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{{Short description|Brazilian sprinter (born 1977)}}
{{Infobox sportsperson
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| name = Vicente de Lima
| image = 
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|fullname         = Vicente Lenílson de Lima
| nationality = {{flag|Brazil}}
| sport = [[Running]]
| event = [[Sprint (running)|Sprints]]
| club =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|mf=yes|1977|06|04}}
| birth_place = [[Currais Novos]], [[Rio Grande do Norte]], [[Brazil]]
| residence =
| height = {{convert|1.69|m|ftin|abbr=on}}
| weight = {{convert|58|kg|lb|abbr=on}}
| pb = 
'''100&nbsp;m''': 10.13 s (São Paulo 2004)<br>
'''200&nbsp;m''': 20.39 s (Belém 2004)
|updated          = 14 October 2015
|medaltemplates =
{{MedalSport | Men's [[Athletics (sport)|Athletics]]}}
{{MedalCountry|{{BRA}}}}
{{MedalOlympics}}
{{MedalSilver| [[2000 Summer Olympics|2000 Sydney]] | [[Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics|4 × 100 m relay]]}}
{{MedalBronze|[[2008 Summer Olympics|2008 Beijing]]|[[Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay|4 × 100 m relay]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[IAAF World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]}}
{{MedalSilver|[[2003 World Championships in Athletics|2003 Paris]]|4 × 100 m relay}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[South American Championships in Athletics|South American Championships]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[2007 South American Championships in Athletics|2007 São Paulo]]|100 m }}
{{MedalGold|2007 São Paulo|4 × 100 m relay}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Military World Games]]}}
{{MedalGold |[[2011 Military World Games|2011 Rio de Janeiro]]|[[Track and field at the 2011 Military World Games|4 × 100 m relay]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Lusophony Games]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[Athletics at the 2009 Lusophony Games|2009 Lusophony Games]]|39.30 m}}
}}

'''Vicente Lenílson de Lima''' (born June 4, 1977) is a Brazilian sprinter specializing in the 100 metres, 200 metres, and the 4 × 100 metres relay.<ref name="beijing">{{cite web |url=http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/BIO/Athlete/7/204977.shtml |title=Athlete biography: Vicente Lima |website=Beijing2008.cn |publisher=[[Beijing Organizing Committee for the Olympic Games]] |access-date=August 26, 2008 |archive-date=September 9, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080909073154/http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/BIO/Athlete/7/204977.shtml |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name=cbat_01>
{{ Citation
| title = Nossos Atletas Olímpicos - VICENTE LENILSON DE LIMA - Uma largada fundamental - Velocista potiguar tem bons resultados individuais e por equipes
| url = http://www.cbat.org.br/competicoes/rio2016/atletas_olimpicos_vicente.asp
| publisher = [[Confederação Brasileira de Atletismo|CBAt]]
| language = pt
| access-date = June 16, 2014
}}
</ref>

De Lima represented Brazil at the [[2000 Summer Olympics]] in [[Sydney]]. The 37.90 seconds were not enough to beat the 37.61 seconds of the [[United States]], but De Lima, [[Edson Ribeiro]], [[André Domingos|André da Silva]] and [[Claudinei da Silva]] managed to finish before the [[Cuba]]n team who timed 38.04 seconds. At the 2003 World Championships he and his teammates won the silver medal at the 4 × 100 metres relay. At the [[2008 Summer Olympics]] in [[Beijing]] he competed at the 100 metres sprint and placed 3rd in his heat, just 0.06 after [[Usain Bolt]] and 0.02 after [[Daniel Bailey]] in a time of 10.26 seconds. He qualified for the second round in which he ran slower with 10.31, resulting in a sixth place and elimination for the semi-finals.