Maribel Caicedo
Ecuadorian sprinter (born 1998)
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Maribel Vanessa Caicedo Vernaza (born April 1, 1998) is an Ecuadorian track and field athlete.[2]
Caicedo at the 2017 Pan American Championships in Trujillo, Peru | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| 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) |
Medal record | |
Biography
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 competed for the Washington State Cougars track and field team in the NCAA.[8]
Caicedo is an evangelical Christian.[2]
Statistics
| Grand Slam Track results[9] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Slam | Race group | Event | Pl. | Time | Prize money |
| 2025 Miami Slam | Short hurdles | 100 m hurdles | 7th | 13.12 | US$15,000 |
| 100 m | 5th | 11.47 | |||
