Andrés Silva

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

The large depending on the source position 1.79 meters or 1.80 meters athlete who competes in the decathlon in particular and on the short - and medium-haul travel distances for competitions, the club Campus de Maldonado heard in Maldonado. In 2001 he was Uruguayan champion on the 400-meter and 800 -meter stretch of the lords and masters also belonged to the season that year about 4x400 meters. Silva was established in 2002 Uruguayan youth champion fight night and the 110- meter hurdles track. In the same year he won the eight- fight even at the South Championships in the youth field. The 2002 also discharged America Games in Brazil, he secured with a time of 47.5 seconds bronze at the 400 - meter track. In 2004 he entered at the South American U23 Championship for championship honors over the 400 meters distance. He also took part in that year at the 2004 Summer Olympics. His track record, he added two years later at the South American U23 Championships gold medals over 400 meters and 400 meters hurdles added. In 2005 he won the decathlon competition of the Pan American Youth Championships. After 2007 he represented Uruguay at the Pan American Games, in 2008 followed by his second participation in the Olympic Summer Games. At the Track Americas Championships 2011, he won the title on the 400 - meter hurdles distance. In the same year he reached at the World Championships in Daegu the semi-finals and also belonged to the Uruguayan team at the Pan American Games 2011 in Guadalajara.

The coached by Andres Barrios Silva was in the squad of the Uruguayan team for the Olympic Summer Games in 2012. In London he went over the 400 - meter hurdles track at the start. He missed his personal best of 49.16 seconds clear when he finished eighth and last place in his lead with a time of 53.38 seconds. Overall, he thus reached only below 46 runners reach the goal the 45th and already retired from in the first round of the competition.

At the World Athletics Championships 2013 in Moscow Silva was the only Uruguayan starter. He was eliminated in the 400 - meter hurdles track already in the first round in sixth place its run. As part of its participation in the South American Games 2014 in Santiago de Chile, he won the 400 m hurdles gold medal.

Awards

In the years 2003 to 2005 he received an award as the best in each athlete. 2007 Silva was honored for the third time in a row by the Comité Olímpico Uruguayan ( COU) aligned choice for Sportsman of the Year in Uruguay with the price altar Olimpico. Also as part of the honors of the best Uruguayan athletes of the period 2009-2010 ( " Deportista del Año " ) he was on 28 March 2011 by the COU at the Teatro Solís in both as the best sportsman of the year 2009 as well as the best sportsman of the year 2010 the category " Athletics " category. In addition, he received the altar Olímpico for the year 2009 one more time.