Andrés Silva

Andrés Silva
Personal information
Full nameAndrés Bayron Silva Lemos
Nationality Uruguay
Born (1986-03-27) 27 March 1986
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 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

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.