Holder Ocante da Silva (born 12 January 1988) is a Guinea-Bissauan sprinter who specializes in the 100 metres. He was born in Bissau. His personal best time is 10.36 seconds, achieved in July 2009 in Lisbon.
He competed at the 2007 World Championships and the 2008 Olympic Games without progressing to the second round. In Beijing he placed 5th in his heat in a time of 10.58 seconds.
At the 2012 Summer Olympics Men's 100m event, Silva progressed from the preliminaries, setting a seasonal best time of 10.69 seconds, before being eliminated in the first round.
International competitions Representing 2006World Junior ChampionshipsBeijing, China44th (h)100 m11.01Lusophony GamesMacau, China3rd200 m22.422007All-Africa GamesOsaka, Japan26th (h)100 m10.6717th (sf)200 m21.62World ChampionshipsOsaka, Japan41st (h)100 m10.682008Olympic GamesBeijing, China46th (h)100 m10.582009Lusophony GamesLisbon, Portugal4th100 m10.364th200 m21.18Jeux de la FrancophonieBeirut, Lebanon14th (sf)100 m10.5514th (h)200 m22.262010World Indoor ChampionshipsDoha, Qatar38th (h)60 m7.072011World ChampionshipsDaegu, South Korea49th (h)200 m21.822012World Indoor ChampionshipsIstanbul, Turkey24th (h)60 m6.95African ChampionshipsPorto-Novo, Benin26th (h)100 m10.82Olympic GamesLondon, United Kingdom51st (h)100 m10.712013World ChampionshipsMoscow, Russia52nd (h)100 m10.702014Lusophony GamesBambolim, India1st200 m21.40Ibero-American ChampionshipsSão Paulo, Brazil8th (h)100 m10.729th (h)200 m21.90African ChampionshipsMarrakesh, Morocco19th (sf)100 m10.6628th (h)200 m21.652015World ChampionshipsBeijing, China46th (h)200 m10.682016Ibero-American ChampionshipsRio de Janeiro, Brazil18th (h)100 m10.7719th (h)200 m21.90African ChampionshipsDurban, South Africa30th (h)100 m10.93Olympic GamesRio de Janeiro, Brazil10th (p)100 m10.972018World Indoor ChampionshipsBirmingham, United Kingdom44th (h)60 m7.20
Personal bests Outdoor 100 metres – 10.36 (+0.5 m/s, Salamanca 2009) 200 metres – 21.01 (+1.4 m/s, Salamanca 2009) Indoor 60 metres – 6.80 (Pombal 2009) 200 metres – 22.08 (Espinho 2008)
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