Caterine Ibargüen

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Ibargüen and the second or maternal family name is Mena.

Caterine Ibargüen Mena ODB (born 12 February 1984) is a retired Colombian athlete competing in high jump, long jump and triple jump. Her notable achievements include a gold medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics, silver medal in the 2012 Summer Olympics, two gold medals in the World Championships in Athletics, and two gold medals in the 2011 Pan American Games and 2015 Pan American Games.

Caterine Ibargüen

Ibargüen at the 2015 World Championships
Personal information
Full name	Caterine Ibargüen Mena
Nationality	Colombian
Born	(1984-02-12) 12 February 1984 Apartadó, Antioquia, Colombia
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight	65 kg (143 lb)
Sport
Country	Colombia
Sport	Athletics
Events	High jump Long jump Triple jump Heptathlon
Coached by	Ubaldo Duany
Retired	2021
Achievements and titles
Personal bests	High jump: 1.93 (2005) Long jump: 6.93 NR (2018) Triple jump: 15.31 NR (2014) Heptathlon: 5742 (2009)
Medal record Representing Colombia Women's athletics Event 1st 2nd 3rd Olympic Games 1 1 0 World Championships 2 1 2 Continental Cup 3 0 0 Pan American Games 2 0 1 CAC Games 3 4 1 Bolivarian Games 5 2 0 Total 16 8 4 Olympic Games 2016 Rio de Janeiro Triple jump 2012 London Triple jump World Championships 2013 Moscow Triple jump 2015 Beijing Triple jump 2017 London Triple jump 2011 Daegu Triple jump 2019 Doha Triple jump Pan American Games 2011 Guadalajara Triple jump 2015 Toronto Triple jump 2011 Guadalajara Long jump Central American and Caribbean Games 2014 Veracruz Triple jump 2018 Barranquilla Long jump 2018 Barranquilla Triple jump 2002 San Salvador Triple jump 2006 Cartagena High jump 2006 Cartagena Long jump 2010 Mayagüez Triple jump 2002 San Salvador High jump Bolivarian Games 2001 Ambato High jump 2005 Armenia-Pereira High jump 2005 Armenia-Pereira Long jump 2009 Sucre High jump 2009 Sucre Long jump 2005 Armenia-Pereira Triple jump 2009 Sucre Triple jump CAC Junior Championships (U20) 2002 Bridgetown High jump 2002 Bridgetown Triple jump Representing Americas Continental Cup 2014 Marrakech Triple jump 2018 Ostrava Long jump 2018 Ostrava Triple jump

Biography

Caterine was born in the Urabá region of Antioquia, where she was raised by her grandmother after her parents separated because of the armed conflict in Colombia. Her father left for Venezuela and her mother moved to Turbo, Colombia. Caterine first played volleyball, and Wilder Zapata, her coach, noticed her skill and suggested she play in Medellín, which had the high-profile Atanasio Girardot Sports Complex as a venue for national and international games. There, she began her training in 1996 with the Cuban coach Jorge Luis Alfaro, specializing in the high jump.

Her personal best in the high jump is 1.93 metres, achieved on 22 July 2005 in Cali. This is the current Colombian record. She competed at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, where she jumped 1.85 m in the qualifying round. She held the South American record in the triple jump with 15.31 m from July 2014 until September 2019. That jump remained the best jump since the Olympics in August 2008 until Yulimar Rojas achieved a mark of 15.41 m at the Jaén Paraíso Interior Meeting. On 1 September 2011, she obtained the bronze medal at the IAAF World Championships in Daegu with a 14.84 m performance. Based in Puerto Rico. Coached by Ubaldo Duany, former Cuban Long Jumper (8.32 m PB from 1986). On 5 August, she won a silver medal at the London 2012 Olympics in the triple jump competition with a 14.80 m jump on her last attempt. On 15 August 2013, she won IAAF World Championships in Moscow in the triple jump competition with a 14.85 m jump on her second attempt.

