In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Ibargüen and the second or maternal family name is Mena.
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Caterine Ibargüen Mena ODB (born 12 February 1984) is a retired Colombian athlete competing in high jump, long jump and triple jump. Her notable achievements include a gold medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics, silver medal in the 2012 Summer Olympics, two gold medals in the World Championships in Athletics, and two gold medals in the 2011 Pan American Games and 2015 Pan American Games.
Biography
Caterine was born in the Urabá region of Antioquia, where she was raised by her grandmother after her parents separated because of the armed conflict in Colombia. Her father left for Venezuela and her mother moved to Turbo, Colombia. Caterine first played volleyball, and Wilder Zapata, her coach, noticed her skill and suggested she play in Medellín, which had the high-profile Atanasio Girardot Sports Complex as a venue for national and international games. There, she began her training in 1996 with the Cuban coach Jorge Luis Alfaro, specializing in the high jump.
Her personal best in the high jump is 1.93 metres, achieved on 22 July 2005 in Cali. This is the current Colombian record. She competed at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, where she jumped 1.85 m in the qualifying round. She held the South American record in the triple jump with 15.31 m from July 2014 until September 2019. That jump remained the best jump since the Olympics in August 2008 until Yulimar Rojas achieved a mark of 15.41 m at the Jaén Paraíso Interior Meeting. On 1 September 2011, she obtained the bronze medal at the IAAF World Championships in Daegu with a 14.84 m performance. Based in Puerto Rico. Coached by Ubaldo Duany, former Cuban Long Jumper (8.32 m PB from 1986). On 5 August, she won a silver medal at the London 2012 Olympics in the triple jump competition with a 14.80 m jump on her last attempt. On 15 August 2013, she won IAAF World Championships in Moscow in the triple jump competition with a 14.85 m jump on her second attempt.
Caterine Ibargüen announced retirement in August 2021.
Personal bests
- Outdoor
- 200 m: 24.96 s (wind: -1.2 m/s) – San Germán, 4 December 2009
- 800 m: 2:35.35 min – San Germán, 4 December 2010
- 100 m hurdles: 14.09 s (wind: +0.0 m/s) – Mayagüez, 19 February 2011
- High jump: 1.93 m – Cali, 22 July 2005
- Long jump: 6.93 m (wind: +0.8 m/s) – Ostrava, 9 September 2018
- Triple jump: 15.31 m (wind: 0.0 m/s) – Monaco, 18 July 2014
- Shot put: 13.79 m – Carolina, 20 March 2010
- Javelin throw: 37.72 m – San Germán, 4 December 2010
- Heptathlon: 5742 pts – San Germán, 5 December 2009
- Indoor
- High jump: 1.81 m – Moscow, 11 March 2006
International competitions
| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | South American Championships | Bogotá, Colombia | 3rd | High jump | 1.76 m A |
| World Youth Championships | Bydgoszcz, Poland | 15th (q) | High jump | 1.65 m | |
| South American Junior Championships | Concepción, Chile | 2nd | High jump | 1.73 m | |
| 2001 | South American Junior Championships | Santa Fe, Argentina | 1st | High jump | 1.77 m |
| 2nd | Long jump | 5.87 m | |||
| 3rd | Triple jump | 12.65 m | |||
| 2nd | 4 × 100 m | 45.92 s | |||
| Pan American Junior Championships | Santa Fe, Argentina | 2nd | High jump | 1.77 m | |
| 6th | Long jump | 5.70 m | |||
| 4th | Triple jump | 12.90 m | |||
| 3rd | 4 × 100 m | 46.89 s | |||
| Bolivarian Games | Ambato, Ecuador | 1st | High jump | 1.79 m A | |
| 2002 | World Junior Championships | Kingston, Jamaica | 20th (q) | Triple jump | 12.69 m (+0.6 m/s) |
| Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships (U-20) |
Bridgetown, Barbados | 2nd | High jump | 1.79 m | |
| 3rd | Triple jump | 13.01 m (−1.3 m/s) | |||
| Central American and Caribbean Games | San Salvador, El Salvador | 3rd | High jump | 1.79 m | |
| 2nd | Triple jump | 13.17 m (−1.4 m/s) | |||
| 2003 | South American Junior Championships | Guayaquil, Ecuador | 1st | High jump | 1.80 m |
