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Full name | Maribel Vanessa Caicedo Vernaza | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | April 1, 1998 Guayaquil, Ecuador | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 60 kg (132 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Maribel Vanessa Caicedo Vernaza (born April 1, 1998) is an Ecuadorian track and field athlete. [2]
On July 16, 2015, Maribel Caicedo won a gold medal in the 100 meter hurdles at the IAAF World Youth Championships in Athletics held in Colombia. [3] She is the first Ecuadorian to gain a gold medal at the IAAF World Youth Championships. [4] In 2017, she won a bronze medal at the Bolivarian Games, also in the 100 meter hurdles. [2]
In December 2017, she traveled to Brandenton, Florida in the USA to train under the coach Loren Seagrave. She has also trained under Fátima Navarro. [2]
In May 2018, she broke the previous Ecuadorian record for 100 meter hurdles set by Nancy Vallecilla in 1998, [5] when she reached a time of 13.12 seconds, beating the record time of 13.16 seconds. [6] On the same day, she broke the record once more with a time of 13.01 seconds. [3] With this record, she reached seventh place in the South American ranking. For this, she obtained public recognition from the South America Athletics Confederation. [7]
Caicedo is an evangelical Christian. [2]
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