship Series event podium in Munich, in the 2022 series, when he finished 2nd behind Australian Triathlete Matthew Hauser.[8]
Personal life
His one year older sister, Vera Vilaça, is also an elite Portuguese triathlete with both of them being national champions on almost every age category.[9][10]
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