Carmelita Correa

Carmelita Correa
Personal information
Full name Carmelita Viridiana Correa Silva
Born 5 December 1988 (1988-12-05) (age 27)
Tonalá, Chiapas, Mexico
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight 56 kg (123 lb)
Sport
Country  Mexico
Sport Athletics
Event(s) Pole vault
Medal record
Women's athletics
Competitor for  Mexico
CAC Championships
2013 Morelia Pole vault
Updated on 7 January 2015.
This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Correa and the second or maternal family name is Silva.

Carmelita Viridiana Correa Silva (born 5 December 1988) is a Mexican track and field athlete who competes in the pole vault.[1][2] She is the Mexican record holder with her best of 4.18 metres and was the gold medallist at the Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics in 2013.

Born in Tonalá, Chiapas,[3][4] she won her first international medal as a junior athlete, placing second at the 2006 Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships.[5] She followed this with eighth place at the 2007 Pan American Junior Athletics Championships.[6] In her first year of competing as a senior in 2008 she set a best of 3.95 metres and placed fourth at the 2008 NACAC Under-23 Championships in Athletics, held in Toluca. A Mexican record vault of 4.18 m came at the Olimpiada Nacional.[4]

She made her senior international debut in 2011 and placed fifth at the 2011 Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics and tenth at the Pan American Games in Guadalajara. An appearance at the 2012 Ibero-American Championships in Athletics saw her finish seventh.[7] She won her first major medal in her native Mexico at the 2013 Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics with a gold medal-winning vault of 3.95 m.[8]

Personal best

Event Result Venue Date
Pole vault 4.18 m Mexico Hermosillo, Sonora 1 Jun 2009

Achievements

Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
Representing  Mexico
2006 Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships (U20) Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago 2nd Pole vault 3.20 m
2007 Pan American Junior Championships São Paulo, Brazil 8th Pole vault 3.40 m
2008 NACAC U-23 Championships Toluca, México 4th Pole vault 3.60 m A
2011 Central American and Caribbean Championships Mayagüez, Puerto Rico 5th Pole vault 3.70 m
Pan American Games Guadalajara, México 10th Pole vault 3.85 m A
2012 Ibero-American Championships Barquisimeto, Venezuela 7th Pole vault 3.80 m
2013 Central American and Caribbean Championships Morelia, México 1st Pole vault 3.95 m A
2014 Central American and Caribbean Games Xalapa, México 6th Pole vault 3.75 m A
2015 NACAC Championships San José, Costa Rica 4th Pole vault 4.20 m

References

  1. ↑ Biography - CORREA Carmelita Viridiana, PASO, retrieved January 7, 2015
  2. ↑ Biografía - General - CORREA Carmelita Viridiana, ODECABE, retrieved January 7, 2015
  3. ↑ Carmelita Correa con sexto lugar (in Spanish), Noticias, Voz e Imágen de Chiapas, 25 November 2014, retrieved January 7, 2015
  4. 1 2 Rompe saltadora Carmelita Correa récord absoluto de salto con garrocha durante O.N. (Spanish). Atletismo en Mexico. Retrieved on 2013-07-15.
  5. ↑ CAC Junior Championships 2006. World Junior Athletics History. Retrieved on 2013-07-15.
  6. ↑ Pan American Junior Championships 2007. World Junior Athletics History. Retrieved on 2013-07-15.
  7. ↑ Carmelita Correa. Tilastopaja. Retrieved on 2013-07-15.
  8. ↑ XXIV CAMPEONATO CENTROAMERICANO Y DEL CARIBE. - 05/07/2013 to 07/07/2013 - ATLETISMO MAYOR - MORELIA, MICHOACAN - Resultados (Spanish). CACAC. Retrieved on 2013-07-15.

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