PAJON Mariana

Olympic Games

Year	Location	Women
2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	1
2012	London, GBR	1

World Championships

Year	Location	Women	Time trial
2019	Heusden-Zolder, BEL	8	-
2017	Rock Hill, SC, USA	3	-
2016	Medellin, COL	1	3
2015	Heusden-Zolder, BEL	14	1
2014	Rotterdam, NED	1	3
2013	Auckland, NZL	6	1
2012	Birmingham, GBR	5	-
2011	Copenhagen, DEN	1	3
2010	Pietermaritzburg, RSA	9	-

Pan American Games

Year	Location	Women
2019	Lima, PER	1

Pan American Championships

Year	Location	Women
2019	Americana, BRA	1

UCI BMX Supercross - Overview per season since 2017

Year	Event	Standings	Three best ranks per season
2021	Women	-	2 x 1st, 2 x 13th
2020	Women	6th	1 x 3rd, 1 x 17th
2019	Women	9th	1 x 4th, 1 x 7th, 1 x 9th
2018	Women	17th	2 x 4th, 1 x 11th, 1 x 16th
2017	Women	2nd	3 x 1st, 1 x 2nd, 1 x 6th

UCI BMX Supercross - Ten best performances since 2017

Rank	Year	Event	Location
1	2021	Women	Bogota, COL
1	2021	Women	Bogota, COL
1	2017	Women	Santiago del Estero, ARG
1	2017	Women	Santiago del Estero, ARG
1	2017	Women	Heusden-Zolder, BEL
2	2017	Women	Papendal, NED
3	2020	Women	Shepparton, VIC, AUS
4	2019	Women	Manchester, GBR
4	2018	Women	Papendal, NED
4	2018	Women	Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, FRA

Legend
IP - In Progress, DNF - Did Not Finish, DNS - Did Not Start, DSQ - Disqualified

Queen of the BMX, La Tata (marianapajon.com.co, 2012; elcolombiano.com, 18 Sep 2011)

Athlete

Husband Vincent Pelluard

English, Spanish

German Medina [national], COL

Her father Carlos Mario competed in BMX at the 1995 World Championships in Melgar, Colombia. Her older brother Miguel has participated in the sport at junior national level in Colombia. Her husband Vincent Pelluard has represented France and Colombia in BMX at international level, and was selected to represent Colombia at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (SportsDeskOnline, 29 May 2016; lanouvellerepublique.fr, 10 Mar 2016; bmx-results.com, 01 Jan 2016; revistadiners.com.co, 28 Jul 2014; marianapajon.com.co, 01 Jan 2013; colombia.com, 05 Jun 2021)

She began BMX at age four in Medellin, Colombia. (revistadiners.com.co, 28 Jul 2014; Athlete, 12 May 2011)

She followed her father and brother into the sport. (revistadiners.com.co, 28 Jul 2014; Athlete, 12 May 2011)

"The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams." [US politician Eleanor Roosevelt] (Facebook page, 04 Jun 2016)

In 2019 she was recipient of the first ever Changemaker Award presented by the Panam Sports Organization. (panamsports.org, 14 Dec 2019)

She was named Best Female Athlete of the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, Peru, by the Association of National Olympic Committees [ANOC]. (olympics.com, 2020; anocolympic.org, 17 Oct 2019)

She was named 2013 Athlete of the Year by Coldeportes, the national government department of sports in Colombia. (revistadiners.com.co, 28 Jul 2014)

In 2012 she received the Cross of the Order of Boyaca in recognition of her sporting achievements. (colombia.co, 2013)

She was Colombia's flag bearer for the opening and closing ceremonies of the 2012 Olympic Games in London. She also had the honour of carrying the Colombian flag at the opening ceremony of the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara, Mexico. (elespectador.com, 12 Aug 2012; aipsmedia.com, 14 Aug 2012)

In 2011 she was named the Female Athlete of the Year in Colombia. (elcolombiano.com, 18 Sep 2011)