Solonei Rocha da Silva (born 18 April 1982 in Penápolis, São Paulo) is a Brazilian long-distance runner who competes in marathon races.

[1][3] Under the guidance of two-time Olympian Clodoaldo do Carmo,[4] da Silva represented Esporte Clube Pinheiros in the 10,000 m at the Troféu Brasil de Atletismo (the Brazilian championships) and came fourth at his first national level event.

[5] In March he ran in his first race in Europe: he was the first non-African finisher at the Lisbon Half Marathon, where he came tenth in a time of 1:04:10 hours.

[6] He then travelled to Italy to compete at the Padua Marathon and he ran a personal best of 2:11:32 hours to finish fourth behind Kenya's Peter Kimeli Some.

[7] Da Silva returned to Brazil and later that year placed fourth nationally in both the 5000 metres and 10,000 m (including a personal best of 14:12.81 minutes in the former event).