María Fernanda Mackenna

María Fernanda Mackenna
Full name	María Fernanda Mackenna Cooper
nation	Chile
birthday	2nd December 1986 (age 33)
place of birth	Santiago de Chile , Chile
size	171 cm
Weight	58 kg
Career
discipline	sprint
Trainer	Eduardo Fuentes
status	active
Medal table
South American Games 0 × 3 × 3 × South American Championships 0 × 0 × 9 × Indoor South American Championships 0 × 2 × 0 ×
South American Games bronze Belém 2002 4 × 100 m silver Buenos Aires 2006 4 × 100 m silver Santiago 2014 4 × 100 m bronze Santiago 2014 4 × 400 m silver Cochabamba 2018 4 × 400 m bronze Cochabamba 2018 400 m South American Championships bronze Cali 2005 4 × 100 m bronze Cali 2005 4 × 400 m bronze São Paulo 2007 4 × 100 m bronze São Paulo 2007 4 × 400 m bronze Buenos Aires 2011 4 × 100 m bronze Buenos Aires 2011 4 × 400 m bronze Lima 2015 4 × 100 m bronze Lima 2015 4 × 400 m bronze Luque 2017 4 × 400 m Indoor South American Championships silver Cochabamba 2020 200 m silver Cochabamba 2020 400 m
last change: February 17th, 2020

María Fernanda Mackenna Cooper (born December 2, 1986 in Santiago de Chile ) is a Chilean sprinter .

Athletic career

María Fernanda Mackenna gained her first experience in international championships in 2001 at the Junior South American Championships in Santa Fe , where she finished eighth in the 100-meter run after 12.91 s, eliminated over 200 meters with 25.99 s in the first round and came fourth with the Chilean 4 x 100 and 4 x 400 meter relay in 47.49 s and 3: 51.05 min respectively. The following year she took part for the first time in the South American Games in Belém , which were also rated at the Junior South American Championships. Over 100 meters she finished fifth in 12.33 s and was sixth in the 200-meter run in 25.21 s. In addition, she won the bronze medal behind the teams from Brazil and Venezuela with the 4-by-100-meter relay in 47.11 seconds and was classified with the 4-by-400-meter relay in 3: 49.09 minutes fourth place. Then she won the bronze medal over 200 meters at the South American Youth Championships in Asunción in 25.02 seconds and also with the sprint relay (1000 meters) in 2: 15.83 minutes. Over 100 meters she was fourth in 12.63 s and with the 4 x 100 meter relay she came in fifth after 51.3 s. In 2003, she won the Junior South American Championships in Guayaquil in 46.54 s with the 4 x 100 meter relay and was fourth with the 4 x 400 meter relay in 3: 52.37 min. Then she got at the Pan American Junior Championships in Bridgetown with the 4 x 100 meter relay in 46.38 s in sixth place. At the Youth World Championships in Sherbrooke , she took part over 100 and 200 meters. but retired in both competitions with 12.29 s and 24.80 s in the first round. At the 2004 U23 South American Athletics Championships in Barquisimeto , Mackenna won the silver medal over 200 meters in 24.47 seconds and in both relay competitions in 45.67 seconds and 3: 48.38 minutes. She then took part in the Ibero-American Championships in Huelva for the first time , where she retired over 200 meters with 25.28 s in the run and was disqualified with the 4 x 100 meter relay.

At her first South American Championships in Cali in 2005 , she finished sixth in the 400 meter run in 55.52 s and won the bronze medal behind the teams from Colombia and Brazil in both relay competitions in 45.34 s, as well as in 3:40, 49 minutes behind Brazil and Colombia. Then she reached seventh place over 400 meters at the Pan American Junior Championships in Windsor in 55.13 s and at the subsequent South American Junior Championships in Rosario , she won the bronze medal in the 400-meter run in 55.23 s and was over 200 meters in 24, 53s fourth. In addition, she reached fifth place with the 4 x 100 meter relay in 47.97 s and fourth with the 4 x 400 meter relay in 3: 47.66 minutes. In the following year, she won the silver medal behind the Colombians in 46.63 seconds at the South American Games in Buenos Aires , which were also the U23 South American Championships, with the 4-by-100-meter relay, while she won the 4-time 400-meter relay came in fourth after 3: 46.22 minutes. In 2007 she placed sixth in the South American Championships in São Paulo over 200 meters in 24.47 s and fifth over 400 meters in 55.43 s. In addition, she won the bronze medal behind the teams from Brazil and Colombia in both relay competitions. She then took part in the Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro for the first time , where she was eliminated from the preliminary round over 200 meters with 24.97 s and even with the 4 x 100 meter relay she did not achieve that with 45.50 s Final.

