Johana Arrieta

Johana Arrieta
Full name	Johana Patricia Arrieta Madera
nation	Colombia
birthday	2nd September 1998 (age 21)
place of birth	Montería , Colombia
Career
discipline	800 m
Best performance	2: 04.61 min
Trainer	Libardo Hoyos
status	active
Medal table
South American Championships 1 × 0 × 0 ×
South American Championships gold Asunción 2017 800 m
last change: October 1st, 2017

Johana Patricia Arrieta Madera (born September 2, 1998 in Montería ) is a Colombian middle-distance runner .

Athletic career

For the first time at an international championship, Johana Arrieta competed at the Youth South American Championships 2014 in Cali , where she won gold over 800 meters, as well as at the Pan American Youth Championships in 2015. At the Youth World Championships , she finished seventh with a new best performance. In 2016 she reached the semi-finals at the Junior World Championships in Bydgoszcz . In 2017, she took third place with the Colombian 4 x 400 meter relay in the B final of the IAAF World Relays 2017 in the Bahamas . At the Junior South American Championships in Leonora , she won over 800 meters and won silver with the relay. A little later she became the South American champion at the championships in Luque . At the Pan American Junior Championships in Trujillo , Peru , she was fourth both over 800 meters and with the relay. At the World Championships in London , she was eliminated in the preliminary round . In November she won the bronze medal in the 800 meters at the Juegos Bolivarianos in Santa Marta with 2: 04.61 min and the silver medal with the Colombian 4 x 400 meter relay.

In 2018 she finished fourth at the South American Games in Cochabamba in 2: 17.51 ​​minutes and won the U23 South American Championships in Cuenca in the 800 and 1500 meters in September .

In 2016 Arrieta became Colombian champion with the 4 x 400 meter relay and in 2017 in the 800 meter run.

Personal bests

• 400 meters: 56.67 s, May 13, 2015 in Medellín
• 800 meters: 2: 04.61 min, November 23, 2017 in Santa Marta
• 1500 meters: 4: 33.4 min, May 12, 2018 in Medellín

Web links

• Johana Arrieta in the database of World Athletics (English)