Eliecith Palacios

Eliecith Palacios
Full name	Eliecith Palacios Santos
nation	Colombia
birthday	15th September 1987 (age 32)
place of birth	Carepa , Colombia
size	175 cm
Weight	67 kg
Career
discipline	sprint
status	active
Medal table
South American Games 0 × 0 × 1 × CAC games 1 × 0 × 0 × South American Championships 1 × 4 × 1 ×
South American Games gold Santiago de Chile 2014 4 × 100 m Central America and Caribbean Games gold Mayagüez 2010 4 × 100 m South American Championships gold Buenos Aires 2011 4 × 100 m silver Cartagena 2013 4 × 100 m bronze Cartagena 2013 100 m silver Asunción 2017 4 × 100 m silver Lima 2019 100 m hurdles silver Lima 2019 4 × 100 m
last change: May 28, 2019

Eliecith Palacios Santos (born September 15, 1987 in Carepa ) is a Colombian athlete who specializes in the 100-meter run . She also starts in the 4 x 100 meter relay and took part twice in the Summer Olympics for Colombia .

Athletic career

Elicith Palacios competed in her first international competitions at the 2004 South American Youth Championships in Guayaquil , where she won the bronze medal over 100 meter hurdles with the Colombian 4 x 100 meter relay and the sprint relay. A year later she finished sixth in the hurdles sprint at the Junior South American Championships in Rosario . In 2006 she took part in the South American Championships in Tunja , where she also took sixth place. In 2010 she took part in the Ibero-American Championships in San Fernando , where she narrowly missed a medal over the hurdles in fourth, but was able to win the silver medal with the sprint relay. At the Central America and Caribbean Games in Mayagüez , she won gold with the Colombian relay and silver in the hurdles sprint.

In 2011 she was South American champion in the 4 x 100 meter relay at the Championships in Buenos Aires . In addition, she finished sixth over the hurdles and fourth with the relay at the Central America and Caribbean Games. At the Pan American Games in Guadalajara , she was eliminated over 100 meters in the run-up. By the end of this year, she mainly focused on the flat sprint distances. In 2012 she was nominated by the Comité Olímpico Colombiano for the 2012 Olympic Games in London and was used as a relay runner. In the second heat of the 4 x 100 meter relay, they, Yomara Hinestroza , Norma González and Darlenys Obregón were eliminated from the competition as reigning South American champions. Before that, she won gold in the hurdles sprint and bronze with the relay at the Ibero-American Championships in Barquisimeto . In 2013 she won bronze over 100 meters and silver with the Colombian relay at the South American Championships in Cartagena . At the World Championships in Moscow she was allowed to participate as part of the 4 x 100 meter relay and was eliminated with this in the run-up despite the season's best performance. At the Juegos Bolivarianos in Trujillo , she finished fourth in the individual competition and won gold in the relay.

In 2014 she won bronze with the relay at the South American Games and finished sixth over 100 meters. At the Ibero-American Championships in São Paulo, he won a silver medal over 100 meters. At the Central America and Caribbean Games in Xalapa , she finished fourth in the individual competition and won silver with the relay. In 2015 she finished fifth over 100 meters at the South American Championships in Lima . She was nominated by the Comité Olímpico Colombiano for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro and was allowed to start there in the 100-meter run . With the fifth place in her preliminary run, she missed the advancement. Shortly before, she retired from the Ibero-American Championships in the run over 100 meters and took fourth place with the relay. With the Colombian 4 x 100 meter relay she won the silver medal behind Brazil at the South American Championships in Luque . In addition to her, Maderleis Alcazar , Jennifer Padilla and Darlenys Obregón were part of the season. In November she won the silver medal over 100 m hurdles at the Juegos Bolivarianos in Santa Marta with 13.42 seconds.

In 2018, Palacios finished sixth in the hurdles at the CAC games in Barranquilla in 13.28 s and fourth in the relay in 44.19 s. Then she was at the Ibero-American Championships in Trujillo in 12.22 s sixth over 100 meters. The following year, she won the silver medal in the hurdles sprint behind Venezuelan Génesis Romero in 13.49 s and with the relay in 44.97 s at the South American Championships in Lima . She also ran over 100 meters in 11.86 s in eighth place.

In 2010 and 2014 as well as in 2016 and 2017, Palacios became the Colombian champion in the 100-meter run. In addition, she secured the title in the 2010, 2017 and 2018 hurdles. Soe was victorious in 2013 and 2016 with the 4 x 100 meter relay.

Personal bests

• 100 meters: 11.21 s (+0.7 m / s), July 10, 2016 in Medellín
• 200 meters: 24.31 s (+1.1 m / s), April 16, 2011 in Ponce
• 100 m hurdles: 13.15 s (+0.4 m / s), June 27, 2014 in Medellín

Web links

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