Erlon Silva
Erlon de Souza Silva is a Brazilian sprint canoeist who competes in the 1000 m doubles event. He placed tenth at the Canoeing at the [2012 Summer Olympics – Men's C-2 1000 metres|2012 Olympics] and won a silver medal at the 2016 Rio Games. He won two more silver medals at the 2011 and 2015 Pan American Games and became a world champion in 2015.
Career
In 2014, de Souza Silva won a 2014 ICF [Canoe Sprint World Championships|World Championship] bronze medal in the men's C2 200 m with Isaquias Queiroz. A year later, that team won 2015 ICF Canoe [Sprint World Championships|World Championship] gold in the C2 1000 m.This team also won a silver medal at the 2016 Olympics in the C2 1000 m.
At the following World Championships, the team were unable to defend their title, finishing in 4th place in the final. In 2018, Silva and Queiroz won World Championship gold again, this time in the C2 500 m.
In 2019, the team won World Championship bronze, this time at the C2 1000 m.
A hip injury prevented Silva from attending the 2020 Summer Olympics, forcing Jacky Godmann to take his place as Queiroz's partner.