Tom�s Valdemar Hintnaus is a retired Brazilian-born pole vaulter. Although he is an American citizen, he represented his native country, Brazil, in the Olympic Games following the American boycott of the 1980 Moscow Olympics. He is the son of Czech immigrants, Lubomir and Marianne Hintnaus, who escaped from their home country to West Germany, but were unable to emigrate directly to the United States. As an intermediate stop, they moved first to Brazil, where Tom was born. They moved to the United States in 1960 when he was two. Hintnaus attended the now closed Aviation High School in Redondo Beach, California. He won the CIF California State Meet in 1976. As an American citizen he qualified first in the 1980 United States Olympic Trials. He won pole vault at the Olympic Boycott Games, but following the 1980 US Olympic boycott Hintnaus represented his native country, Brazil, instead, beginning in 1983. For Brazil, he finished fifth at the 1983 World Championships, won the bronze medal at the 1983 Pan American Games, and no-heighted in the final at the 1984 Olympic Games. His personal best was 5.76 metres, achieved in August 1985 in Z�rich. This is a former South American record. 

February 15th, 1958 in Brazil (Age 66)