Andrés Silva

Andrés Bayron 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.

Andrés Silva
Personal information
Full nameAndrés Bayron Silva Lemos
Nationality Uruguay
Born (1986-03-27) 27 March 1986
Tacuarembó, Tacuarembó, Uruguay
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight75 kg (165 lb)
Sport
SportTrack 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 Cali400 m
2007 São Paulo400 m
2009 Lima400 m
2009 Lima400 m hurdles
2011 Buenos Aires400 m hurdles
2014 Santiago400 m hurdles
2013 Cartagena400 m hurdles
Ibero-American Championships
2010 San Fernando400 m hurdles
Pan American Junior Championships
2005 WindsorDecathlon
World Youth Championships
2003 SherbrookeOctathlon
South American Youth Championships
2002 Asunción Octathlon
2002 Asunción 110 m hurdles
Updated on 23 January 2015.

Silva participated in the 400 metres at the 2004 and 2008 Olympics, and 400 metres hurdles at the 2012 and 2016 Summer Olympics.

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

He tested positive for 6-oxo-androstene 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.

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