Mariana Pajón

Mariana Pajón
	Mariana Pajón (2013)
To person
Full name	Mariana Pajón Londoño
Date of birth	10th October 1991 (age 28)
nation	Colombia
discipline	BMX / track (short term)
Most important successes
	Olympic games 2016 - BMX 2012 - BMX
	Last updated: June 22, 2020

Mariana Pajón Londoño (born October 10, 1991 in Medellín ) is a Colombian cyclist who is active in BMX .

Athletic career

Mariana Pajón won her first cycling title at the age of five. In 2012 and 2016 she was Olympic champion in BMX. In 2012 she was also the flag bearer of the Colombian Olympic team. This makes her the most successful Latin American cyclist to date at the Olympic Games (as of 2016).

In September 2017, Pajón announced that it would also compete on the track in future . You are looking for a new challenge. At the Juegos Bolivarianos in the same year she won the team sprint with Martha Bayona . In 2019 she won gold in the BMX race at the Pan American Games .

Honors

After her Olympic victory in 2012, Mariana Pajón was awarded the Colombian Order de Boyacá .

successes

BMX

2011

Panamerican Champion - BMX (Race)

2012

Olympic Champion - BMX (Race)

2014

South American Game Winner - BMX (Race), BMX (Individual Time Trial)

2015

World Champion - BMX (Individual Time Trial)
Panamerica Champion - BMX (Individual Time Trial)

2016

Olympic Champion - BMX (Race)

2017

Juegos Bolivarianos - BMX (Individual Time Trial)

2019

Pan America Game Winner - BMX (Race)

train

2017

Juegos Bolivarianos - Team Sprint (with Martha Bayona )

Web links

Commons : Mariana Pajón - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Mariana Pajón in the Radsportseiten.net database

Mariana Pajón in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )

Talentos a Río 2016: Mariana Pajón, una flor nacional que embellece al mundo. In: Comité Olímpico Colombiano. May 30, 2016, accessed on August 22, 2016 .

Official website of Mariana Pajón

Individual evidence

↑ Colombia's flagbearer Mariana Pajon carr Pictures - Getty Images. In: gettyimages.de. July 27, 2012, accessed August 22, 2016 .
↑ Mariana Pajón anuncia que debutará en el ciclismo de pista. In: Antena 2. Accessed September 30, 2017 .
↑ 'Cruz de Boyacá' for the medallistas olímpicos. (No longer available online.) In: confidencialcolombia.com. August 15, 2012, archived from the original on August 23, 2016 ; accessed on August 22, 2016 .

personal data
SURNAME	Pajón, Mariana
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Pajón Londoño, Mariana (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Colombian cyclist
DATE OF BIRTH	October 10, 1991
PLACE OF BIRTH	Medellin

[1] Colombia's flagbearer Mariana Pajon carr Pictures - Getty Images. In: gettyimages.de. July 27, 2012, accessed August 22, 2016 .

[com-114750-2] Mariana Pajón anuncia que debutará en el ciclismo de pista. In: Antena 2. Accessed September 30, 2017 .

[3] 'Cruz de Boyacá' for the medallistas olímpicos. (No longer available online.) In: confidencialcolombia.com. August 15, 2012, archived from the original on August 23, 2016 ; accessed on August 22, 2016 .