MY FAVORITE PLAYER:

CATERINE IBARGÜEN
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 CATERINE IBARGÜEN
• DATE OF BIRTH: February 12, 1984 (age 37), Apartadó
• HEIGHT: 1.80 m
• WEIGHT: 70 kg
• SPORT: Athletic -Triple jump, long jump, high jump.
• PARENTS: William Ibargüen Rivas, Francisca Mena.
• SPOUSE: Alexander Ramos.
• GOLD MEDAL: Athletics at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro - Women's Triple Jump
THE GREAT SUPPORT OF YOUR
ENGINE YOUR PARENTS
 CATERINE IBARGÜEN IS A STAR
IN THE TRIPLE JUMP
• She was raised by her grandmother after her parents' separation due to the armed conflict.
• He began playing volleyball before practicing athletics at the age of twelve, and his first coach
was Wilder Zapata, who, seeing his potential, suggested that he move to the Villa Deportiva
Antonio Roldán Bentancour in Medellín.
• Ibargüen competed in the Moscow indoor world championship, without good results; But what
almost caused his retirement from athletics was the frustration of being left out of the Beijing
Olympics.
• Duany le recomendó a la colombiana que se enfocara en el salto de longitud y el triple salto.
Fue esta modalidad la que le comenzó a dar los mejores resultados, cuando en el 2010
conquistó dos medallas de plata: la primera obtenida en el Campeonato Iberoamericano con
nueva marca nacional de 14,29 m, y la otra en los XXI Juegos Centroamericanos y del Caribe.
 CURRENTLY
• In 2018 Ibargüen focused on participating in two tests for the
upcoming competitions: the triple jump, his specialty in the last
nine years, and the long jump, since it was focused on his
attendance at the Central American and Caribbean Games to
develop in your own country.
• In January 2019, the American magazine Sports Illustrated
released a list of 50 athletes - 25 men and 25 women - in the best
physical condition worldwide in the 12 months prior to the study.
• In this list Caterine Ibargüen was located in the second position,
only surpassed by the gymnast Simone Biles. That same year the
Colombian athlete had important sporting events with the Pan
American Games and the World Athletics World Cup and, mainly,
an intense rivalry with the Venezuelan Yulimar Rojas was
expected in the triple jump.