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Lina Licona

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Lina Licona
Personal information
Full nameLina Esther Licona
Born (1998-10-01) 1 October 1998 (age 26)
Montería, Colombia
Sport
SportAthletics
Events
Coached byMauricio Hernández
Achievements and titles
Personal bests
  • 100 metres: 11.50 (2023)
  • 200 metres: 22.70 NR (2024)
  • 400 metres: 50.83 (2024)
  • 4×100 metres: 44.16 (2023)
  • 4×400 metres: 3:31.16 (2023)
  • Mixed relay: 3:14.48 AR (2024)
Medal record
Representing  Colombia
Women's athletics
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Ibero-American Championships 0 1 0
CAC Games 0 0 2
South American Games 1 0 1
South American Championships 3 1 0
South American U23 Championships 1 0 0
Total 5 2 3
Ibero-American Championships
Silver medal – second place 2024 Cuiabá 4×400 m relay
Central American and Caribbean Games
Bronze medal – third place 2023 San Salvador 4×400 m relay
Bronze medal – third place 2023 San Salvador Mixed relay
South American Games
Gold medal – first place 2022 Asunción 4×400 m relay
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Asunción Mixed relay
South American Championships
Gold medal – first place 2019 Lima 4×400 m relay
Gold medal – first place 2023 São Paulo 4×400 m relay
Gold medal – first place 2023 São Paulo Mixed relay
Silver medal – second place 2019 Lima 400 m
South American U23 Championships
Gold medal – first place 2018 Cuenca 4×400 m relay

Lina Esther Licona Torres (born 1 October 1998) is a Colombian sprinter. In 2024, she became national champion in the 400 metres.[1]

Early and personal life

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From Boca de La Ceiba, near Montería in the Córdoba Department. Licona moved to Bogotá with her family in 2004. She attended high school at the Instituto Tecnisistemas. She was a speed skater prior to focusing on athletics when she was 16 years-old. She has a son, Eliam, born February 15, 2017. She suffered an injury to her Achilles tendon in 2020 that left her close to retirement.[2][3]

Career

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She won a silver medal in the individual 400 metres at the 2019 South American Athletics Championships in Lima, Peru.[4] She won a gold medal in the 4x400m relay at the championships.[5]

She won gold in the womwn's 4x400m relay and bronze in the mixed 4x400m relay at the 2022 South American Games in Asunción, Paraguay.[6][7]

She won double gold at the 2023 South American Athletics Championships in São Paulo, in the women’s 4x400m relay and the mixed 4x400m relay, in a South American record time.[8][9]

She ran as part of the Colombian mixed 4x400m relay team at the 2024 World Relays Championships in Nassau.[10] She won the International Grand Prix 400m race in Cuiabá, Brazil in May 2024, running a season best time of 52.28 seconds.[11]

On June 20, 2024 Licona secured automatic qualification for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games by winning the 400 metres at the Richard Boroto International Grand Prix in Quito, Ecuador in a time of 50.83 seconds.[12] The following week, she won the Colombian Athletics Championships 400 metres race in a time of 51.68 seconds.[13] She competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics over 400 metres in August 2024.[14]

International competitions

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Year Competition Venue Position Event Result
Representing  Colombia
2018 South American U23 Championships Cuenca, Ecuador 1st 4 × 400 m relay 3:35.50 CR
2019 South American Championships Lima, Peru 2nd 400 m 53.18 s
1st 4 × 400 m relay 3:32.81
Pan American Games Lima, Peru 11th 400 m 53.53 s
6th 4 × 400 m relay 3:33.02
2022 South American Games Asunción, Paraguay 1st 4 × 400 m relay 3:31.30 GR
3rd Mixed relay 3:22.87
2023 Central American and Caribbean Games San Salvador, El Salvador 8th 200 m 23.69 s
— 4 × 100 m relay DQ
3rd 4 × 400 m relay 3:31.16
3rd Mixed relay 3:20.36
South American Championships São Paulo, Brazil 1st 4 × 400 m relay 3:31.39
1st Mixed relay 3:14.79 AR, CR
Pan American Games Santiago, Chile — 200 m DQ
6th 4 × 100 m relay 44.79 s
6th Mixed relay 3:23.17
2024 World Relays Nassau, Bahamas 19th (r) Mixed relay 3:21.29
Ibero-American Championships Cuiabá, Brazil 5th 200 m 23.45 s
2nd 4 × 400 m relay 3:33.20
Olympic Games Paris, France 19th (r) 400 m 51.90 s

References

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  1. ^ "Lina Licona". World Athletics. Retrieved 11 July 2024.
  2. ^ Grandas Medina, Sergio (4 July 2024). "Paris 2024 Olympic Games: Lina Licona, sprinter athlete from Team Bogotá". Bogata.gov.co. Retrieved 11 July 2024.
  3. ^ "LINA LICONA FOLLOWING IN XIMENA RESTREPO'S FOOTSTEPS!". acordbogata.com. 3 July 2024. Retrieved 11 July 2024.
  4. ^ Biscayart, Eduardo (23 May 2019). "De Morais takes discus in 65.10m at Day 1 of South American Champs!". Runblogrun. Retrieved 11 July 2024.
  5. ^ "Rosa collects third gold as South American Championships conclude in Lima". World Athletics. 27 May 2019. Retrieved 11 July 2024.
  6. ^ "16 new athletics records at the South American Games". Running Colombia. 16 October 2022. Retrieved 11 July 2024.
  7. ^ "Tres medallas de oro para el cierre del atletismo". Olimpicocol.co. 15 October 2022. Retrieved 11 July 2024.
  8. ^ "Asinga breaks world U20 100m record at the South American Championships". World Athletics. 29 July 2023. Retrieved 11 July 2024.
  9. ^ "Asinga completes sprint double at South American Championships". World Athletics. 31 July 2024. Retrieved 11 July 2024.
  10. ^ "Mixed 4x400m Results - World Athletics Relays Championships 2024". Watch Athletics. 5 May 2024. Retrieved 12 May 2024.
  11. ^ "Martha Valeria, Lina Licona and the youngsters, the most outstanding of the Prix in Cuiabá". Runnjng Colombia. May 15, 2024. Retrieved 11 July 2024.
  12. ^ "Lina Licona qualified for Paris 2024". idrd.gov.uk. 20 June 2024. Retrieved 11 July 2024.
  13. ^ "Colombian Championships". World Athletics. 28 June 2024. Retrieved 11 June 2024.
  14. ^ "Women's 400m Hurdles Results - Paris Olympic Games 2024 Athletics". Watch Athletics. 8 August 2024. Retrieved 29 August 2024.
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