| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Lina Esther Licona | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 1 October 1998 Montería, Colombia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Events | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Mauricio Hernández | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Achievements and titles | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Personal bests | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Lina Esther Licona Torres (born 1 October 1998) is a Colombian sprinter. In 2024, she became national champion in the 400 metres. [1]
From Boca de La Ceiba, near Montería in the Córdoba Department. Licona moved to Bogotá with her family in 2004. She attended high school at the Instituto Tecnisistemas. She was a speed skater prior to focusing on athletics when she was 16 years-old. She has a son, Eliam, born February 15, 2017. She suffered an injury to her Achilles tendon in 2020 that left her close to retirement. [2] [3]
She won a silver medal in the individual 400 metres at the 2019 South American Athletics Championships in Lima, Peru. [4] She won a gold medal in the 4x400m relay at the championships. [5]
She won gold in the womwn's 4x400m relay and bronze in the mixed 4x400m relay at the 2022 South American Games in Asunción, Paraguay. [6] [7]
She won double gold at the 2023 South American Athletics Championships in São Paulo, in the women’s 4x400m relay and the mixed 4x400m relay, in a South American record time. [8] [9]
She ran as part of the Colombian mixed 4x400m relay team at the 2024 World Relays Championships in Nassau, Bahamas. [10] She won the International Grand Prix 400m race in Cuiabá, Brazil in May 2024, running a season best time of 52.28 seconds. [11]
On June 20, 2024 Licona secured automatic qualification for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games by winning the 400 metres at the Richard Boroto International Grand Prix in Quito, Ecuador in a time of 50.83 seconds. [12] The following week, she won the Colombian Athletics Championships 400 metres race in a time of 51.68 seconds. [13]
| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Representing  Colombia | |||||
| 2018 | South American U23 Championships | Cuenca, Ecuador | 1st | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:35.50 CR |
| 2019 | South American Championships | Lima, Peru | 2nd | 400 m | 53.18 s |
| 1st | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:32.81 | |||
| Pan American Games | Lima, Peru | 11th | 400 m | 53.53 s | |
| 6th | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:33.02 | |||
| 2022 | South American Games | Asunción, Paraguay | 1st | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:31.30 GR |
| 3rd | Mixed relay | 3:22.87 | |||
| 2023 | Central American and Caribbean Games | San Salvador, El Salvador | 8th | 200 m | 23.69 s |
| — | 4 × 100 m relay | DQ | |||
| 3rd | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:31.16 | |||
| 3rd | Mixed relay | 3:20.36 | |||
| South American Championships | São Paulo, Brazil | 1st | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:31.39 | |
| 1st | Mixed relay | 3:14.79 AR , CR | |||
| Pan American Games | Santiago, Chile | — | 200 m | DQ | |
| 6th | 4 × 100 m relay | 44.79 s | |||
| 6th | Mixed relay | 3:23.17 | |||
| 2024 | World Relays | Nassau, Bahamas | 19th (r) | Mixed relay | 3:21.29 |
| Ibero-American Championships | Cuiabá, Brazil | 5th | 200 m | 23.45 s | |
| 2nd | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:33.20 | |||
| Olympic Games | Paris, France | 19th (r) | 400 m | 51.90 s | |
Nataliya Pyhyda is a Ukrainian track and field sprinter who specializes in the 200 and 400 metres. Her personal best times are 22.82 seconds (2008) and 50.62 seconds (2015), respectively.
Darlenys Obregón Mulato is a Colombian track and field athlete who competes in the sprinting events, primarily the 200 metres in which she has a personal best of 23.09 seconds. She represented her country at the 2008 Summer Olympics and the 2012 Summer Olympics and is a three-time participant in the World Championships in Athletics.
Jennifer Padilla González is a Colombian track and field athlete who competes in the 200 metres and 400 metres sprint events. Her first name is also spelled Yenifer of Yennifer.
Justyna Święty-Ersetic is a Polish sprinter specialising in the 400 metres. She was the 2018 European champion and a two-time European Indoor Championship medallist in this event. Święty-Ersetic won many medals at major championships as part of Polish 4 × 400 m relays, including a gold in the mixed relay and a silver in the women's relay at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
Lisanne de Witte is a Dutch track and field athlete who competes in sprinting. She specialises in the 400 metres, where she held the Dutch record with her personal best time of 50.77 seconds from 2018 to 2021.
Małgorzata Hołub-Kowalik is a Polish sprinter specialising in the 400 metres. She won two medals at the 2020 Summer Olympics, gold with Polish mixed 4 × 400 metres relay team and silver as a member of women's 4 × 400 metres relay team.
Matthew Hudson-Smith is a British track and field sprinter who specialises in the 400 metres. He holds, as of July 2024, the British and European record, running a personal best of 43.74 seconds for the distance at the London Diamond League. He was the 2018 European Champion in 400 metres, and a member of the gold-winning teams in the 4 x 400 metre relay at the 2014 European Athletics Championships, with Great Britain and 2014 Commonwealth Games with England.
Aliyah Abrams is a Guyanese sprinter specialising in the 400 metres. She placed fifth in the women's 400m at the 2022 World Indoor Championships in Belgrade.
Laviai Nielsen is a British sprinter specialising in the 400 metres. She won several medals as a member of the Great Britain 4x400 metres relay teams, including silver at the 2017 World Championships in the women's 4 x 400 metres, and at the 2023 World Championships in the mixed 4 x 400 metres, and bronze in the women's 4 x 400 metres at the 2022 World Championships. She won a bronze medal at the 2024 Summer Olympics as part of the British mixed 4 x 400 metres relay team.
Natalia Kaczmarek is a Polish sprinter who specialises in the 400 metres. She is the 2024 European champion as well as the European silver medalist from 2022. Kaczmarek earned several global medals as part of 4 x 400 m relays, including gold in the mixed event and silver in the women's event at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
Rhasidat Adeleke is an Irish sprinter.
Lieke Klaver is a Dutch track and field athlete who competes in sprinting. She specializes in the 200 metres and in the 400 metres. In the 4 × 400 metres relay, she is the 2023 World Champion and the 2024 World Indoor Champion with the Dutch women's team. She won a gold medal at the 2024 Summer Olympics in the mixed 4 x 400 metres relay.
Nicole Yeargin is a Scottish-American athlete representing Great Britain who specialises in the 400 metres. She won major medals as part of British women's and mixed 4 x 400 m relays, including bronzes at the 2022 World Athletics Championships and 2023 World Athletics Championships. She won a bronze medal at the 2024 Summer Olympics as part of the British mixed 4 x 400 metres relay team. She has also won bronze in the 4 x 400 m relay for Scotland at the 2022 Commonwealth Games.
Nicole Dayci Caicedo Arce is an Ecuadorean track and field athlete who competes as a sprinter. She is the Ecuadorean national record holder in the 200 metres and 400 metres.
Samuel Ogazi is a Nigerian sprinter.
Ella Onojuvwevwo is a Nigerian sprinter.
Kaylyn Brown is an American sprinter. She won a silver medal at the 2024 Summer Olympics in the mixed 4 x 400 metres relay.
Luca Sito is an Italian sprinter. He won silver medals as part of the Italian mixed 4x400m relay team and in the men's 4x400m relay at the 2024 European Athletics Championships in Rome.
Aimara Nazareno is an Ecuadorian sprinter. In 2024, she became national champion in the 100 metres.
Berta Segura is a Spanish sprinter. She became Spanish champion in 2024 over 400 metres.
