Andrés Silva (athlete)

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Andrés Silva (2013)

Andrés Bayron Silva Lemos (born March 27, 1986 in Tacuarembó ) is a Uruguayan athlete .

Depending on the sources, the 1.79 meters or 1.80 meters tall athlete, who competes in the decathlon in particular, as well as over the short and medium-distance running distances, belongs to the Campus de Maldonado club in Maldonado . As early as 2001, he was Uruguayan champion in the 400-meter and 800-meter men's courses and was also a member of that year's championship relay over 4 × 400 meters. In 2002, Silva was Uruguayan youth champion in eight combat and over the 110 meter hurdles. In the same year he also won the eight-fight at the South American Youth Championships. At the South American Games, also held in Brazil in 2002 , he secured bronze with a time of 47.5 seconds on the 400-meter course. In 2004 he won championship honors over the 400 meter distance at the South American U23 championships. He also took part in the 2004 Summer Olympics that year . Two years later he added the gold medals in the 400 meter and 400 meter hurdles to his track record at the South American U23 championships. In 2005 he won the decathlon competition of the Pan American Youth Championships. After 2007 Uruguay at the Pan American Games represented, followed in 2008 his second participation in Olympic Games. At the 2011 South American Athletics Championships , he won the title over the 400 meter hurdles distance. In the same year he reached the semi-finals at the World Championships in Daegu and was also part of the Uruguayan team at the Pan American Games 2011 in Guadalajara .

Silva, trained by Andres Barrios , was part of the Uruguayan team for the 2012 Summer Olympics . In London he started over the 400 meter hurdles. There he clearly missed his best time of 49.16 seconds when he finished eighth and last place in his lead with a time of 53.38 seconds. Overall, he only reached 45th place out of 46 runners who had reached the finish and was eliminated in the first round of the competition.

At the 2013 World Athletics Championships in Moscow , Silva was the only Uruguayan starter. He retired on the first lap of the 400-meter hurdles in sixth of his run. As part of his participation in the 2014 South American Games in Santiago de Chile , he won the gold medal over the 400 meter hurdles. The following year he was part of the Uruguayan team at the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto.

Awards

Between 2003 and 2005 he received an award for the best athlete. In 2007, Silva was honored for the third time in a row at the election of the Comité Olímpico Uruguayo (COU) organized as Sportsman of the Year in Uruguay with the Altar Olímpico award. Also in the context of the honors of the best Uruguayan athletes of the period 2009-2010 ("Deportista del Año") he was named on March 28, 2011 by the COU in the Teatro Solís both as best athlete of 2009 and best athlete of 2010 in in the "Athletics" division. He was also awarded the Altar Olímpico for 2009.

Personal best

  • 100 meters: 10.56 seconds, April 8, 2005, San Carlos (wind: +0.6)
  • 200 meters: 20.80 seconds, April 2, 2006, Montevideo (wind: −0.3)
  • 400 meters: 45.05 seconds, May 17, 2006, Fortaleza
  • 800 meters: 1: 50.98 minutes, April 26, 2003, Santiago
  • 1000 meters: 2: 35.91 minutes, July 11, 2003, Sherbrooke
  • 1500 meters: 4: 14.85 minutes, June 5, 2005, Rosario
  • 110 meter hurdles: 14.93 seconds, April 18, 2004, Montevideo (wind: −0.2)
  • 110 meter hurdles (91.4 cm): 13.74 seconds, July 11, 2003, Sherbrooke (wind: +1.6)
  • 400 meter hurdles: 48.65 seconds, August 2, 2014, São Paulo
  • High jump: 1.91 meters, June 4, 2005, Rosario
  • Pole vault: 4.45 meters, October 9, 2004, Rosario
  • Long jump: 7.57 meters, June 4, 2006, Cochabamba (wind: −0.9)
  • Shot put (6 kg): 13.39 meters, July 29, 2005, Windsor
  • Shot put (5 kg): 14.76 meters, July 10, 2003, Sherbrooke
  • Discuswuf: 37.44 meters, July 30, 2005, Windsor
  • Javelin throw: 52.02 meters, July 30, 2005, Windsor
  • Javelin throw (700 g): 43.58 meters, July 11, 2003, Sherbrooke
  • Eightfight: 6456 points, July 11, 2003, Sherbrooke
  • Decathlon: 7641 points, July 30, 2005, Windsor

Source:

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ profile on london2012.com ( Memento of 30 July 2012 at the Internet Archive ), accessed 27 July 2012
  2. ↑ Campeones Nacionales 2001 (Spanish) in La República of March 11, 2002, accessed on March 16, 2014
  3. ↑ Están todos los uruguayos ( Memento of the original from July 26, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Spanish) in El Observador, July 21, 2012, accessed July 27, 2012 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.elobservador.com.uy
  4. ↑ Results of the preliminary runs on london2012.com ( Memento from August 1, 2012 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on August 3, 2012
  5. ↑ Andrés Silva habló tras la carrera - Silvando bajito (Spanish) on montevideo.com.uy from August 3, 2012, accessed on August 3, 2012
  6. ↑ Fue hola y adiós (Spanish) on futbol.com.uy from August 12, 2013, accessed on August 12, 2013
  7. ↑ Biografía - General ( Memento of March 16, 2014 in the web archive archive.today ) (Spanish) on santiago2014.cl, accessed on March 16, 2014
  8. ↑ EL TACUAREMBOENSE ANDRÉS SILVA POR 3ª VEZ CONSECUTIVA OBTUVO EL PREMIO AL MEJOR DEPORTISTA DEL AÑO (Spanish) on the blog of the Circulo Periodistas Tacuarembo from May 30, 2007, accessed on July 27, 2012
  9. ↑ El Comité Olímpico premió a los mejores deportistas  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Spanish) in El Observador, March 29, 2011, accessed March 15, 2014@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.elobservador.com.uy  
  10. ↑ CEREMONIA “DEPORTISTA DEL AÑO 2009-2010” ( Memento from January 22, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) (Spanish) on cou.org.uy, accessed on March 16, 2014
  11. ↑ Andrés Silva in the World Athletics database , accessed on July 31, 2015
personal data
SURNAME Silva, Andrés
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Silva Lemos, Andrés Bayron
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Uruguayan athlete
DATE OF BIRTH March 27, 1986
PLACE OF BIRTH Tacuarembó , Uruguay