| 1st | Triple jump | 13.05 m (+2.0 m/s) | |||
| South American Championships | Barquisimeto, Venezuela | 4th | High jump | 1.79 m | |
| 2nd | Long jump | 6.04 m (−0.4 m/s) | |||
| 3rd | Triple jump | 13.07 m (−0.1 m/s) | |||
| Pan American Junior Championships | Bridgetown, Barbados | 4th | High jump | 1.81 m | |
| 4th | Triple jump | 12.64 m (−0.8 m/s) | |||
| 2004 | South American Under-23 Championships | Barquisimeto, Venezuela | 1st | High jump | 1.91 m |
| 2nd | Long jump | 6.05 m (+0.9 m/s) | |||
| Ibero-American Championships | Huelva, Spain | 3rd | High jump | 1.88 m | |
| Olympic Games | Athens, Greece | 16th (q) | High jump | 1.85 m | |
| 2005 | South American Championships | Cali, Colombia | 1st | High jump | 1.93 m |
| 3rd | Long jump | 6.30 m (−3.0 m/s) | |||
| 3rd | Triple jump | 13.59 m (+1.3 m/s) | |||
| World Championships | Helsinki, Finland | 23rd (q) | High jump | 1.84 m | |
| Bolivarian Games | Armenia, Colombia | 1st | High jump | 1.91 m GR A | |
| 1st | Long jump | 6.54 m (+0.7 m/s) GR A | |||
| 2nd | Triple jump | 13.64 m (+1.9 m/s) A | |||
| 2006 | World Indoor Championships | Moscow, Russia | 17th (q) | High jump | 1.81 m |
| Central American and Caribbean Games | Cartagena, Colombia | 2nd | High jump | 1.88 m | |
| 2nd | Long jump | 6.36 m (+0.5 m/s) | |||
| South American Championships | Tunja, Colombia | 1st | High jump | 1.90 m | |
| 2nd | Long jump | 6.51 m A w (+3.8 m/s) | |||
| 2nd | Triple jump | 13.91 m A (+0.9 m/s) | |||
| South American Under-23 Championships / South American Games |
Buenos Aires, Argentina | 2nd | High jump | 1.85 m | |
| 1st | Long jump | 6.32 m (+1.1 m/s) | |||
| 2nd | Triple jump | 13.26 m w (+2.5 m/s) | |||
| 2007 | ALBA Games | Caracas, Venezuela | 1st | High jump | 1.85 m |
| Pan American Games | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 4th | High jump | 1.87 m | |
| South American Championships | São Paulo, Brazil | 1st | High jump | 1.84 m | |
| 3rd | Long jump | 6.18 m (+0.9 m/s) | |||
| 2008 | Ibero-American Championships | Iquique, Chile | 2nd | High jump | 1.85 m |
| Central American and Caribbean Championships | Cali, Colombia | 2nd | High jump | 1.88 m | |
| 6th | Triple jump | 13.04 m (−2.0 m/s) | |||
| 2009 | South American Championships | Lima, Peru | 1st | High jump | 1.88 m A |
| 1st | Triple jump | 13.93 m A (+0.5 m/s) | |||
| World Championships | Berlin, Germany | 28th (q) | High jump | 1.85 m | |
| Bolivarian Games | Sucre, Bolivia | 1st | High jump | 1.80 m A | |
| 1st | Long jump | 6.32 m A (−0.4 m/s) | |||
| 2nd | Triple jump | 13.96 m A (−0.3 m/s) | |||
| 2010 | Ibero-American Championships | San Fernando, Spain | 2nd | Triple jump | 14.29 m (+2.0 m/s) |
| Central American and Caribbean Games | Mayagüez, Puerto Rico | 4th | Long jump | 6.29 m (−0.5 m/s) | |
| 2nd | Triple jump | 14.10 m (+0.8 m/s) | |||
| 2011 | South American Championships | Buenos Aires, Argentina | 3rd | Long jump | 6.45 m (−0.5 m/s) |
| 1st | Triple jump | 14.59 m w (+2.2 m/s) | |||
| World Championships | Daegu, South Korea | 3rd | Triple jump | 14.84 m (+0.4 m/s) | |
| Pan American Games | Guadalajara, Mexico | 3rd | Long jump | 6.63 m (+1.6 m/s) NR | |
| 1st | Triple jump | 14.92 m (+0.1 m/s) | |||
| 2012 | Olympic Games | London, United Kingdom | 2nd | Triple jump | 14.80 m (+0.4 m/s) |
| 2013 | World Championships | Moscow, Russia | 1st | Triple jump | 14.85 m (+0.4 m/s) |
| 2014 | Continental Cup | Marrakesh, Morocco | 1st | Triple jump | 14.52 m (−0.5 m/s) |
| Central American and Caribbean Games | Xalapa, Mexico | 1st | Triple jump | 14.57 m A (−0.4 m/s) | |
| 2015 | Pan American Games | Toronto, Canada | 1st | Triple jump | 15.08 m (w) |
| World Championships | Beijing, China | 1st | Triple jump | 14.90 m | |
| 2016 | Olympic Games | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 1st | Triple jump | 15.17 m |
| 2017 | World Championships | London, United Kingdom | 2nd | Triple jump | 14.89 m |
| 2018 | Central American and Caribbean Games | Barranquilla, Colombia | 1st | Long jump | 6.83 m (w) |
| 1st | Triple jump | 14.92 m | |||
