Edward Silva

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Edward Silva (born August 31, 1975 ) is a Uruguayan weightlifter.

Career

Edward Silva won two bronze medals in jerk and duel at the 1994 South American Games in Valencia . He took part with the Uruguayan team in the 1995 Pan American Games in Mar del Plata . In the following year, Silva was part of the Uruguayan squad at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta . There he finished 19th in the middleweight division. In 1998, he also took part in the South American Games, as well as four years later in the South American Games in 2002 . At the last-mentioned games in Brazil , he won the bronze medal in snatch, push and duel. He also represented the Uruguayan weightlifters at the Pan American Games in 1999 , 2003 and 2007 . In 2001 , Silva , who started for the team champion of that year, Gimnasio Uruguayo de Musculación y Halterofilia (GUMHA), also won the Uruguayan championship in the individual category up to 77 kg. In 2002 he was then Uruguayan champion in the class up to 85 kg.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Results of the Uruguayan athletes ( memento of January 29, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) on the COU website, accessed on March 14, 2014
  2. ^ Edward Silva in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original ), accessed on March 7, 2014
  3. ↑ Campeones Nacionales 2001 (Spanish) in La República of March 11, 2002, accessed on March 9, 2014
  4. ↑ Lo mejor del deporte uruguayo (Spanish) in El País of March 27, 2003, accessed on March 9, 2014
personal data
SURNAME Silva, Edward
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Uruguayan weightlifter
DATE OF BIRTH August 31, 1975