Pedro Henrique "Pepe" Gonçalves da Silva (born 12 April 1993 in Ipaussu)[1][2] is a Brazilian slalom canoeist who has competed at the international level since 2009.

[3] Raised in Piraju, da Silva got interested in canoeing after seeing the Brazilian team that would participate in the 2004 Summer Olympics practice in his city.

He joined a social project that taught the sport in the Paranapanema River and got moved to sailing for a year due to his low stature, but his abilities in the kayak soon convinced his teachers.

[4] Gonçalves won a bronze medal in the kayak cross event at the 2019 World Championships in Prague.

He finished 6th in the K1 event at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro,[7] the best result the country ever had in this sport.