Ángela Tenorio

Ángela Tenorio
Ángela Tenorio in Cochabamba 2018
Full name	Ángela Gabriela Tenorio Micolta
nation	Ecuador
birthday	27th January 1996 (age 24)
place of birth	Nueva Loja , Ecuador
size	166 cm
Weight	55 kg
Career
discipline	100 meters , 200 meters
Best performance	10.99 s 22.84 s
status	active
Medal table
Pan American Games 0 × 1 × 0 × South American Games 0 × 4 × 0 × South American Championships 1 × 1 × 1 × U20 world championships 0 × 1 × 1 × U18 world championships 0 × 1 × 1 ×
Pan American Games silver Toronto 2015 100 m South American Games silver Santiago 2014 100 m silver Santiago 2014 200 m silver Cochabamba 2018 100 m silver Cochabamba 2018 200 m South American Championships gold Asunción 2017 100 m silver Asunción 2017 200 m bronze Asunción 2017 4 × 100 m  Junior World Championships silver Eugene 2014 100 m bronze Eugene 2014 200 m  Youth World Championships silver Donetsk 2013 200 m bronze Donetsk 2013 100 m
last change: October 10, 2019

Ángela Gabriela Tenorio Micolta (born January 27, 1996 in Nueva Loja ) is an Ecuadorian sprinter . She was the first South American to do the 100-meter run in under 11 seconds.

Athletic career

For the first time at an international championship, Ángela Tenorio competed at the Ibero-American Championships 2012 in Barquisimeto . Over 400 meters, she was eliminated there in the preliminary round and finished sixth in both sprint relays. In 2013 she won the bronze medal over 100 meters and silver over 200 meters at the 2013 World Youth Championships in Donetsk . She also qualified for the World Championships in Moscow and was eliminated there over 100 meters in the preliminary round. At the Pan American Youth Games, she also won bronze and silver in the two shortest sprint distances. She also won three gold medals at the Junior South American Championships in Resistencia . She also won gold over 100 meters and bronze over 200 meters and with the relay at the Juegos Bolivarianos in Trujillo . In 2014 she won two silver medals at the South American Games in Santiago de Chile and was fourth in the Ecuadorian relay. At the Junior World Championships in Eugene , she won silver over 100 meters and the bronze medal over 200 meters. At the U23 South American Championships in Montevideo , she barely missed a medal as part of the relay.

In 2015, the Ecuadorian sprint team took part in the World Relays in the Bahamas for the first time and won the B final there. In addition, she again won both gold medals in the individual competitions at the Junior South American Championships in Cuenca and won silver with the relay. At the Pan American Games in Toronto , she celebrated her greatest success so far. By winning the silver medal over 100 meters, she became the first South American ever to break below the sound barrier of 11 seconds and thus set a new continental record - this lasted until the 2017 World Championships in London and was improved there by Brazilian Rosângela Santos . Over 200 meters she took fourth place. In 2016 she qualified for the World Indoor Championships in Portland and made it to the semi-finals there. At the Ibero-American Championships, she secured two silver medals in the individual competitions. At the Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro , she reached the semifinals both over 100 meters and over 200 meters .

In 2017, the Ecuadorian sprint team won the B-final again at the World Relays . At the South American Championships in Luque , she won a complete set of medals with victory over 100 meters, silver over 200 meters and bronze with the relay. As the reigning continental champion, she received a bye for the World Championships in London and was eliminated there in the preliminary round over 100 meters and also with the relay . In November she won the gold medal over 100 meters, silver over 200 meters and with the Ecuadorian 4 x 100 meter relay at the Juegos Bolivarianos in Santa Marta with 11.26 seconds. In 2018 Tenorio won the silver medal in the 100 and 200 meters at the South American Games in Cochabamba , as well as at the Ibero-American Championships in Trujillo behind the Brazilian Vitória Cristina Rosa . At the beginning of September, she represented America at the Continental Cup in Ostrava , where she was fourth in 11.44 s and won with the American 4 x 100 meter relay. At the end of September she won the U23 South American Championships in Cuenca in 11.09 s, as well as with the relay in 44.18 s.

At the IAAF World Relays 2019 in Yokohama , she was eliminated from the preliminary round with the 4 x 100 meter relay with 44.74 s and was with the 4 x 200 meter relay in 1: 35.91 min Sixth. In August she again took part in the Pan American Games in Lima , where she finished fourth in 11.34 s and was sixth over 200 meters in 23.08 s. With the season she was disqualified in the final. Over 100 meters she qualified for the World Championships in Doha , where she was eliminated with 11.40 seconds in the lead .

Personal bests

• 100 meters: 10.99 s (+0.9 m / s), July 22, 2015 in Toronto ( Ecuadorian record ), former South American record
  • 60 meters (hall): 7.21 s, March 19, 2016 in Portland
• 200 meters: 22.84 s A (−0.5 m / s), May 31, 2015 in Cuenca ( Ecuadorian record )
• 400 meters: 54.28 s, September 30, 2012 in Ibarra

Web links

Commons : Ángela Tenorio  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Ángela Tenorio in the database of World Athletics (English)
• Ángela Tenorio in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Eduardo Biscayart: Tenorio shines at South American Junior Championships ( English ) IAAF. October 13, 2013. Retrieved September 1, 2017.
2. ↑ Tenorio and Mansilla highlight South American U23 Championships ( English ) IAAF. September 30, 2018. Retrieved October 10, 2019.