Sylvio Padilha dedicated his life to Olympism in Brazil. As an athlete, he was the country's greatest hope in the 1930s, reaching the Olympic 400-meter hurdles final in Berlin, 1936. Passionate about the sport, his work as a sports manager was as striking as the huge collection of trophies and medals he won inside the tracks. In more than fifty years dedicated to the sport, Padilha marked his time and paved the future of an Olympic country.