In the next two years Mackenna did not contest any competitions and in 2010 she only made a few starts at smaller national meetings. At the South American Championships in Buenos Aires in 2011, she classified over 200 and 400 meters in 24.56 s and 55.80 s respectively in sixth place and won the bronze medal in both relay competitions. The following year she took part in the Ibero-American Championships in Barquisimeto over 200 meters, but was eliminated with 23.91 s in the run-up. At the 2013 South American Athletics Championships in Cartagena , she finished seventh over 200 meters in 23.91 s and this time missed another medal in the 4 x 100 meter relay in 45.53 s in fourth. At the subsequent Juegos Bolivarianos in Trujillo she was fourth in the 400 meters in 54.99 s, as well as in 45.31 s with the 4 x 100 meter relay, while she was in the 4 x 400 meter Season won the bronze medal behind Colombia and Venezuela in 3: 41.74 minutes. At the South American Games in Santiago de Chile in 2014 , she finished fourth in the 200 and 400 meters in 24.01 s and 53.49 s respectively, and won the silver medal behind the 4-by-100-meter relay in 45.09 s Team from Venezuela and secured bronze with the 4 x 400 meter relay in 3: 37.42 minutes behind Brazil and Colombia. Then she was at the Ibero-American Championships in São Paulo in 54.47 s fourth over 400 meters and retired at the Pan American Sports Festival in Mexico City over 200 and 400 meters in the preliminary round.

In 2015 Mackenna won the bronze medal in both relay competitions at the South American Championships in Lima and placed fourth in the individual competition over 400 meters in 54.96 s. Then she took part in the relay competitions again in the Pan American Games in Toronto , but did not reach the final both times. The following year, she won the bronze medal in the 4 x 400 meter relay behind Brazil and Spain at the Ibero-American Championships in Rio de Janeiro in 3: 36.16 minutes, and she was over 400 meters in 54.60 seconds Seventh. At the South American Championships in Luque in 2017 , she was eliminated in the preliminary round over 200 and 400 meters with 24.48 s and 56.67 s and with the 4 x 400 meter relay she won the bronze medal in 3: 40.00 minutes behind Brazil and Colombia. Then she won the bronze medal over 400 meters behind the Venezuelan Nercely Soto and Jennifer Padilla from Colombia at the Juegos Bolivarianos in Santa Marta in 54.05 seconds . She also won the 4 x 400 meter relay in 3: 37.93 min. In 2018 she also won the bronze medal over 400 meters at the South American Games in Cochabamba in 53.60 seconds and this time had to admit defeat to the Colombian Padilla and the Brazilian Geisa Aparecida Coutinho . She also won the silver medal behind Colombia with a 4 x 400 meter relay in 3: 33.42 minutes. At the Ibero-American Championships in Trujillo she was fourth over 200 meters in 24.54 s and sixth over 400 meters in 54.52 s, while she was in the 4-by-400-meter relay after 3:43, Finished fifth for 56 min.

At the IAAF World Relays 2019 in Yokohama , she finished sixth in the B final with the 4 x 400 meter relay in 3: 33.54 min. At the South American Championships in Lima, she reached sixth place over 400 meters in 54.27 s and with the relay she reached fourth place after 3: 37.35 min. At the subsequent Pan-American Games there , she finished seventh with the relay in 3: 39.95 min. In the following year, she won the silver medal behind the Colombian Natalia Linares at the South American Indoor Championships held for the first time in Cochabamba over 200 meters in 24.24 s and also won the silver medal behind the Brazilian Tiffani Marinho over 400 meters with a new national record of 54.45 s .

In 2006 and 2012 Mackenna was Chilean champion in the 200-meter run, in 2018 and 2019 over 400 meters and in 2019 also in the 4-by-400-meter relay.

Personal bests

• 100 meters: 11.85 s (+1.5 m / s), April 21, 2012 in Santiago de Chile
• 200 meters: 23.67 s (+0.9 m / s), April 14, 2012 in Santiago
  • 200 meters (hall): 24.24 s, February 2, 2020 in Cochabamba
• 400 meters: 53.03 s, April 6, 2019 in Santiago
  • 400 meters (hall): 54.45 s, February 1, 2020 in Cochabamba ( Chilean record )

Web links

• María Fernanda Mackenna in the database of World Athletics (English)