Odiya Silweya

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Odiya Silweya
Personal information
NationalityMalawian
Born (1959-01-01) 1 January 1959 (age 66)
Sport
SportSprinting
Event
100 metres

Odiya Silweya (born 1 January 1959) is a Malawian sprinter. He competed in the men's 100 metres at the 1984 Summer Olympics. [1]

Silweya represented Malawi in two Summer Olympics and two Commonwealth Games in the 1980s. He competed at the 1982 Commonwealths in the 100 m and 200 m, and 1986 Commonwealths in the 200 m and 400 m. At the 1984 Olympics he competed in the 100 m and 200 m, while at the 1988 Games he entered in the 200 m and 400 m. [2] He advanced past the first round in all four of his Commonwealth appearances, posting a best finish of 7th in his 1986 200 m and 400 m semi-finals. [3]

At the 1987 All-Africa Games, Silweya ran 2nd leg on the Malawian 4 × 400 metres relay team, setting a national record of 3:11.97 that ranked 38th in the world that year. [4] [5]

References

  1. ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Odiya Silweya Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 5 July 2017.
  2. ↑ Odiya Silweya at World Athletics OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  3. ↑ Odiya Silweya at Tilastopaja (subscription required)
  4. ↑ "World 1987 outdoor list men 4 x 400m" . WP:Tilastopaja .
  5. ↑ "Daegu 2011: National Records" (PDF). World Athletics.


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