Caterine Ibargüen announced retirement in August 2021.

Personal bests

Outdoor

• 200 m: 24.96 s (wind: -1.2 m/s) – San Germán, 4 December 2009
• 800 m: 2:35.35 min – San Germán, 4 December 2010
• 100 m hurdles: 14.09 s (wind: +0.0 m/s) – Mayagüez, 19 February 2011
• High jump: 1.93 m – Cali, 22 July 2005
• Long jump: 6.93 m (wind: +0.8 m/s) – Ostrava, 9 September 2018
• Triple jump: 15.31 m (wind: 0.0 m/s) – Monaco, 18 July 2014
• Shot put: 13.79 m – Carolina, 20 March 2010
• Javelin throw: 37.72 m – San Germán, 4 December 2010
• Heptathlon: 5742 pts – San Germán, 5 December 2009

Indoor

• High jump: 1.81 m – Moscow, 11 March 2006

International competitions

Representing Colombia

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
1999	South American Championships	Bogotá, Colombia	3rd	High jump	1.76 m A
	World Youth Championships	Bydgoszcz, Poland	15th (q)	High jump	1.65 m
	South American Junior Championships	Concepción, Chile	2nd	High jump	1.73 m
2001	South American Junior Championships	Santa Fe, Argentina	1st	High jump	1.77 m
			2nd	Long jump	5.87 m
			3rd	Triple jump	12.65 m
			2nd	4 × 100 m	45.92 s
	Pan American Junior Championships	Santa Fe, Argentina	2nd	High jump	1.77 m
			6th	Long jump	5.70 m
			4th	Triple jump	12.90 m
			3rd	4 × 100 m	46.89 s
	Bolivarian Games	Ambato, Ecuador	1st	High jump	1.79 m A
2002	World Junior Championships	Kingston, Jamaica	20th (q)	Triple jump	12.69 m (+0.6 m/s)
	Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships (U-20)	Bridgetown, Barbados	2nd	High jump	1.79 m
			3rd	Triple jump	13.01 m (−1.3 m/s)
	Central American and Caribbean Games	San Salvador, El Salvador	3rd	High jump	1.79 m
			2nd	Triple jump	13.17 m (−1.4 m/s)
2003	South American Junior Championships	Guayaquil, Ecuador	1st	High jump	1.80 m
			1st	Triple jump	13.05 m (+2.0 m/s)
	South American Championships	Barquisimeto, Venezuela	4th	High jump	1.79 m
			2nd	Long jump	6.04 m (−0.4 m/s)
			3rd	Triple jump	13.07 m (−0.1 m/s)
	Pan American Junior Championships	Bridgetown, Barbados	4th	High jump	1.81 m
			4th	Triple jump	12.64 m (−0.8 m/s)
2004	South American Under-23 Championships	Barquisimeto, Venezuela	1st	High jump	1.91 m
			2nd	Long jump	6.05 m (+0.9 m/s)
	Ibero-American Championships	Huelva, Spain	3rd	High jump	1.88 m
	Olympic Games	Athens, Greece	16th (q)	High jump	1.85 m
2005	South American Championships	Cali, Colombia	1st	High jump	1.93 m
			3rd	Long jump	6.30 m (−3.0 m/s)
			3rd	Triple jump	13.59 m (+1.3 m/s)
	World Championships	Helsinki, Finland	23rd (q)	High jump	1.84 m
	Bolivarian Games	Armenia, Colombia	1st	High jump	1.91 m GR A
			1st	Long jump	6.54 m (+0.7 m/s) GR A
			2nd	Triple jump	13.64 m (+1.9 m/s) A
2006	World Indoor Championships	Moscow, Russia	17th (q)	High jump	1.81 m
	Central American and Caribbean Games	Cartagena, Colombia	2nd	High jump	1.88 m
			2nd	Long jump	6.36 m (+0.5 m/s)
