Lina Flórez

Lina Flórez

Personal information
Full name	Lina Marcela Flórez Valencia
Born	November 2, 1984 Carepa, Antioquia, Colombia
Height	1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight	55 kg (121 lb)
Sport
Country	Colombia
Event(s)	Hurdling
Updated on 2 January 2014.

Lina Marcela Flórez Valencia (born 2 November 1984 in Carepa, Antioquia) is a Colombian hurdler.^[1][2][3][4] At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she competed in the Women's 100 metres hurdles.

Personal bests

• 100 m: 11.51 (wind: +2.0 m/s) – Medellín, 25 May 2013
• 400 m: 54.44 – Bogotá, 20 July 2013
• 100 m hurdles: 12.94 (wind: +0.9 m/s) – Mayagüez, 17 July 2011
• 400 m hurdles: 58.91 – Trujillo, 28 November 2013

International competitions

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing  Colombia
2009	Universiade	Belgrade, Serbia	10th (sf)	100 m hurdles	13.48
	Bolivarian Games	Sucre, Bolivia	2nd	100 m hurdles	13.43 (wind: -0.1 m/s)
			1st	4 × 100 m relay	43.96
2011	South American Championships	Buenos Aires, Argentina	3rd	100 m hurdles	13.23
	Central American and Caribbean Championships	Mayagüez, Puerto Rico	3rd	100 m hurdles	12.94
	South American Championships	Buenos Aires, Argentina	3rd	100 m hurdles	13.23
	World Championships	Daegu, South Korea	14th (sf)	100 m hurdles	12.94
	Pan American Games	Guadalajara, Mexico	3rd	100 m hurdles	13.09
			3rd	4 × 100 m relay	43.44
2012	Olympic Games	London, United Kingdom	23rd (h)	100 m hurdles	13.17
2013	South American Championships	Cartagena, Colombia	1st	100 m hurdles	13.09
			2nd	4 × 100 m relay	44.01
			2nd	4 × 400 m relay	3:36.29
	World Championships	Moscow, Russia	15th (sf)	100 m hurdles	13.01
	Bolivarian Games	Trujillo, Perú	1st	100 m hurdles	13.12 (wind: +0.1 m/s)
			4th	400 m hurdles	58.91
			1st	4 × 400 m relay	3:34.35
2014	South American Games	Santiago, Chile	2nd	100 m hurdles	13.29
			3rd	4 × 100 m relay	45.13
	Ibero-American Championships	São Paulo, Brazil	3rd	100 m hurdles	13.18
	Pan American Sports Festival	Mexico City, Mexico	3rd (h)^1	100m hurdles	13.22 A (wind: +0.6 m/s)
	Central American and Caribbean Games	Xalapa, Mexico	1st	100m hurdles	13.19 A (wind: -0.8 m/s)
			2nd	4 × 100 m relay	44.02 A

¹: Disqualified in the final (false start).

References

1. "Lina Flórez". London 2012. The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games Limited. Retrieved 11 September 2012.
2. Perfil del Atleta - LINA MARCELA FLOREZ VALENCIA (PDF) (in Spanish), Coldeportes, January 2011, retrieved May 10, 2014
3. Biografía - General - FLOREZ VALENCIA Lina Marcela - Colombia (in Spanish), retrieved May 10, 2014
4. Rojas Ferro, Filiberto (29 November 2014), "Mi mundo es el atletismo", Lina Flórez (in Spanish), Comité Olímpico Colombiano, retrieved January 2, 2015

External links

• Lina Flórez profile at IAAF
• Sports reference biography