Fernando Silva
Personal information
Full nameFernando Sérgio Rigor Silva
Born1 March 1980 (1980-03) (age 43)
Sport
CountryPortugal
ClubSport Lisboa e Benfica

Fernando Sérgio Rigor Silva (born 1 March 1980) is a Portuguese former long-distance runner who competed at distances from 3000 metres to the marathon. He represented his country in the marathon at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics and the 2010 European Athletics Championships. He has also competed at four editions of the World Athletics Cross Country Championships and six editions of the European Cross Country Championships. He shared in a team bronze medal with the Portuguese men at the 2003 European Cross Country Championships. He was twice national champion at the Portuguese Cross Country Championships.

Silva failed a drug test for erythropoietin (EPO), a banned blood-booster, in December 2006, which resulted in his disqualification from the 2006 European Cross Country Championships and a two-year ban.[1] Later he received an 8-year ban from competition in 2014 after failing a doping control based on his biological passport. His ban was backdated to 13 September 2013, with his ban due to expire in 2021.[2]

International competitions

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
2003 World Cross Country Championships Lausanne, Switzerland 43rd Short race 11:55
13th Team 163 pts
European Cross Country Championships Edinburgh, United Kingdom 14th Senior race 31:36
3rd Team 57 pts
2004 World Cross Country Championships Brussels, Belgium 47th Senior race 38:33
13th Team 234 pts
European Cross Country Championships Heringsdorf, Germany 11th Senior race 28:25
5th Team 104 pts
2005 World Cross Country Championships Saint-Galmier, France 46th Senior race 38:11
8th Team 212 pts
European 10,000m Cup Barakaldo, Spain — 10,000 m DNF
European Cross Country Championships Tilburg, Netherlands 11th Senior race 27:39
5th Team 94 pts
2006 World Cross Country Championships Fukuoka, Japan 25th Senior race 36:57
7th Team 152 pts
European 10,000m Cup Antalya, Turkey 15th 10,000 m 29:10.18
European Cross Country Championships San Giorgio su Legnano, Italy — Senior race DQ (28:03)
2009 World Championships Berlin, Germany 13th Marathon 2:14:48
4th Team 6:42:59
2010 European Championships Barcelona, Spain — Marathon DNF
European Cross Country Championships Bydgoszcz, Poland 56th Senior race 35:21
13th Team 221 pts
2012 European Cross Country Championships Budapest, Hungary — Senior race DQ

National titles

Personal bests

  • 3000 m: 8:04.60 min (2005)
  • 5000 m: 13:54.60 min (2006)
  • 10,000 m: 29:10.18 min (2006)
  • Half marathon: 1:02:58 (2009)
  • Marathon: 2:12:09 (2009)
  • 3000 m steeplechase: 8:49.82 min (2002)

See also

References

  1. ↑ Portuguese distance runner Fernando Silva suspended for doping. ESPN (2007-04-06). Retrieved 2020-05-24.
  2. ↑ "IAAF News Edition 150 – 25 February 2014". iaaf.org.
  3. ↑ Portuguese Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2020-05-24.
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