Sebastião "Tião" Celso Mendes da Costa (born 22 August 1930 – missing since March 2007) was a Brazilian long-distance runner competing specialising in the 3000 metres steeplechase. He won multiple medals at regional level including the silver at the 1963 Pan American Games.InterSportStats profile He was set to compete at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome but was a non-starter.Olympedia profile He went missing in March 2007 and was never found.
International competitions Representing 1955Pan American GamesMexico City, Mexico3rd (h)1500 m4:12.941956South American ChampionshipsSantiago, Chile6th800 m1:54.34th1500 m3:55.22nd3000 m s'chase9:17.41958South American ChampionshipsLima, Peru6th1500 m3:55.71st3000 m s'chase9:20.01959South American Championships (unofficial)São Paulo, Brazil6th1500 m4:06.05th3000 m s'chase9:21.7Pan American GamesChicago, United States4th3000 m s'chase9:02.21960Ibero-American GamesSantiago, Chile4th1500 m3:58.01st3000 m s'chase9:01.81961South American ChampionshipsLima, Peru1st3000 m s'chase9:14.81962Ibero-American GamesMadrid, Spain8th1500 m4:02.53rd3000 m s'chase9:16.41963Pan American GamesSão Paulo, Brazil2nd3000 m s'chase9:12.8South American ChampionshipsCali, Colombia2nd3000 m s'chase9:28.71965South American ChampionshipsRio de Janeiro, Brazil3rd3000 m s'chase9:22.21967South American ChampionshipsBuenos Aires, Argentina5th3000 m s'chase9:28.2
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