- Marisol Romero
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Medal record Women's athletics Competitor for 
MexicoPan American Games Gold 2011 Guadalajara 5000 m Gold 2011 Guadalajara 10,000 m Central American and Caribbean Games Gold 2010 Mayagüez Marathon CAC Championships Gold 2011 Mayagüez 5000 m Marisol Guadalupe Romero (born 26 January 1983) is a Mexican long-distance runner who competes over 5000 metres and 10,000 metres on the track and in half marathon and marathon road races. She was won the marathon at the 2010 Central American and Caribbean Games and completed a 5000/10,000 m gold medal double at the 2011 Pan American Games.
Her first competitive outings came in 2006, when she set a personal best of 1:16:48 hours as runner-up at the Mazatlán half marathon and recorded a time of 2:51:32 hours at the Mexico City Marathon. She improved her best marathon time of 2:43:21 hours the following year and won the silver medal in the 5000 m at the 2007 NACAC Championships in San Salvador.[1] Romero made her debut on the global stage at the 2009 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships and finished in 39th place.[2] The following year she ran a marathon best of 2:42:33 hours in León, Mexico before going on to claim the women's gold medal in the event at the 2010 Central American and Caribbean Games.[3] She ran a half marathon best of 1:14:13 hours at the 2010 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships in Nanning to finish in 22nd place in the women's race.[2]
At the beginning of the 2011 season she ran in California and set track bests of 15:27.94 minutes and 32:45.05 minutes for the 5000 m and 10,000 m, respectively.[2] At the 2011 Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics, she won the second regional title of her career, this time taking the 5000 m gold medal.[4] Romero was chosen to represent Mexico in both long-distance track events at the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara. She completed a distance-double for the host nation, becoming the second woman to ever achieve the feat at the tournament after her fellow Mexican Adriana Fernández.[5]
References
- ^ I NACAC Senior T&F Championships. SIADA - Sistema de Resultados. Retrieved on 2011-11-03.
- ^ a b c Romero, Marisol. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-11-03.
- ^ Robinson, Javier Clavelo (2010-07-26). Martina defends 100m title, Brathwaite dominates the sprint hurdles in Mayaguez - CAC Games, days 1 and 2. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-11-03.
- ^ Robinson, Javier Clavelo (2011-07-17). Green denies home win to Culson, Mexico takes medal lead in Mayaguez - CAC Champs, Day 2. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-08-13.
- ^ Robinson, Javier Clavelo (2011-10-28). Cisneros joins sub-48 club with 47.99, Thompson soars to 2.32m - Pan American Games, Day 5. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-11-03.
External links
- IAAF profile for Marisol Romero
Pan American Champions in Women's 3000 m and 5000 m 1979 – 1991: 3000 metres • 1995 – present: 5000 metres 1951–1975: Not held • 1979: Jan Merrill (USA) • 1983: Joan Benoit (USA) • 1987: Mary Knisely (USA) • 1991: Sabrina Dornhoefer (USA) • 1995 – 2003: Adriana Fernández (MEX) • 2007: Megan Metcalfe (CAN) • 2011: Marisol Romero (MEX)
Pan American Champions in Women's 10.000 m 1951 – 1983: Not Held • 1987: Martha Cooksey (USA) • 1991: María del Carmen Díaz (MEX) • 1995: Carmen Oliveira (BRA) • 1999: Nora Rocha (MEX) • 2003: Adriana Fernández (MEX) • 2007: Sara Slattery (USA) • 2011: Marisol Romero (MEX)
1986: Naidi Nazario (PUR) • 1990: Floría Moreno (MEX) • 1993 – 1998: Emma Cabrera (MEX) • 2002: Isabel Orellana (MEX) • 2006: María Valencia (MEX) • 2010: Marisol Romero (MEX)
Categories:- Living people
- 1983 births
- Mexican long-distance runners
- Female long-distance runners
- Marathon runners
- People from Mexico City
- Pan American Games competitors for Mexico
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