<ref name="beijing"/> Together with [[José Carlos Moreira]], [[Sandro Viana]] and [[Bruno de Barros]] he also competed at the [[4 × 100 metres relay]]. In their qualification heat they placed fourth behind [[Trinidad and Tobago]], [[Japan]] and the [[Netherlands]]. Their time of 39.01 was the seventh out of sixteen participating nations in the first round and they qualified for the final. There they sprinted to a time of 38.24 seconds, the fourth time after the [[Jamaica]]n, Trinidad and Japanese teams.<ref name="beijing"/>

De Silva would retroactively be awarded the bronze medal for the [[Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay|4 × 100 metres relay at the 2008 Summer Olympics]] following the demotion of the Jamaican team in 2017 for [[Nesta Carter]]'s failed [[Doping in sport|anti-doping test]].<ref name=BBCJan17>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/athletics/38744846|title=Usain Bolt loses one Olympic gold medal as Nesta Carter tests positive|date=25 January 2017|work=BBC News|access-date=25 January 2017}}</ref>

==Personal bests==
*100 m: '''10.13 s''' <small>(wind: +0.7&nbsp;m/s)</small> – {{flagicon|BRA}} [[São Paulo]], 6 June 2004
*100 m: '''10.08 s''' <small>('''wind: +3.0&nbsp;m/s''')</small> – {{flagicon|GUA}} [[Ciudad de Guatemala]], 11 May 2002
*200 m: '''20.39 s''' <small>(wind: -1.0&nbsp;m/s)</small> – {{flagicon|BRA}} [[Belém]], 23 May 2004
*{{nowrap|4 × 100 m}}: '''37.90 s''' – {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Sydney]], 30 Sep 2000

==Achievements==
{| {{AchievementTable|Event=yes|class=wikitable style="text-align:center; font-size: 90%;}}
|-
!colspan="6"|Representing the {{BRA}}
|-
|1997
|[[1997 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]
|[[Athens]], [[Greece]]
|6th
|[[1997 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay|4 × 100 m relay]]
|38.48
|-
|1999
|[[1999 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]
|[[Seville, Spain|Seville]], [[Spain]]
|7th (qf)
|[[1999 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 100 metres|100 m]]
|10.36 <small>(wind: +0.3&nbsp;m/s)</small>
|-
|rowspan=4|2000
|rowspan=2|[[2000 Ibero-American Championships in Athletics|Ibero-American Championships]]
|rowspan=2|[[Rio de Janeiro]], [[Brazil]]
|bgcolor=gold|1st
|[[2000 Ibero-American Championships in Athletics – Results#100 meters|100 m]]
|10.28 <small>(wind: +0.0&nbsp;m/s)</small>
|-
|bgcolor=gold|1st
|[[2000 Ibero-American Championships in Athletics – Results#4 × 100 meters relay|4 × 100 m relay]]
|38.24
|-
|rowspan=2|[[Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]
|rowspan=2|[[Sydney]], [[Australia]]
|20th (qf)
|[[Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metres|100 m]]
|10.28 <small>(wind: +0.8&nbsp;m/s)</small>
|-
|bgcolor=silver|2nd
|[[Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay|4 × 100 m relay]]
|37.90
|-
|2001
|[[2001 South American Championships in Athletics|South American Championships]]
|[[Manaus]], [[Brazil]]
|bgcolor=gold|1st
|[[2001 South American Championships in Athletics – Results#4 x 100 meters relay|4 × 100 m relay]]
|38.67
|-
|rowspan=2|2002
|rowspan=2|[[2002 Ibero-American Championships in Athletics|Ibero-American Championships]]
|rowspan=2|[[Guatemala City|Guatemala]], [[Guatemala]]
|bgcolor=silver|2nd
|[[2002 Ibero-American Championships in Athletics – Results#100 meters|100 m]]
|10.08 '''w''' <small>(wind: +3.0&nbsp;m/s)</small>
|-
|bgcolor=gold|1st
|[[2002 Ibero-American Championships in Athletics – Results#4 x 100 meters relay|4 × 100 m relay]]
|38.58
|-
|rowspan=3|2003
|[[2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships|World Indoor Championships]]
