Muriel Coneo

Muriel Coneo
Muriel Coneo in Medellín 2017
Full name	Muriel Coneo Paredes
nation	Colombia
birthday	15th March 1987 (age 33)
place of birth	Isla Fuerte , Colombia
size	160 cm
Weight	50 kg
Career
discipline	Middle-distance run , obstacle run
Trainer	Libardo Hoyos
status	active
Medal table
Pan American Games 1 × 0 × 0 × South American Games 4 × 0 × 0 × South American Championships 4 × 5 × 4 ×
Pan American Games gold Toronto 2015 1500 m South American Games gold Buenos Aires 2006 800 m gold Buenos Aires 2006 1500 m gold Santiago 2014 1500 m gold Santiago 2014 3000 m obstacle South American Championships silver Tunja 2006 800 m silver Tunja 2006 4 × 400 m bronze Tunja 2006 1500 m silver São Paulo 2007 800 m silver Lima 2009 1500 m bronze Lima 2009 800 m bronze Buenos Aires 2011 800 m silver Cartagena 2013 1500 m bronze Cartagena 2013 3000 m obstacle gold Lima 2015 1500 m gold Lima 2015 3000 m obstacle gold Asunción 2017 1500 m gold Asunción 2017 5000 m
last change: January 18, 2018

Muriel Coneo Paredes (born March 15, 1987 in Isla Fuerte ) is a Colombian middle-distance and obstacle runner .

Athletic career

Muriel Coneo gained his first international experience at the 2004 South American Youth Championships in Guayaquil , where fourth place over 800 meters and sixth place over 1500 meters. In 2005 she took fifth place over 800 meters at the South American Championships in Cali . Then she won the bronze medal at the Juegos Bolivarianos in Armenia over the same distance. At the Junior South American Championships in Rosario , she won the gold medal over 800 meters and with the Colombian 4 x 400 meter relay as well as the silver medal over 1500 meters. In 2006 she won the Ibero-American Championships in Ponce , she won the silver medal with the relay and took fourth place over 800 meters. At the Central America and Caribbean Games in Cartagena , she was sixth over 800 meters. At the Junior World Championships in Beijing , she reached the semi-finals. Then she won the silver medals over 800 meters and with the relay as well as the bronze medal over 1500 meters at the South American Championships in Tunja . At the end of the season she won the gold medals over 800 and 1500 meters at the South American Games, which also represented the U23 South American Championships.

In 2007 she won the silver medal over 800 meters at the South American Championships in São Paulo . In 2008 she was fourth and fifth at the Ibero-American Championships in Iquique and won the bronze medal in the 1500 meters at the Central America and Caribbean Championships and finished fourth in the 800 meters. At the U23 South American Championships in Lima , she won the silver medal over both distances. In 2009 he won the bronze medal over 800 m and the silver medal over 1500 m at the South American Championships in Lima in 2009. At the Juegos Bolivarianos in Sucre , she won with the Colombian relay and won silver over 800 meters. In 2010 she finished sixth and fifth with the relay at the Ibero-American Championships in San Fernando over this distance . In 2011 she won the bronze medal over 800 meters at the South American Championships in Buenos Aires and took fourth place over 1500 meters. At the Central America and Caribbean Championships in Mayagüez she was fourth over 1500 meters and sixth over 800 meters. At the Student World Games in Shenzhen , she was eliminated in both competitions in the first round.

After a year break in 2012, she won the silver medal over 1500 meters and bronze in the obstacle course at the South American Championships in Cartagena in 2013 . At the Juegos Bolivarianos in Trujillo , she won gold over the obstacles and silver over 1500 meters. In 2014 she won the gold medal at the South American Games in Santiago de Chile over both distances . At the Ibero-American Championships in São Paulo, she won gold over 1500 meters and silver over 3000 meters. She then won the gold medal over 1500 meters and silver in the 3000-meter obstacle course at the Central America and Caribbean Games in Xalapa . In 2015 she finished seventh in the individual competition at the Pan American Crosscountry Cup in Barranquilla and sixth in the team classification. At the South American Championships in Lima, she won the double over 1500 meters and 3000 m obstacle. At the Pan American Games in Toronto she won the 1500 m with a new national record of 4: 09.05 min. She also qualified for the World Championships in Beijing , where she reached the semi-finals over 1500 meters . In the obstacle course she parted with 9: 55.53 minutes, however, already in advance of.

In 2016 she won gold over 1500 meters and silver over 3000 meters at the Ibero-American Championships in Rio de Janeiro . A little later she also took part in the Olympic Games there, but could not reach the semifinals with 4: 09.50 min . In 2017 she repeated her success of two years ago over 1500 meters at the South American Championships in Luque and also won the gold medal over 5000 meters. She received a bye for both disciplines for the World Championships in London , where she was eliminated in the first round over 1500 meters and 5000 meters , despite a new national record. In November she won the gold medals over 1500 and 5000 meters at the Juegos Bolivarianos in Santa Marta .

So far she has been Colombian champion eight times.

Personal best

• 400 meters: 55.7 s, April 15, 2012 in Medellín
• 800 meters: 2: 03.67 min, November 21, 2015 in Cali
• 1500 meters: 4: 06.99 min, June 3, 2016 in Huelva ( Colombian record )
  • 1500 meters (hall): 4: 15.73 min, February 18, 2018 in Istanbul ( Colombian record )
• 3000 meters: 9: 04.79 min, May 14, 2016 in Rio de Janeiro ( Colombian record )
• 5000 meters: 15: 26.18 min, August 10, 2017 in London ( Colombian record )
• 10,000 meters: 34: 41.32 min, September 30, 2017 in Medellín
• 3000 m obstacle: 9: 43.16 min, April 15, 2016 in Walnut

Web links

• Muriel Coneo in the database of World Athletics (English)