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Andrés Silva

Andrés Silva
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Personal information
Full name Andrés Bayron Silva Lemos
Nationality  Uruguay
Born (1986-03-27) 27 March 1986 (age 31)
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)
Updated on 23 January 2015.

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.

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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