Noelia Martínez

Noelia Martínez
nation	Argentina
birthday	20th January 1996 (age 24)
Career
discipline	sprint
status	active
Medal table
South American Games 0 × 0 × 1 × South American Championships 0 × 0 × 3 × Indoor South American Championships 0 × 0 × 1 ×
South American Games bronze Cochabamba 2018 4 × 400 m South American Championships bronze Lima 2019 400 m bronze Lima 2019 4 × 100 m bronze Lima 2019 4 × 400 m Indoor South American Championships bronze Cochabamba 2020 200 m
last change: February 6, 2020

Noelia Martínez (born January 20, 1996 ) is an Argentine sprinter .

Athletic career

Noelia Martínez gained her first experience at international championships in 2012 at the South American Youth Championships in Mendoza , where she won the bronze medal in the 100-meter run in 12.50 seconds and the silver medal over 200 meters in 24.56 seconds. She also won the silver medal in the Argentine sprint relay (1000 meters) in 2: 13.95 minutes. The following year she reached the youth world championships in Donetsk in the 200-meter run to the semifinals, in which she was eliminated with 24.43 s, while she was eliminated over 100 meters with 12.13 s in the lead. She then won the bronze medal over 100 meters at the Junior South American Championships in Resistencia in 11.72 s and finished fifth over 200 meters in 24.27 s. In addition, she won the bronze medal in the Argentine 4-by-100-meter and 4-by-400-meter relay in 46.64 seconds and 3: 56.30 minutes, respectively. In 2014 she took sixth place over 200 meters at the U23 South American Championships in Montevideo in 24.54 s, did not finish with the 4 x 100 meter relay and was with the 4 x 400 meter relay disqualified. The following year, she was fourth over 200 meters in 24.53 s at the Junior South American Championships in Cuenca and won the silver medal in the 400-meter run in 55.35 s. With the 4 x 100 meter relay she came fourth in 46.79 s and with the 4 x 400 meter relay she was fifth in 3: 58.30 minutes. Then she was eliminated at the Pan American Junior Championships in Edmonton over 200 and 400 meters with 24.65 s and 55.31 s in the first round and before that she reached the South American Championships in Lima with the 4 x 400 meter Season in 3: 41.01 min in fourth place.

In 2017 she took fourth place over 400 meters at the South American Championships in Luque in 54.30 s, finished fifth with the 4-by-100-meter relay in 46.14 s and was classified in the 4-time 400-meter relay in fourth place after 3: 40.56 minutes. She then took part in the Summer Universiade in Taipei and was eliminated there over 400 meters with 55.66 s in the semifinals, while she did not get beyond the first lap over 200 meters in 24.60 s. The following year she reached eighth place over 400 meters at the South American Games in Cochabamba in 55.64 seconds and won the bronze medal behind the teams from Colombia and Chile in the 4 x 400 meter relay in 3: 35.96 minutes . Then she was at the Ibero-American Championships in Trujillo in 54.38 s fifth over 400 meters and won the silver medal behind Portugal in 3: 36.99 min. She then retired from the U23 South American Championships in Cuenca with 54.22 seconds in advance and finished fifth with the relay in 3: 45.67 minutes. In 2019 she reached the finals at the South American Championships in Lima over 200 meters, but was disqualified there due to a false start. Over 400 meters she won the bronze medal in 53.47 s behind the Brazilian Tiffani Marinho and Lina Licona from Colombia. In addition, she won the bronze medal behind the teams from Brazil and Colombia in the 4-by-100-meter relay in 45.65 s, and she also won the 4-by-400-meter relay in 3: 36.76 min the bronze medal behind Colombia and Brazil. At the Student World Games in Naples she reached the semi-finals over 200 and 400 meters, in which she was eliminated with 23.95 s and 53.55 s respectively. In August she took part in the Pan-American Games in Lima for the first time , where she was eliminated in the preliminary round over 400 meters with 53.96 s and reached eighth place with the 4 x 400 meter relay in 3: 41.39 minutes Space.

In 2020 she won the bronze medal behind the Colombian Natalia Linares and María Fernanda Mackenna from Chile at the South American Indoor Championships in Cochabamba, which was held for the first time with a new national record of 24.41 s over 200 meters . She also finished fourth over 400 meters in 54.81 s.

In 2018 and 2019 Martínez was the Argentine champion in the 200 and 400-meter run and in 2019 also in the 4-by-100-meter relay.

Personal bests

• 100 meters: 11.78 s (+1.7 m / s), May 13, 2018 in Cochabamba
• 200 meters: 23.84 s (−0.5 m / s), May 25, 2019 in Lima
  • 200 meters (hall): 24.41 s, February 2, 2020 in Cochabamba ( Argentine record )
• 400 meters: 52.86 s, April 6, 2019 in Santiago de Chile
  • 400 meters (hall): 54.81 s, February 1, 2020 in Cochabamba

Web links

• Noelia Martínez in the database of World Athletics (English)