Neil de Silva

Neil de Silva (born 15 November 1969 on Trinidad) is a retired male track and field athlete from Trinidad and Tobago who specialized in the 200 and 400 metres.

His personal best time over 400 m was 45.02 seconds, achieved during the 1996 Olympics. He holds one national record, in 4 x 400 metres relay together with Patrick Delice, Alvin Daniel and Ian Morris, with 3:01.05 minutes achieved in the heats of the 1992 Summer Olympics.

International competitions edit

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing Trinidad and Tobago
1988	World Junior Championships	Sudbury, Canada	7th	100 m	10.80 (-2.8 m/s)
1988	World Junior Championships	Sudbury, Canada	7th	200 m	21.16 w (+4.2 m/s)
1990	Commonwealth Games	Auckland, New Zealand	8th	100 m	10.35
			4th	200 m	20.40
			–	4 x 400 m relay	DQ
1991	World Indoor Championships	Seville, Spain	–	200 m	DQ
1991	World Indoor Championships	Seville, Spain	–	4 x 400 m relay	DQ
1992	Olympic Games	Barcelona, Spain	14th (qf)	200 m	20.66¹
1992	Olympic Games	Barcelona, Spain	7th	4 x 400 m relay	3:03.31
1993	World Indoor Championships	Toronto, Ontario, Canada	17th (h)	200 m	21.43
	World Indoor Championships	Toronto, Ontario, Canada	2nd	4 x 400 m relay	3:07.02
	Central American and Caribbean Games	Ponce, Puerto Rico	2nd	400 m	46.07
			5th	4 × 100 m relay	40.73
			2nd	4 × 400 m relay	3:06.96
	World Championships	Stuttgart, Germany	12th (sf)	400 m	45.66
	World Championships	Stuttgart, Germany	19th (h)	4 x 100 m relay	40.24
1994	Commonwealth Games	Victoria, British Columbia, Canada	7th	400 m	46.27
1994	Commonwealth Games	Victoria, British Columbia, Canada	3rd	4 x 400 m relay	3:02.78
1995	Pan American Games	Mar del Plata, Argentina	12th (h)	200 m	21.03
	Pan American Games	Mar del Plata, Argentina	3rd	4 x 400 m relay	3:02.24
	World Championships	Gothenburg, Sweden	28th (qf)	200 m	21.01
	World Championships	Gothenburg, Sweden	22nd (h)	4 x 100 m relay	40.09
1996	Olympic Games	Atlanta, United States	16th (sf)	200 m	21.26
1996	Olympic Games	Atlanta, United States	13th (sf)	400 m	45.56
1999	Central American and Caribbean Championships	Bridgetown, Barbados	3rd	400 m	45.61
	Pan American Games	Winnipeg, Canada	5th	400 m	45.42
	Pan American Games	Winnipeg, Canada	8th (h)	4 x 400 m relay	3:08.28
	World Championships	Seville, Spain	–	400 m	DQ
2000	Olympic Games	Sydney, Australia	54th (h)	400 m	46.84
2000	Olympic Games	Sydney, Australia	24th (h)	4 x 400 m relay	3:07.51

¹Disqualified in the semifinals

External links edit

Neil de Silva at World Athletics

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