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| Full name | Lina Esther Licona | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 1 October 1998 Montería, Colombia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Coached by | Mauricio Hernández | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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. [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] She competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics over 400 metres in August 2024. [14]
| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Result |
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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 | |
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