Heber Viera

Heber Williams Viera da Silva (born April 29, 1979 in Salto) is a Uruguayan sprinter who has been prominent in South American sprints since the turn of the century.^[1] He competed at the Summer Olympics in 2000, 2004 and 2008, being knocked out in the heats each time.

Heber Viera

Viera at the 2005 World Championships
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing  Uruguay
South American Games
	1998 Cuenca	200 m

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Viera and the second or maternal family name is Da Silva.

Viera represented Uruguay at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. He competed at the 200 metres and placed sixth in his first round heat in a time of 20.93 seconds, which was not enough to advance to the second round.^[1]

Competition record

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing  Uruguay
1996	South American Junior Championships	Bucaramanga, Colombia	3rd	100 m	10.5
			2nd	200 m	20.9 (w)
			6th	4 × 400 m relay	3:28.3
1997	South American Championships	Mar del Plata, Argentina	8th	100 m	10.77
	Pan American Junior Championships	San Carlos, Uruguay	8th	200 m	22.20
	South American Junior Championships	San Carlos, Uruguay	2nd	100 m	11.04
			1st	200 m	21.57
			3rd	4 × 100 m relay	42.58
1998	South American Junior Championships	Córdoba, Argentina	1st	200 m	21.33 (w)
			5th	4 × 100 m relay	42.11
	World Junior Championships	Annecy, France	21st (qf)	200 m	21.58
	South American Games	Cuenca, Ecuador	4th	100 m	10.53
			2nd	200 m	21.0
1999	South American Championships	Bogotá, Colombia	3rd	100 m	10.15
			3rd	200 m	20.76 (w)
			4th	4 × 100 m relay	40.14
	Pan American Games	Winnipeg, Canada	8th	200 m	21.19
	World Championships	Seville, Spain	–	200 m	DQ
2000	Ibero-American Championships	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	6th	100 m	10.65
			4th	200 m	21.19
	Olympic Games	Sydney, Australia	55th (h)	100 m	10.54
			30th (qf)	200 m	20.97
2001	World Indoor Championships	Lisbon, Portugal	15th (h)	200 m	21.55
	South American Championships	Manaus, Brazil	3rd	100 m	10.37
			2nd	200 m	20.68
			3rd	4 × 100 m relay	40.34
	World Championships	Edmonton, Canada	24th (qf)	200 m	20.83
2002	Ibero-American Championships	Guatemala City, Guatemala	1st	100 m	10.08 (w)
			2nd	200 m	20.46
2003	World Indoor Championships	Birmingham, United Kingdom	–	200 m	DQ
	South American Championships	Barquisimeto, Venezuela	2nd	100 m	10.33
			1st	200 m	20.60
	Pan American Games	Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic	5th	200 m	20.85
	World Championships	Paris, France	32nd (h)	200 m	20.87
2004	World Indoor Championships	Budapest, Hungary	18th (h)	200 m	21.36
	Ibero-American Championships	Huelva, Spain	3rd	200 m	21.30
	Olympic Games	Athens, Greece	35th (h)	200 m	20.94
2005	South American Championships	Cali, Colombia	3rd	100 m	10.43
			2nd	200 m	20.62 (w)
	World Championships	Helsinki, Finland	48th (h)	200 m	21.71
2006	Ibero-American Championships	Ponce, Puerto Rico	3rd	100 m	10.45
			2nd	200 m	20.80
	South American Championships	Tunja, Colombia	–	100 m	DQ
			3rd	200 m	21.10
2007	South American Championships	São Paulo, Brazil	2nd	200 m	20.59
	Pan American Games	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	19th (h)	200 m	21.29
2008	Ibero-American Championships	Iquique, Chile	7th	100 m	10.94
			11th (h)	200 m	21.74
	Olympic Games	Beijing, China	34th (h)	200 m	20.93
2011	South American Championships	Buenos Aires, Argentina	14th (h)	100 m	11.17
			14th (h)	200 m	22.45

Personal bests

• 100 metres - 10.08 (2002)
• 200 metres - 20.46 (2002)

References

1. "Athlete biography: Heber Viera". Beijing2008.cn. Archived from the original on 2008-08-10. Retrieved September 1, 2008.

External links

• Heber Viera at World Athletics
• Profile