Kelly's Arias

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Kelly's Arias 2016
Kelly's Arias in Rio de Janeiro 2016

Full name Kelly's Yesenia Arias Figueroa
nation ColombiaColombia Colombia
birthday 3rd July 1989 (age 31)
place of birth Maicao , Colombia
size 150 cm
Weight 47 kg
Career
discipline Long distance running
status active
last change: September 20, 2018

Kellys Yesenia Arias Figueroa (born July 3, 1989 in Maicao ) is a Colombian long-distance runner who specializes in the marathon distance .

Athletic career

Kellys Arias gained her first international experience outside of Colombia at the Toronto Waterfront Marathon 2015, where she finished seventh in 2:32:32 h. The following year she took part in the World Half Marathon Championships in Cardiff , where she achieved eleventh place with a new national record of 1:11:21 h. She also won the Panama City Half Marathon in 1:15:20 h. At the Hamburg Marathon 2016, she also ran a new national record of 2:29:36 hours and thus came in sixth and also qualified for the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro . But she could n't finish her run there . In November she took part in the New York Marathon and came in 13th in 2:39:14 h.

In 2017 she came third in the Medellín half marathon and in autumn she finished seventh in the Valencia marathon in 2:33:48 h. In 2018, she took part in the 10,000 meter run at the Central America and Caribbean Games in Barranquilla , where she finished fifth in 35: 01.57 minutes. At the beginning of April she started the Boston Marathon , but could not finish it.

On July 8, 2018, Arias won the 10,000 meter run in 34:39:32 at the Colombian Championships at the Rafael Cotes Municipal Stadium in Barranquilla .

Personal best

  • 5000 meters: 16: 44.79 min, July 8, 2018 in Barranquilla
  • 10,000 meters: 34: 39.32 min, July 7th 2018 in Barranquilla
  • Half marathon: 1:11:21 h, March 26, 2016 in Cardiff ( Colombian record )
  • Marathon: 2:29:36 h, April 17, 2016 in Hamburg ( Colombian record )

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ IAAF: Half Marathon Result - IAAF / Cardiff University World Half Marathon Championships Cardiff 2016 - iaaf.org . Retrieved July 30, 2018.
  2. ↑ 31st Haspa Marathon Hamburg 2016 . Retrieved July 30, 2018.
  3. ↑ http://www.coc.org.co/all-news/antioquia-y-valle-se-consolidan-en-el-campeonato-nacional-de-atletismo/
personal data
SURNAME Arias, Kellys
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Arias Figueroa, Kellys Yesenia (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Colombian long distance runner
DATE OF BIRTH 3rd July 1989
PLACE OF BIRTH Maicao