|[[Birmingham]], [[United Kingdom]]
|6th (sf)
|[[2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 60 metres|60 m]]
|6.70
|-
|[[Athletics at the 2003 Pan American Games|Pan American Games]]
|[[Santo Domingo]], [[Dominican Republic]]
|bgcolor=gold|1st
|[[Athletics at the 2003 Pan American Games – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay|4 × 100 m relay]]
|38.44
|-
|[[2003 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]
|[[Saint-Denis, Seine-Saint-Denis|Saint-Denis]], [[France]]
|bgcolor=silver|2nd
|[[2003 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay|4 × 100 m relay]]
|38.26
|-
|rowspan=4|2004
|rowspan=2|[[2004 Ibero-American Championships in Athletics|Ibero-American Championships]]
|rowspan=2|[[Huelva]], [[Spain]]
|bgcolor=gold|1st
|[[2004 Ibero-American Championships in Athletics – Results#100 meters|100 m]]
|10.15 <small>(wind: +0.0&nbsp;m/s)</small>
|-
|bgcolor=gold|1st
|[[2004 Ibero-American Championships in Athletics – Results#4 x 100 meters relay|4 × 100 m relay]]
|38.62
|-
|rowspan=2|[[Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]
|rowspan=2|[[Athens]], [[Greece]]
|16th (sf)
|[[Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metres|100 m]]
|10.28 <small>(wind: +0.2&nbsp;m/s)</small>
|-
|8th
|[[Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay|4 × 100 m relay]]
|38.67
|-
|rowspan=3|2005
|rowspan=3|[[2005 South American Championships in Athletics|South American Championships]]
|rowspan=3|[[Cali]], [[Colombia]]
|bgcolor=silver|2nd
|[[2005 South American Championships in Athletics – Results#100 meters|100 m]]
|10.37 <small>(wind: +0.2&nbsp;m/s)</small>
|-
|1st (h)<ref name=dnf/>
|[[2005 South American Championships in Athletics – Results#200 meters|200 m]]
|21.16 <small>(wind: +0.3&nbsp;m/s)</small>
|-
|bgcolor=gold|1st
|[[2005 South American Championships in Athletics – Results#4 x 100 meters relay|4 × 100 m relay]]
|39.17
|-
|rowspan=6|2006
|[[2006 IAAF World Indoor Championships|World Indoor Championships]]
|[[Moscow]], [[Russia]]
|7th
|[[2006 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 60 metres|60 m]]
|6.62
|-
|rowspan=3|[[2006 Ibero-American Championships in Athletics|Ibero-American Championships]]
|rowspan=3|[[Ponce, Puerto Rico|Ponce]], [[Puerto Rico]]
|bgcolor=gold|1st
|[[2006 Ibero-American Championships in Athletics – Results#100 meters|100 m]]
|10.22 <small>(wind: +0.3&nbsp;m/s)</small>
|-
|2nd (h)<ref>Disqualified in the final</ref>
|[[2006 Ibero-American Championships in Athletics – Results#200 meters|200 m]]
|21.37 <small>(wind: -1.6&nbsp;m/s)</small>
|-
|bgcolor=silver|2nd
|[[2006 Ibero-American Championships in Athletics – Results#4 x 100 meters relay|4 × 100 m relay]]
|40.52
|-
|rowspan=2|[[2006 South American Championships in Athletics|South American Championships]]
|rowspan=2|[[Tunja]], [[Colombia]]
|2nd (h)<ref name=dnf>Did not finish in the final</ref>
|[[2006 South American Championships in Athletics – Results#100 meters|100 m]]
|10.61 <small>(wind: -3.8&nbsp;m/s)</small>
|-
|bgcolor=gold|1st
|[[2006 South American Championships in Athletics – Results#4 x 100 meters relay|4 × 100 m relay]]
|39.03
|-
|rowspan=6|2007
|rowspan=2|[[2007 South American Championships in Athletics|South American Championships]]
|rowspan=2|[[São Paulo]], [[Brazil]]
|bgcolor=gold|1st
|[[2007 South American Championships in Athletics – Results#100 meters|100 m]]
|10.36 <small>(wind: -0.7&nbsp;m/s)</small>
|-
|bgcolor=gold|1st
|[[2007 South American Championships in Athletics – Results#4 x 100 meters relay|4 × 100 m relay]]
|38.77
|-
|rowspan=2|[[Athletics at the 2007 Pan American Games|Pan American Games]]
|rowspan=2|[[Rio de Janeiro]], [[Brazil]]
|7th
