Edson Bindilatti

{{Short description|Brazilian decathlete and bobsledder}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2026}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = Edson Bindilatti | image = Edson Bindilatti.jpg | caption = Bindilatti in 2022 | full_name = Edson Luques Bindilatti | birth_date = {{birth-date and age|13 March 1979}} | birth_place = Camamu, Bahia, Brazil | height = 1.90 m | weight = 103 kg<ref name=2018og>{{cite web |url=https://www.pyeongchang2018.com/en/game-time/results/OWG2018/en/bobsleigh/athlete-profile-n3019281-edson-bindilatti.htm |title=Edson Bindilatti |website=Pyeong Chang 2018 |access-date=10 March 2018 |archive-date=11 March 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180311081205/https://www.pyeongchang2018.com/en/game-time/results/OWG2018/en/bobsleigh/athlete-profile-n3019281-edson-bindilatti.htm |url-status=dead}}</ref> |country = {{BRA}} | sport = Bobsleigh | olympics = 2002, 2006,2010, 2014,2018, 2022, 2026 | medaltemplates = {{Medal|Sport|Bobsleigh}} {{Medal|Country|{{BRA}}}} {{Medal|Competition|Pan American Championships}} {{Medal|Silver|2026 Lake Placid|Two-man bob}} {{Medal|Bronze|2025 Whistler|Four-man bob}} {{Medal|Bronze|2026 Lake Placid|Four-man bob}} }}

'''Edson Luques Bindilatti'''{{efn Portuguese name|Luques|Bindilatti}} (born 13 March 1979 in Camamu, Bahia)<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.sochi2014.com/en/athlete-edson-bindilatti |title=Edson Bindilatti |work=Sochi 2014 Olympics |access-date=23 February 2014 |archive-date=7 April 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140407051119/http://www.sochi2014.com/en/athlete-edson-bindilatti |url-status=dead}}</ref> is a decathlete and bobsledder from Brazil. He competed in 6 consecutive Winter Olympic Games, from 2002 to 2026, a record among Brazilian Olympians. <ref>https://ge.globo.com/olimpiadas-de-inverno/noticia/2026/02/04/com-equipe-recorde-e-atletas-nascidos-em-5-paises-brasil-briga-por-1o-podio-nos-jogos-de-inverno.ghtml</ref>

==Career== As a decathlete, Bindilatti won a silver medal at the 1996 South American Junior Championships and then took gold medals at the 1997 and 1998 South American Junior Championships.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/ic/saj.htm |title=South American Junior Championships (Men) |work=GBR Athletics |publisher=Athletics Weekly |accessdate=28 April 2014}}</ref> He took the silver medal at the 1999 South American Championships, then the gold medals at the 2001 and 2003 South Junior Championships, the first gold in a competition record of 7564 points.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/ic/sac.htm |title=South American Championships (Men) |work=GBR Athletics |publisher=Athletics Weekly |accessdate=28 April 2014}}</ref> Against European competitors as well, he won the 2000 Ibero-American Championships and the silver medal at the 2002 Ibero-American Championships.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/ic/iac.htm |title=Ibero American Championships |work=GBR Athletics |publisher=Athletics Weekly |accessdate=28 April 2014}}</ref> He became the national champion six times, from 1999 through 2004.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/nc/bra.htm |title=Brazilian Championships |work=GBR Athletics |publisher=Athletics Weekly |accessdate=28 April 2014}}</ref>

Bindilatti took up bobsleigh after being approached by Eric Maleson in 1999: Bindilatti was unfamiliar with the sport and agreed to take it up after Maleson asked him to watch the film ''Cool Runnings''.<ref name=wapo>{{cite web |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/sports/wp/2018/02/22/brazils-underdog-bobsled-team-the-frozen-bananas-is-basically-a-real-life-cool-runnings/ |title=Brazil's underdog bobsled team, the Frozen Bananas, is basically a real-life 'Cool Runnings' |last=Lopes |first=Marina |date=22 February 2018 |website=WashingtonPost.com |access-date=10 March 2018}}</ref> He competed for Brazil at the 2002 , 2006 and 2010 Winter Olympics

