Mirtha Brock

Mirtha Brock

Personal information
Full name	Mirtha Brock Forbes
Born	(1970-04-09) April 9, 1970 (age 55) San Andrés, Archipelago of San Andrés, Providencia and Santa Catalina, Colombia
Sport
Country	Colombia
Sport	Women's Athletics
Event(s)	100m, 200m
Medal record Women's athletics Representing   Colombia Pan American Games 1995 Mar del Plata 4 x 100 m 1995 Mar del Plata 4 x 400 m South American Games 1994 Valencia 100 m Bolivarian Games 1997 Arequipa 4x100 m relay 2001 Ambato 100 m 1993 Cochabamba 100 m 1997 Arequipa 100 m 1997 Arequipa 200 m

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Brockand the second or maternal family name is Forbes.

Mirtha Brock Forbes (born 9 April 1970) is a retired female track and field athlete from Colombia, who competed in the sprint events during her career. She won two gold medals at the Bolivarian Games and twice represented Colombia at the Olympics.

Early life

Brock was born on 9 April 1970 on San Andrés, Archipelago of San Andrés, Providencia and Santa Catalina, Colombia. ^[1]

Career

At the 1993 Bolivarian Games in Cochabamba, Bolivia, Brock won silver in the women's 100 m. ^[2]

She followed that up with a silver in the women's 100 m and a gold in the women's 4 x 100 m relay at the 1994 Ibero-American Championships in Athletics in Mar del Plata, Argentina. ^[3]

At the 1995 Pan American Games, also held in Mar del Plata, Brock helped Colombia to bronze in both the women's 4 × 100 metres relay and the women's 4 × 400 metres relay. ^[4]

Brock made her Olympic debut at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, United States where she contested both the women's 100 m and the women's 4 x 100 metres relay. ^[1] She was eliminated in the heats of the women's 100 m after finishing seventh in her heat in a time of 11.83 seconds. ^[5] Team Colombia narrowly missed out on a place in the final of the women's 4 x 100 metres relay after finished fourth in their heat in a time of 44.16 seconds. ^[6]

She made her final Olympic appearance at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia as part of the Colombian relay team for the women's 4 x 100 metres relay. ^[1] Colombia progressed from the heats to the semi-finals but finished eighth in their semi-final in a time of 44.37 seconds and did not advance to the final. ^[7]

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing   Colombia
1993	Bolivarian Games	Cochabamba, Bolivia	2nd	100 m	12.03 A
1994	Ibero-American Championships	Mar del Plata, Argentina	2nd	100m	11.78 (wind: +1.6 m/s)
			1st	4 × 100 m relay	44.87
1997	Bolivarian Games	Arequipa, Perú	2nd	100 m	11.50 w (2.6 m/s) A
			3rd	200 m	23.86 w (3.1 m/s) A
			1st	4 × 100 m relay	43.89 CRA
1998	Central American and Caribbean Games	Maracaibo, Venezuela	6th	100 m	11.73
			2nd	4 × 100 m relay	44.39
2001	Bolivarian Games	Ambato, Ecuador	1st	100 m	11.82 (-2.0 m/s) A
2002	Central American and Caribbean Games	San Salvador, El Salvador	5th	400 m	55.02
			1st	4 × 100 m relay	45.34

External links

• Mirtha Brock at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
• Mirtha Brock at World Athletics

References

1. "Mirtha Brock". Olympedia. Retrieved 14 July 2025.
2. "Bolivarian Games". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 14 July 2025.
3. Mansilla, Ignacio (May 2010). "EL ATLETISMO IBEROAMERICANO" (PDF) (in Spanish) (4th ed.). Real Federación Española de Atletismo. pp. 131–140. ISBN   84-87704-77-8. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 November 2011. Retrieved 14 March 2015.
4. "PAN-AMERICAN GAMES Mar del Plata, Argentina 1995" (PDF). Association of Track and Field Statisticians. Retrieved 14 July 2025.
5. "1996 Summer Olympics, 100 metres, Women". Olympedia. Retrieved 14 July 2025.
6. "1996 Summer Olympics, 4 x 100 metres Relay, Women". Olympedia. Retrieved 14 July 2025.
7. "2000 Summer Olympics, 4 x 100 metres Relay, Women". Olympedia. Retrieved 14 July 2025.