Vasco Vilaça

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FullnameVasco de Paiva Vilaça
NationalityPortuguese
Born (1999-12-21) 21 December 1999 (age 26)
Amadora, Lisbon, Portugal
Vasco Vilaça
Vilaça in 2022
Personal information
Full nameVasco de Paiva Vilaça
NationalityPortuguese
Born (1999-12-21) 21 December 1999 (age 26)
Amadora, Lisbon, Portugal
EducationLinköping University
Height170 cm (5 ft 7 in)
Weight65 kg (143 lb)
Websitevascovilaca.com
Sport
CountryPortugal
SportTriathlon
ClubBenfica
Medal record
Men's triathlon
Representing  Portugal
World Championships
Silver medal – second place2020 HamburgMen's individual
Bronze medal – third place2025 WollongongMen's individual
World Triathlon Sprint Championships
Silver medal – second place2023 HamburgElite
World Triathlon Grand Final
Silver medal – second place2017 RotterdamJunior
European Triathlon Championships
Gold medal – first place2017 KitzbühelJunior
Super League Triathlon
Silver medal – second placeRotterdam 2020SLT Arena Games
Silver medal – second placeMunich 2022Enduro
Bronze medal – third placeMalibu 2022Eliminator
Bronze medal – third placeMalibu 2021Eliminator

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]

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