Andrés Silva

Andrés Silva

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Personal information
Full name	Andrés Byron Silva Lemos
Nationality	Uruguay
Born	(1986-03-27) 27 March 1986 Tacuarembó, Tacuarembó, Uruguay
Residence	Tres Cruces, Tacuarembó, Uruguay
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	75 kg (165 lb)
Sport
Sport	Track and field
Event(s)	400 metres, 400 metres hurdles, decathlon
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	400 m: 45.02 s (Fortaleza 2011) 400 m H: 49.16 s (Rio de Janeiro 2011)
Medal record Men's athletics Representing Uruguay South American Championships 2005 Cali 400 m 2007 São Paulo 400 m 2009 Lima 400 m 2009 Lima 400 m hurdles 2011 Buenos Aires 400 m hurdles 2014 Santiago 400 m hurdles 2013 Cartagena 400 m hurdles Ibero-American Championships 2010 San Fernando 400 m hurdles Pan American Junior Championships 2005 Windsor Decathlon World Youth Championships 2003 Sherbrooke Octathlon South American Youth Championships 2002 Asunción Octathlon 2002 Asunción 110 m hurdles
Updated on 23 January 2015.

This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Silva and the second or maternal family name is Lemos.

Andrés Byron Silva Lemos (born 27 March 1986 in Tacuarembó) is a Uruguayan track athlete. He competed in the combined events on the youth and junior levels, but has since specialized in the 400 metres and 400 metres hurdles.

Silva participated in the 400 metres at the 2004 and 2008 Olympics, and 400 metre hurdles at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

He was Uruguay's flagbearer at the 2007 Pan American Games.

He tested positive for banned substances in an out-of-competition test in June 2015 and was banned for a period of six months, which included his missing the 2015 World Championships in Athletics.

Personal bests

Event	Result	Venue	Date
Outdoor
100 m	10.40 s (wind: +1.6 m/s)	San Carlos, Uruguay	29 March 2006
200 m	20.80 s (wind: -0.3 m/s)	Montevideo, Uruguay	2 April 2006
400 m	45.02 s	Fortaleza, Brazil	17 May 2006
800 m	1:50.98 min	Santiago, Chile	26 April 2003
1500 m	4:14.85 min	Rosario, Argentina	5 June 2005
110 m hurdles	14.93 s (wind: -0.2 m/s)	Montevideo, Uruguay	16 April 2004
400 m hurdles	48.65 s	São Paulo, Brazil	2 August 2014
High jump	1.91 m	Rosario, Argentina	4 June 2005
Pole vault	4.45 m	Rosario, Argentina	9 October 2004
Long jump	7.59 m (wind: -0.9 m/s) A	Cochabamba, Bolivia	4 June 2006
Javelin throw	52.02 m	Windsor, Canada	30 July 2005
Indoor
400 m	47.50 s	Moscow, Russia	10 March 2006

Competition record

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing Uruguay
2002	World Junior Championships	Kingston, Jamaica	26th (h)	400 m	48.14
	South American Junior Championships / South American Games	Belém, Brazil	5th	200 m	21.63 (+1.1 m/s)
			6th
			3rd	400 m	47.50
	South American Youth Championships	Asunción, Paraguay	2nd	110 m hurdles	14.26 s (-1.9 m/s)
			1st	Octathlon	5928 pts
			4th	800m Medley relay (100m x 100m x 200m x 400m)	1:58.06
2003	South American Junior Championships	Guayaquil, Ecuador	3rd	200 m	21.45
			1st	400 m	46.54
	South American Championships	Barquisimeto, Venezuela	4th	400 m	46.23
	World Youth Championships	Sherbrooke, Canada	1st	Octathlon	6456 pts WJR
2004	South American U23 Championships	Barquisimeto, Venezuela	1st	400 m	45.80 (NR)
	World Junior Championships	Grosseto, Italy	5th	Decathlon (junior)	7542 pts
	Ibero-American Championships	Huelva, Spain	6th	400 m	46.63
	Olympic Games	Athens, Greece	42nd (h)	400 m	46.48
2005	South American Championships	Cali, Colombia	1st	400 m	45.38
	Pan American Junior Championships	Windsor, Canada	1st	Decathlon	7641 pts
	South American Junior Championships	Rosario, Argentina	2nd	400 m	47.84
			6th	4 × 100 m relay	42.42
			5th	4 × 400 m relay	3:19.35
2006	World Indoor Championships	Moscow, Russia	18th (h)	400 m	47.50 (iNR)
	Ibero-American Championships	Ponce, Puerto Rico	1st	400 m	45.35
	South American U23 Championships / South American Games	Buenos Aires, Argentina	1st	400 m	46.69
			1st	400 m hurdles	50.46 (NR)
2007	South American Championships	São Paulo, Brazil	1st	400 m	45.89
	Pan American Games	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	20th (h)	400 m	47.73
			12th (h)	400 m hurdles	50.60
	World Championships	Osaka, Japan	43rd (h)	400 m	46.79
2008	World Indoor Championships	Valencia, Spain	18th (h)	400 m	47.54
	Olympic Games	Beijing, China	41st (h)	400 m	46.34
	South American U23 Championships	Lima, Peru	1st	400 m	46.73
			1st	400 m hurdles	51.33
2009	South American Championships	Lima, Peru	1st	400 m	46.06
			1st	400 m hurdles	50.28
	World Championships	Berlin, Germany	40th (h)	400 m	46.86
			13th (sf)	400 m hurdles	49.34 (NR)
2010	World Indoor Championships	Doha, Qatar	24th (h)	400 m	49.09
	Ibero-American Championships	San Fernando, Spain	2nd	400 m hurdles	49.58
2011	South American Championships	Buenos Aires, Argentina	1st	400 m hurdles	49.94
	World Championships	Daegu, South Korea	16th (h)	400 m hurdles	49.63
	Pan American Games	Guadalajara, Mexico	–	400 m hurdles	DNF
2012	World Indoor Championships	Istanbul, Turkey	29th (h)	400 m	51.93
	Ibero-American Championships	Barquisimeto, Venezuela	7th	400 m hurdles	51.68
	Olympic Games	London, United Kingdom	45th (h)	400 m hurdles	53.38
2013	South American Championships	Cartagena, Colombia	2nd	400 m hurdles	50.52
	World Championships	Moscow, Russia	28th (h)	400 m hurdles	50.48
2014	South American Games	Santiago, Chile	1st	400 m hurdles	49.57
	Ibero-American Championships	São Paulo, Brazil	1st	400 m hurdles	48.65 (CR, NR)
	Pan American Sports Festival	Ciudad de México, México	3rd	400m hurdles	49.08 A
2015	South American Championships	Lima, Peru	1st	400m hurdles	49.43
2016	Ibero-American Championships	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	1st	400 m hurdles	49.48

External links

• Andrés Silva profile at IAAF
• Sports reference biography

• Positive cases in athletics Sanctioned according to information received by the IAAF as of 23 January 2016. IAAF (January 2016). Retrieved on 2016-01-27.