	South American Championships	Tunja, Colombia	1st	High jump	1.90 m
			2nd	Long jump	6.51 m A w (+3.8 m/s)
			2nd	Triple jump	13.91 m A (+0.9 m/s)
	South American Under-23 Championships / South American Games	Buenos Aires, Argentina	2nd	High jump	1.85 m
			1st	Long jump	6.32 m (+1.1 m/s)
			2nd	Triple jump	13.26 m w (+2.5 m/s)
2007	ALBA Games	Caracas, Venezuela	1st	High jump	1.85 m
	Pan American Games	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	4th	High jump	1.87 m
	South American Championships	São Paulo, Brazil	1st	High jump	1.84 m
			3rd	Long jump	6.18 m (+0.9 m/s)
2008	Ibero-American Championships	Iquique, Chile	2nd	High jump	1.85 m
	Central American and Caribbean Championships	Cali, Colombia	2nd	High jump	1.88 m
			6th	Triple jump	13.04 m (−2.0 m/s)
2009	South American Championships	Lima, Peru	1st	High jump	1.88 m A
			1st	Triple jump	13.93 m A (+0.5 m/s)
	World Championships	Berlin, Germany	28th (q)	High jump	1.85 m
	Bolivarian Games	Sucre, Bolivia	1st	High jump	1.80 m A
			1st	Long jump	6.32 m A (−0.4 m/s)
			2nd	Triple jump	13.96 m A (−0.3 m/s)
2010	Ibero-American Championships	San Fernando, Spain	2nd	Triple jump	14.29 m (+2.0 m/s)
	Central American and Caribbean Games	Mayagüez, Puerto Rico	4th	Long jump	6.29 m (−0.5 m/s)
			2nd	Triple jump	14.10 m (+0.8 m/s)
2011	South American Championships	Buenos Aires, Argentina	3rd	Long jump	6.45 m (−0.5 m/s)
			1st	Triple jump	14.59 m w (+2.2 m/s)
	World Championships	Daegu, South Korea	3rd	Triple jump	14.84 m (+0.4 m/s)
	Pan American Games	Guadalajara, Mexico	3rd	Long jump	6.63 m (+1.6 m/s) NR
			1st	Triple jump	14.92 m (+0.1 m/s)
2012	Olympic Games	London, United Kingdom	2nd	Triple jump	14.80 m (+0.4 m/s)
2013	World Championships	Moscow, Russia	1st	Triple jump	14.85 m (+0.4 m/s)
2014	Continental Cup	Marrakesh, Morocco	1st	Triple jump	14.52 m (−0.5 m/s)
	Central American and Caribbean Games	Xalapa, Mexico	1st	Triple jump	14.57 m A (−0.4 m/s)
2015	Pan American Games	Toronto, Canada	1st	Triple jump	15.08 m (w)
	World Championships	Beijing, China	1st	Triple jump	14.90 m
2016	Olympic Games	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	1st	Triple jump	15.17 m
2017	World Championships	London, United Kingdom	2nd	Triple jump	14.89 m
2018	Central American and Caribbean Games	Barranquilla, Colombia	1st	Long jump	6.83 m (w)
			1st	Triple jump	14.92 m
	Continental Cup	Ostrava, Czech Republic	1st	Long jump	6.93 m NR
			1st	Triple jump	14.76 m
2019	Pan American Games	Lima, Peru	5th	Long jump	6.54 m
	World Championships	Doha, Qatar	3rd	Triple jump	14.73 m
2021	Olympic Games	Tokyo, Japan	10th	Triple jump	14.25 m

Honours

• Colombia:
  • Grand Cross of the National Order of Merit (12 December 2018)

Awards

• 2018 IAAF Female athlete of the year award

External links

• Caterine Ibargüen at World Athletics
• Caterine Ibargüen at Olympics.com
• Caterine Ibargüen at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)