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Full name | Gina Lizeth Coello Touche | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Honduran | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | 2 October 1962 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.60 m (5 ft 3 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 44 kg (97 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Long-distance running | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | Marathon | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Gina Lizeth Coello Touche (born 2 October 1962) is a Honduran long-distance runner. She competed in the women's marathon at the 2000 Summer Olympics. [1]
In 1982, Coello broke the Honduran U20 1500 m record at a meeting in Tegucigalpa, running 4:57.7 minutes. [2]
Coello represented Honduras at the 1987 Pan American Games. She finished 9th in the marathon, running 3:07:29 hours. [3] Later that month at the 1987 World Championships in Athletics, Coello improved to 3:01:53 in the world championship marathon, finishing 31st and setting a Honduran national record. [2]
In September 1989, Coello set the Honduran 3000 metres national record, running 10:46.30 minutes at a meeting in San José, Guatemala. [2]
Coello won her first Central American Games medal at the 1990 edition, winning gold in the marathon. Her time was 3:13:10 hours over the Tegucigalpa course in her home country. [4]
At the 1991 Central American Championships in Athletics in June, Coello won the bronze medal in the 3000 metres, the longest women's distance offered, in 10:59.22 minutes. [5] Later that year, Coello finished 23rd at the 1991 World Championships marathon in another national record time of 2:59:54. [2]
In October 1994, Coello finished 6th at the Ibero-American Championships 15000 m finals in 5:16.38. [6] At the 1994 Central American Games in El Salvador, Coello won the marathon silver medal behind Maritza Martínez of Costa Rica, running 3:11:13 hours. [4]
Coello finished 52nd at the 1997 World Championships marathon in 3:17:33. She followed that by winning her second Central American Games marathon gold medal, running 3:23:51 at the event in San Pedro Sula, Honduras. [4] [7]
In February 1999, Coello ran 2:59:37 at the Los Angeles Marathon to set a new personal best. [2] She finished 8th at the 1999 Pan American Games marathon in 3:00:17 and then placed 41st at the 1999 World Championships, setting another national record in 2:58:11. [7] At the 1999 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships, Coello ran 1:30:27 hours for 64th place. [7]
Coello qualified to represent Honduras at the 2000 Olympics. In the Olympic marathon, she placed 42nd in 3:02:32. At a separate marathon in 2000, Coello ran her personal best of 2:58:00. [8]
Coello lived with her domestic partner Juan Arnelo Henríquez Petit. In 2009, Petit died and was suspected to have been killed in response to his complaints against white-tailed deer hunting. [9]