|[[Athletics at the 2007 Pan American Games – Men's 100 metres|100 m]]
|10.37 <small>(wind: +1.0&nbsp;m/s)</small>
|-
|bgcolor=gold|1st
|[[Athletics at the 2007 Pan American Games – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay|4 × 100 m relay]]
|38.81
|-
|rowspan=2|[[2007 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]
|rowspan=2|[[Osaka]], [[Japan]]
|6th (qf)
|[[2007 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 100 metres|100 m]]
|10.38 <small>(wind: -0.3&nbsp;m/s)</small>
|-
|4th
|[[2007 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay|4 × 100 m relay]]
|37.99
|-
|rowspan=4|2008
|[[2008 IAAF World Indoor Championships|World Indoor Championships]]
|[[Valencia, Spain|Valencia]], [[Spain]]
|5th
|[[2008 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 60 metres|60 m]]
|6.60
|-
|[[2008 Ibero-American Championships in Athletics|Ibero-American Championships]]
|[[Iquique]], [[Chile]]
|bgcolor=gold|1st
|[[2008 Ibero-American Championships in Athletics – Results#4 x 100 meters relay|4 × 100 m relay]]
|38.96
|-
|rowspan=2|[[Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]
|rowspan=2|[[Beijing]], [[China]]
|7th (qf)
|[[Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metres|100 m]]
|10.31 <small>(wind: -0.1&nbsp;m/s)</small>
|-
|bgcolor="cc9966"|3rd
|[[Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay|4 × 100 m relay]]
|38.24
|-
|rowspan=3|2009
|[[2009 South American Championships in Athletics|South American Championships]]
|[[Lima]], [[Peru|Perú]]
|bgcolor=silver|2nd
|[[2009 South American Championships in Athletics – Results#4 x 100 meters relay|4 × 100 m relay]]
|39.46
|-
|[[Athletics at the 2009 Lusophony Games|Lusophony Games]]
|[[Lisbon]], [[Portugal]]
|bgcolor=gold|1st
|[[Athletics at the 2009 Lusophony Games – Results#4 x 100 meters relay|4 × 100 m relay]]
|39.30
|-
|[[2009 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]
|[[Berlin]], [[Germany]]
|7th
|[[2009 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay|4 × 100 m relay]]
|38.56
|-
|2010
|[[2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships|World Indoor Championships]]
|[[Doha]], [[Qatar]]
|15th (sf)
|[[2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 60 metres|60 m]]
|6.69
|-
|2011
|[[Track and field at the 2011 Military World Games|Military World Games]]
|[[Rio de Janeiro]], [[Brazil]]
|bgcolor=gold|1st
|4 × 100 m relay
|39.53
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{World Athletics}}
*{{SR/Olympics profile|de/vicente-de-lima-1}}
*[http://www.tilastopaja.org/db/atm.php?ID=45657&Season=2011&Odd=1 Tilastopaja biography]

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[[Category:Brazilian men sprinters]]
[[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2003 Pan American Games]]
[[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2007 Pan American Games]]
[[Category:Olympic athletes for Brazil]]
[[Category:Pan American Games athletes for Brazil]]
[[Category:Olympic silver medalists for Brazil]]
[[Category:Pan American Games gold medalists in athletics (track and field)]]
[[Category:World Athletics Championships medalists]]
[[Category:Pan American Games gold medalists for Brazil]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Olympic silver medalists in athletics]]
[[Category:Olympic bronze medalists for Brazil]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 2003 Pan American Games]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from Rio Grande do Norte]]
[[Category:21st-century Brazilian sportsmen]]
[[Category:Troféu Brasil de Atletismo winners]]
[[Category:Military World Games gold medalists for Brazil]]
[[Category:Military World Games medalists in athletics (track and field)]]
[[Category:20th-century Brazilian sportsmen]]