Martha Araújo (athlete)
Martha Valeria Araújo Sinisterra (born 12 May 1996) is a Colombian athlete competing in the Heptathlon.[3] She represented her country at the 2023 World Championships in Budapest without finishing the competition. In addition, she has won multiple medals on regional level.
Biography
[edit]In 2013, she was the national under-18 champion in the long jump and triple jump and placed 13th in the long jump at the South American Junior Championships (under-20).
In 2017 she made her debut in the national team, representing Colombia at the Bolivarian Games in Santa Marta and winning the silver medal in the heptathlon . The following year she won the silver medal, again in the heptathlon, at the South American Games in Cochabamba and placed fourth at the Central American and Caribbean Games in Barranquilla.
At the 2019 South American Championships in Lima, he won the bronze medal in the heptathlon, the same result he achieved shortly after at the Pan American Games , also held in Lima, Peru.
In 2021 he placed second on the podium at the South American Championships in Guayaquil , while in 2022 he won three gold medals in the heptathlon: at the Ibero-American Championships in La Nucia, at the Bolivarian Games in Valledupar and at the South American Games in Asunción.
International competitions
[edit]| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Representing  Colombia
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| 2013 | Pan American U20 Championships | Medellín, Colombia | 13th | Long jump | 5.46 m |
| 2017 | Bolivarian Games | Santa Marta, Colombia | 2nd | Heptathlon | 5703 pts |
| 2018 | |||||
| Multistars | Florence, Italy | 11th | Heptathlon | 5564 pts | |
| South American Games | Cochabamba, Bolivia | 2nd | Heptathlon | 5719 pts | |
| Central American and Caribbean Games | Barranquilla, Colombia | 4th | Heptathlon | 5744 pts | |
| South American U23 Championships | Cuenca, Ecuador | 1st | Heptathlon | 5818 pts | |
| 2019 | South American Championships | Lima, Peru | 3rd | Heptathlon | 5708 pts |
| Pan American Games | Lima, Peru | 3rd | Heptathlon | 5925 pts | |
| 2021 | South American Championships | Guayaquil, Ecuador | 2nd | Heptathlon | 5866 pts |
| 2022 | Ibero-American Championships | La Nucia, Spain | 1st | Heptathlon | 5951 pts |
| Bolivarian Games | Valledupar, Colombia | 1st | Heptathlon | 5975 pts GR | |
| South American Games | Asunción, Paraguay | 1st | Heptathlon | 6112 pts GR | |
| 2023 | Central American and Caribbean Games | San Salvador, El Salvador | 2nd | Heptathlon | 5960 pts |
| South American Championships | São Paulo, Brazil | 1st | Heptathlon | 5785 pts | |
| World Championships | Budapest, Hungary | — | Heptathlon | DNF | |
| 2024 | Ibero-American Championships | Cuiabá, Brazil | 1st | Heptathlon | 6274 pts CR |
| Olympic Games | Paris, France | 7th | Heptathlon | 6386 pts AR | |
| Décastar | Talence, France | 1st | Heptathlon | 6429 pts AR | |
| 2025 | South American Championships | Mar del Plata, Argentina | 1st | Heptathlon | 6396 pts WL, CR |
| Hypo-Meeting | Götzis, Austria | 3rd | Heptathlon | 6475 pts AR | |
| Décastar | Talence, France | 1st | Heptathlon | 6451 pts | |
Personal bests
[edit]Outdoor
[edit]- 200 metres – 24.11 (+1.5 m/s, Talence 2025)
- 400 metres – 55.08 (Bogotá 2025)
- 800 metres – 2:15.89 (Götzis 2025)
- 100 metres hurdles – 12.91 (+1.2 m/s, Cuiabá 2024)
- High jump – 1.76 m (Talence 2025)
- Long jump – 6.63 m (-0.6 m/s, Götzis 2025)
- Triple jump – 11.74 m (+0.0 m/s, Monterrey 2014)
- Shot put – 14.15 m (Paris 2024)
- Javelin throw – 54.22 m (Asunción 2022)
- Heptathlon – 6475 pts AR (Götzis 2025)
- 4 × 100 metres relay – 45.68 (Bogotá 2025)
- 4 × 400 metres relay – 3:33.43 (Bogotá 2025)
References
[edit]- ^ a b c 2022 Bolivarian Games bio
- ^ "Nariñense se volvió a lucir: Martha Valeria otra vez campeona del heptatlón en Brasil" (in Spanish). 31 July 2023. Retrieved 10 December 2023.
- ^ Martha Araújo at World Athletics
External links
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