Vânia Silva

Vânia Silva
Personal information
Born	8 June 1980 (age 43); Leiria, Pinhal Litoral, Portugal
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight	80 kg (176 lb)
Sport
Country	Portugal
Sport	Athletics
Event	Hammer throw
	Updated on 14 August 2012.

Vânia Sofia de Sousa Silva (born 8 June 1980 in Leiria, Pinhal Litoral) is a female hammer thrower from Portugal. Her personal best throw is 69.55 metres, achieved in May 2011 in Vila Real de Santo António, Portugal.^[1]^[2] She competed at the World Championships in 2001, 2003, 2007, 2009 and 2011 as well as the Olympic Games in 2004, 2008 and 2012 without reaching the final.

Achievements[edit]

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Notes
Representing Portugal
1998	World Junior Championships	Annecy, France	20th (q)	51.83 m
1999	European Junior Championships	Riga, Latvia	9th (q)	54.01 m
2000	Ibero-American Championships	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	3rd	57.35 m
2001	European U23 Championships	Amsterdam, Netherlands	4th	63.64 m^[3]
	World Championships	Edmonton, Canada	28th (q)	58.91 m
	Universiade	Beijing, China	15th (q)	59.41 m
2002	Ibero-American Championships	Guatemala City, Guatemala	1st	65.02 m
2002	European Championships	Munich, Germany	33rd (q)	58.22 m
2003	World Championships	Paris, France	24th (q)	63.82 m
2004	Ibero-American Championships	Huelva, Spain	4th	63.44 m
2004	Olympic Games	Athens, Greece	34th (q)	63.81 m
2005	Universiade	Izmir, Turkey	17th (q)	57.01 m
2006	Ibero-American Championships	Ponce, Puerto Rico	2nd	64.59 m
2006	European Championships	Gothenburg, Sweden	33rd (q)	60.51 m
2007	World Championships	Osaka, Japan	34th (q)	61.81 m
2008	Olympic Games	Beijing, China	46th (q)	59.42 m
2009	World Championships	Berlin, Germany	37th (q)	62.86 m
2010	Ibero-American Championships	San Fernando, Spain	5th	63.05 m
2011	World Championships	Daegu, South Korea	25th (q)	65.40 m
2012	European Championships	Helsinki, Finland	20th (q)	62.81 m
2012	Olympic Games	London, United Kingdom	35th (q)	62.81 m

^ "ECCC Group A 2011 Complete Results". EAA. 2011-05-29. Retrieved 2011-05-31.
^ "Vânia Silva breaks nation hammer record". www.thebesteam.blogspot.com. 2011-05-31. Retrieved 2011-05-31.
^ "Archived copy". www.eaa-athletics.ch. Archived from the original on 5 November 2004. Retrieved 12 January 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

Vânia Silva at World Athletics
Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Vania Silva". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18.

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