Muriel Coneo

Muriel Coneo

Personal information
Full name	Muriel Coneo Paredes
Nationality	Colombian
Born	March 15, 1987 Isla Fuerte, Bolívar, Colombia
Height	1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)
Weight	50 kg (110 lb)
Sport
Country	Colombia
Sport	Women's athletics
Event(s)	Middle-distance running
Now coaching	Libardo Hoyos
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	800 m: 2:03.81 (2011) 1500 m: 4:09.79 (2013) 3000 m s'chase: 10:00.09 (2013)
Medal record Pan American Games 2015 Toronto 1500 m South American Games 2014 Santiago 1500 m Bolivarian Games 2013 Trujillo 3000 m s'chase
Updated on 1 January 2015.

Muriel Coneo Paredes (born 15 March 1987) is a Colombian athlete specializing in the middle-distance running events. She won multiple medals on the continental level. She was the gold medallist in the 1500 m at the 2015 Pan American Games and the 2014 Central American and Caribbean Games.

Coneo was born on Isla Fuerte, a Caribbean island belonging to the Bolívar Department, Colombia on March 15, 1987 as the oldest of four sisters between Carlos Coneo and Alicia Paredes. She began her athletic career at age of 14 when she moved to Medellin in 2001 for training and competing in the Heptathlon.^[1] Later, under guidance of Libardo Hoyos, her current coach, she began to run middle distance events including 800 m and 1500 m in which she set several national records and competed at continental and world level as a junior athlete. In 2013 she began to train for 3000 m steeplechase and the same year she placed first at the 2013 Bolivarian Games in Trujillo, Peru].^[2]

Competition record

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing  Colombia
2004	South American Youth Championships	Guayaquil, Ecuador	4th	800 m	2:11.9
			6th	1500 m	4:36.2
2005	South American Championships	Cali, Colombia	5th	800 m	2:09.00
	Bolivarian Games	Armenia, Colombia	3rd	800 m	2:11.14 A
	South American Junior Championships	Rosario, Argentina	1st	800 m	2:10.57
			2nd	1500 m	4:36.10
			1st	4x400 m relay	3:44.80
2006	Ibero-American Championships	Ponce, Puerto Rico	4th	800 m	2:05.83
			2nd	4x400 m relay	3:37.71
	Central American and Caribbean Games	Cartagena, Colombia	6th	800 m	2:08.27
	World Junior Championships	Beijing, China	22nd (sf)	800 m	2:13.15
	South American Championships	Tunja, Colombia	2nd	800 m	2:14.13
			3rd	1500 m	4:55.24
			2nd	4x400 m	3:37.12
	South American U23 Championships / South American Games	Buenos Aires, Argentina	1st	800m	2:07.78
			1st	1500m	4:25.56
2007	South American Championships	São Paulo, Brazil	2nd	800 m	2:08.99
			5th	1500 m	4:26.14
2008	Ibero-American Championships	Iquique, Chile	4th	800 m	2:04.46
			5th	1500 m	4:24.90
	Central American and Caribbean Championships	Cali, Colombia	4th	800 m	2:07.7
			3rd	1500 m	4:28.92
	South American U23 Championships	Lima, Peru	2nd	800 m	2:07.70
			2nd	1500 m	4:35.28
2009	South American Championships	Lima, Peru	3rd	800 m	2:07.32
			2nd	1500 m	4:23.38
	Bolivarian Games	Sucre, Bolivia	2nd	800 m	2:10.66 A
			1st	4x400 m relay	3:39.06 A
2010	Ibero-American Championships	San Fernando, Spain	6th	800 m	2:05.36
			5th	4x400 m relay	3:38.94
2011	South American Championships	Buenos Aires, Argentina	3rd	800 m	2:05.25
			4th	1500 m	4:24.16
	Central American and Caribbean Championships	Mayagüez, Puerto Rico	6th	800 m	2:08.60
			4th	1500 m	4:25.45
	Universiade	Shenzhen, China	17th (h)	800 m	2:06.18
			8th (h)	1500 m	4:28.03
2013	South American Championships	Cartagena, Colombia	2nd	1500 m	4:15.84
			3rd	3000 m s'chase	10:09.91
	Bolivarian Games	Trujillo, Peru	2nd	1500 m	4:09.79
			1st	3000 m s'chase	10:00.09
2014	South American Games	Santiago, Chile	1st	1500 m	4:15.66
			1st	3000 m s'chase	10:05.02
	Ibero-American Championships	São Paulo, Brazil	1st	1500 m	4:14.42
			2nd	3000 m	9:22.10
	Central American and Caribbean Games	Xalapa, Mexico	1st	1500 m	4:14.84 A
			2nd	3000 m s'chase	10:07.94 A
2015	Pan American Cross Country Cup	Barranquilla, Colombia	7th	7 km	21:56
			6th	Team - 7 km	89 pts
	South American Championships	Lima, Peru	1st	1500 m	4:10.14
			1st	3000 m s'chase	9:53.1
	Pan American Games	Toronto, Canada	1st	1500 m	4:09.05 NR
	World Championships	Beijing, China	22nd (sf)	1500 m	4:18.14
			34th (h)	3000 m s'chase	9:55.53

Personal bests

• 800 metres – 2:03.81 (Fortaleza, 11 May 2011)
• 1500 metres – 4:08.31 (Beijing, 22 August 2015)
• 3000 metres steeplechase – 10:00.02 (Belém, 10 August 2014)

References

1. Muriel corre su vida a fondo (Spanish). El Colombiano.
2. Juegos Bolivarianos 2013 (Spanish).

External links

• Muriel Coneo profile at IAAF