Neil de Silva

Neil de Silva

Personal information
Born	(1969-11-15) 15 November 1969 (age 55) Arima, Trinidad and Tobago
Sport
Sport	Track and field
Medal record Representing  Trinidad and Tobago World Indoor Championships 1993 Toronto 4x400m relay Commonwealth Games 1994 Victoria 4x400m relay Pan American Games 1995 Mar del Plata 4x400m relay Central American and Caribbean Games 1993 Ponce 400m 1993 Ponce 4x400m relay

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

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)
			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
			–	4 x 400 m relay	DQ
1992	Olympic Games	Barcelona, Spain	14th (qf)	200 m	20.66 1
			7th	4 x 400 m relay	3:03.31
1993	World Indoor Championships	Toronto, Ontario, Canada	17th (h)	200 m	21.43
			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
			19th (h)	4 x 100 m relay	40.24
1994	Commonwealth Games	Victoria, British Columbia, Canada	7th	400 m	46.27
			3rd	4 x 400 m relay	3:02.78
1995	Pan American Games	Mar del Plata, Argentina	12th (h)	200 m	21.03
			3rd	4 x 400 m relay	3:02.24
	World Championships	Gothenburg, Sweden	28th (qf)	200 m	21.01
			22nd (h)	4 x 100 m relay	40.09
1996	Olympic Games	Atlanta, United States	16th (sf)	200 m	21.26
			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
			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
			24th (h)	4 x 400 m relay	3:07.51

¹Disqualified in the semifinals

External links

• Neil de Silva at World Athletics
• Neil de Silva at Olympedia
• Neil de Silva at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived)