IBARGUEN Caterine

Date of Birth: 12 Feb 1984

Age: 37

Gender: Female

Place of birth: APARTADO

Birth Country:

Colombia

Place of residence : PUERTO RICO

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Athletics	Women's Triple Jump	10

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Olympic Stadium - Triple Jump A	Women's Triple Jump Qualification - Group A	Finished
	Olympic Stadium - Triple Jump A	Women's Triple Jump Final	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Olympic Games

Year	Location	High Jump	Long Jump	Triple Jump
2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	-	-	1st (15.17)
2012	London, GBR	-	Qual. (DNS)	2nd (14.80)
2004	Athens, GRE	Qual. (1.85)	-	-

World Athletics Championships

Year	Location	High Jump	Triple Jump
2019	Doha, QAT	-	3rd (14.73)
2017	London, GBR	-	2nd (14.89)
2015	Beijing, CHN	-	1st (14.90)
2013	Moscow, RUS	-	1st (14.85)
2011	Daegu, KOR	-	3rd (14.84)
2009	Berlin, GER	Qual. (1.85)	-
2005	Helsinki, FIN	Qual. (1.84)	-

Pan American Games

Year	Location	Long Jump
2019	Lima, PER	5th (6.54)

Diamond League overview - Three best ranks per season and event since 2017

Year	Long Jump	Triple Jump
2021	1 x 8th	1 x 8th
2020	1 x 2nd	-
2019	1 x 1st, 1 x 2nd, 1 x 8th	2 x 1st, 1 x 6th
2018	1 x 1st, 1 x 2nd, 1 x 3rd	5 x 1st
2017	-	3 x 1st, 1 x 2nd, 1 x 3rd

Diamond League - Ten best performances since 2020

Rank	Year	Event	Location	Result
1	2019	Long Jump	Doha, QAT	6.76
1	2019	Triple Jump	Lausanne, SUI	14.89
1	2019	Triple Jump	Oslo, NOR	14.79
1	2018	Long Jump	Brussels, BEL	6.80
1	2018	Triple Jump	Zurich, SUI	14.56
1	2018	Triple Jump	Rabat, MAR	14.96
1	2018	Triple Jump	Paris Saint-Denis, FRA	14.83
1	2018	Triple Jump	Oslo, NOR	14.89
1	2018	Triple Jump	Shanghai, CHN	14.80
1	2017	Triple Jump	Birmingham, GBR	14.51
1	2017	Triple Jump	Monaco, MON	14.86
1	2017	Triple Jump	Rabat, MAR	14.51

World Challenge - Ten best performances since 2020

Rank	Year	Event	Competition	Location	Result
1	2017	Triple Jump	World Challenge	Madrid, ESP	14.49
1	2017	Triple Jump	World Challenge	Turku, FIN	13.97
1	2017	Triple Jump	World Challenge	Kingston, JAM	14.43

Legend
SF - Semifinal, QF - Quarterfinal, 1R - 1st Round, Qual. - Qualification, QR - Qualification Round, DNF - Did Not Finish, DNS - Did Not Start, DQ - Disqualified, NM - No Mark, [Relay athlete without time] - Did not run in final

Caterine The Great (elespectador.com, 05 Oct 2019)

Occupation:

Nursing - Metropolitan University, San Juan, PUR

Languages spoken:

She underwent surgery in 2019 to treat a plantar fasciitis injury to her left foot, which prevented her from participating at the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, Peru. She returned to competition in time to compete at the 2019 World Championships in Doha, Qatar. (elespectador.com, 05 Oct 2019; eluniversal.com.co, 11 Aug 2019)

She took up athletics at age 12 in Apartado, Colombia. (IAAF, 23 Aug 2015)

She played volleyball before coach Wilder Zapata discovered her talent during a school competition. (bbc.com, 05 Dec 2018; eltiempo.com, 03 Sep 2011)

To compete at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (rcnradio.com, 19 May 2019)

Coaches Regla Sandrino and Ubaldo Duany. (IAAF, 23 Aug 2015)

During a competition she wears earrings her mother gave to her. (cromos.com.co, 10 Dec 2015)

Philosophy:

"I've always said that my life is full of dreams and I struggle day by day to make them come true. If a dream gets in your head it's because you can reach it. It's really good that many people identify with my what has been my process." (elpais.com.co, 23 Oct 2019)

She was named the 2018 World Female Athlete of the Year by World Athletics [IAAF]. (mundodeportivo.com, 05 Dec 2018)

She was named Sportsperson of the Year by Colombian newspaper El Espectador in 2011, 2013 and 2015. She shared the 2013 award with Colombian road cyclist Nairo Quintana. (telemetro.com, 10 Dec 2015)

An athletics stadium has been named after her in her hometown of Apartado, Colombia. (atletismoantioquia.com, 15 Jan 2019)

General Interest

General
POST TOKYO
She is unsure of her plans following the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. "I will be linked to athletics all my life. My plans run up until Tokyo and to have a good competition so I could retire on a high note. My commitment to my country is until there. Afterwards I will keep on working to develop athletics in Colombia." (elpais.com.co, 23 Oct 2019; rcnradio.com, 19 May 2019)

FURTHER EDUCATION
She has a master's degree in sports management. (espn.com.co, 25 Sep 2018)

Milestones

She became the first competitor representing Colombia, either male or female, to win a gold medal in athletics at the Olympic Games by claiming victory in triple jump at the 2016 Games in Rio de Janeiro. (SportsDeskOnline, 21 Feb 2020; ONS, 15 Aug 2016)

She is the first female competitor representing Colombia to have won gold in athletics at the world championships, having triumphed in triple jump at the 2013 edition of the tournament in Moscow, Russian Federation. (SportsDeskOnline, 21 Feb 2020; IAAF, 23 Aug 2015)

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Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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