| Continental Cup | Ostrava, Czech Republic | 1st | Long jump | 6.93 m NR | |
| 1st | Triple jump | 14.76 m | |||
| 2019 | Pan American Games | Lima, Peru | 5th | Long jump | 6.54 m |
| World Championships | Doha, Qatar | 3rd | Triple jump | 14.73 m | |
| 2021 | Olympic Games | Tokyo, Japan | 10th | Triple jump | 14.25 m |
Honours
Colombia:
Grand Cross of the National Order of Merit (12 December 2018)
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Awards
- 2018 IAAF Female athlete of the year award
References
- Tiempo, Casa Editorial El (24 August 2015). "Esta es la hoja de vida de Catherine Ibargüen". El Tiempo (in Spanish). Retrieved 8 August 2017.
- "Athlete Profile". IAAF Athletics. 8 September 2014. Retrieved 5 March 2015.
- Biography – IBARGUEN Catherine, Panam Sports, archived from the original on 25 March 2014, retrieved 8 January 2015
- Clavelo, Javier; Biscayart, Eduardo (8 September 2014), Focus on Athletes biographies – Caterine IBARGÜEN Mena, Colombia (Long Jump/Triple Jump), IAAF, retrieved 8 January 2015
- Alperín, Eduardo (6 August 2012). "La historia de Ibargüen". ESPN Deportes. Retrieved 5 March 2015.
- Mike Rowbottom (18 July 2014). "Ibargüen's terrific triple jump of 15.31m – IAAF Diamond League". IAAF. Retrieved 18 July 2014.
- Gallo, Iván (14 August 2016). "El adiós dorado de Caterine Ibargüen". Las2orillas. Retrieved 15 August 2016.
- Colombia’s Ibarguen brings golden triple jumping career to close at 37 Inside the games
- "Eliud Kipchoge and Caterine Ibarguen take top honours at IAAF athletge of the year awards". Reuters. Archived from the original on 6 December 2018. Retrieved 6 December 2018.
External links
- Caterine Ibargüen at World Athletics
- Caterine Ibargüen at Olympics.com
- Caterine Ibargüen at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
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| Preceded byPedro Causil | Flagbearer for Colombia Tokyo 2020 with Yuberjen Martínez |
Succeeded byLaura Gómez Carlos Andres Quintana |
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- 1984 births
- Living people
- People from Apartadó
- Colombian female high jumpers
- Colombian female long jumpers
- Colombian female triple jumpers
- Olympic female triple jumpers
- Olympic female high jumpers
- Olympic athletes for Colombia
- Olympic gold medalists for Colombia
- Olympic silver medalists for Colombia
- Olympic gold medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Olympic silver medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics
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- Pan American Games gold medalists for Colombia
- Pan American Games bronze medalists for Colombia
- Pan American Games medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2007 Pan American Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2011 Pan American Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2015 Pan American Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2019 Pan American Games
- World Athletics Championships athletes for Colombia
- World Athletics Championships medalists
- World Athletics Championships winners
- South American Games silver medalists for Colombia
- South American Games medalists in athletics
- Central American and Caribbean Games gold medalists for Colombia
- Competitors at the 2006 South American Games
- Competitors at the 2002 Central American and Caribbean Games
- Competitors at the 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games
- Competitors at the 2010 Central American and Caribbean Games
- Competitors at the 2014 Central American and Caribbean Games
- Competitors at the 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games
- Diamond League winners
- IAAF Continental Cup winners
- Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in athletics
- Afro-Colombian women
- Medalists at the 2011 Pan American Games
- Medalists at the 2015 Pan American Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Sportspeople from Antioquia Department
- Bolivarian Games gold medalists for Colombia
- Bolivarian Games medalists in athletics
- Bolivarian Games silver medalists for Colombia