He competed for Brazil at the 2014 Winter Olympics in the four-man competition<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.brasil.gov.br/esporte/2014/01/comite-olimpico-inscreve-13-atletas-em-sochi-2014 |title=Comitê Olímpico inscreve 13 atletas em Sochi 2014 |trans-title=Olympic Committee inscribed 13 athletes in Sochi 2014 |language=Portuguese |date=31 January 2014 |website=brasil.gov.br/ |publisher=Brazilian Government |accessdate=31 January 2014}}</ref> where he placed in 29th position out of 30 teams along with Fábio Gonçalves Silva, Edson Martins and Odirlei Pessoni.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.sochi2014.com/en/bobsleigh-four-man-heat-4 |title=Final 4 man bobsled results at Sochi 2014 |access-date=23 February 2014 |archive-date=6 July 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140706044006/http://www.sochi2014.com/en/bobsleigh-four-man-heat-4 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

Bindilatti was selected as flag bearer for the Brazilian team in the opening ceremony of the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang. He was part of the Brazilian crews which finished 27th in the two-man and 23rd in the four-man competitions at those Games.<ref name=2018og />

He represented Brazil at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, China, again as the flag bearer for the Brazilian team in the opening ceremony. In the four-man bobsleigh, together with Erick Vianna, Rafael Souza da Silva and Edson Martins, finishing in 20th place. In the two-man he was in the 29th place .<ref>https://www.olympics.com/pt/noticias/medalha-bobsled-4-man</ref>

In his sixth Olympic participation at the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milano Cortina, he competed at the 2026 Winter Olympics in two-man bobsleigh, together with Luis Bacca Gonçalves, finishing in 24th place. In the four-man bobsleigh, together with Luis Bacca Gonçalves, Rafael Souza da Silva and Davidson Henrique de Souza, he finished in 19th place,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Luis BACCA GONCALVES |url=https://www.olympics.com/en/milano-cortina-2026/results/athlete-details/23968 |work=Milano Cortina 2026 Olympics |access-date=23 February 2026}}</ref> the best result ever achieved by Brazil in Bobsleigh at the Winter Olympics.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bobsled Brasil: 19º lugar é recorde histórico em Olimpíadas |trans-title=Bobsled Brazil: 19th place is a historic record in the Olympics |url=https://ge.globo.com/olimpiadas-de-inverno/noticia/2026/02/22/brasil-fica-em-19o-no-bobsled-4-man-e-tem-melhor-resultado-em-olimpiadas-de-inverno.ghtml |website=ge.globo.com |language=pt-BR |date=22 February 2026 |access-date=23 February 2026}}</ref>. After the competition, Bindilatti announced his retirement of Olympics and was the carrier of the Brazilian flag at the closing ceremony<ref>https://ge.globo.com/olimpiadas-de-inverno/noticia/2026/02/18/edson-bindilatti-sera-porta-bandeira-do-brasil-no-encerramento-dos-jogos-de-inverno.ghtml</ref>

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==External links== * {{IBSF|name=Edson Luques Bindilatti}} * {{World Athletics|name=Edson Luques Bindilatti}} * [https://www.olympics.com/en/milano-cortina-2026/results/athlete-details/23960 Edson Luques Bindilatti] at Milano Cortina 2026 * {{Olympics.com|name=Edson Bindilatti}} * {{Olympedia|name=Edson Bindilatti}} * {{InterSportStats|name=Edson Bindilatti}} * {{Instagram|edsonbindilatti_oficial|Edson Bindilatti}}

{{Authority control}} {{s-start}} {{s-sports|oly}} {{succession box | before = Yane Marques | title = Flagbearer for {{BRA}} | years = Pyeongchang 2018 | after = Ketleyn Quadros Bruno Rezende }} {{succession box | before = Ketleyn Quadros Bruno Rezende | title = Flagbearer for {{BRA}} | years = Beijing 2022 with Jaqueline Mourão | after = Raquel Kochhann Isaquias Queiroz }} {{s-end}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Bindilatti, Edson}} Category:1979 births Category:Living people Category:Sportspeople from Bahia Category:Brazilian decathletes Category:Brazilian male bobsledders Category:Olympic bobsledders for Brazil Category:Bobsledders at the 2002 Winter Olympics Category:Bobsledders at the 2006 Winter Olympics Category:Bobsledders at the 2014 Winter Olympics Category:Bobsledders at the 2018 Winter Olympics Category:Bobsledders at the 2022 Winter Olympics Category:Bobsledders at the 2026 Winter Olympics Category:Troféu Brasil de Atletismo winners