Sandra Arenas
Sandra Lorena Arenas Campuzano (born September 17, 1993 in Pereira, Colombia) is a Colombian race walker. She won the silver medal in the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo in the 20 kilometer race walk. She competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London in the 20 kilometer race walk.
In May 2012, Arenas won the women's 10 kilometer event (junior event) at the 2012 IAAF World Race Walking Cup in Saransk, Russia.[3] In July 2012, Arenas won the bronze medal in the 10km race walk event at the 2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics with a time of 45:44.46.[4] Arenas placed 29th in 20km race walk at the 2012 Summer Olympics with a time of 1:33:21. She Again Placed 32nd at the 2016 Summer Olympics, with a time of 1:35:40; She went on to Place Second in the 2020 Summer Olympics, with a time of 1:29:37.[5]
Personal bests
[edit]Event | Result | Venue | Date |
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Track walk | |||
5,000 m | 21:30.33 min AR (ht) | Melbourne | 5 March 2023 |
10,000 m | 42:02.99 min AR | Trujillo | 25 August 2018 |
20,000 m | 1:31:02.25 hrs NR (ht) | Lima | 13 June 2015 |
Road walk | |||
10 km | 43:16 min NR | Suzhou | 25 September 2017 |
20 km | 1:27:03 hrs NR | Paris | 1 August 2024 |
35 km | 2:46:44 hrs NR | Zittau | 26 October 2024 |
International competitions
[edit]Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Result |
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Representing the Colombia | |||||
2011 | Pan American Cup (U20) | Envigado, Colombia | 4th | 10 km walk | 49:51 |
4th | 10 km walk (Team) | 16 pts | |||
Pan American U20 Championships | Miramar, Florida, United States | 1st | 10,000 m walk | 48:15.78 | |
South American U20 Championships | Medellín, Colombia | 1st | 10,000 m walk | 47:22.68 CR | |
2012 | South American Race Walking Championships (U20) | Salinas, Ecuador | 1st | 10 km walk | 45:17 NU20R |
2nd | 10 km walk (Team) | 6 pts | |||
World Team Championships (U20) | Saransk, Russia | 1st | 10 km walk | 45:57 | |
5th | 10 km walk (Team) | 18 pts | |||
World Race Walking Tour | A Coruña, Spain | 8th | 20 km walk | 1:32:36 NU20R | |
World U20 Championships | Barcelona, Spain | 3rd | 10,000 m walk | 45:44.46 NU20R | |
Olympic Games | London, United Kingdom | 29th | 20 km walk | 1:33:21 | |
2013 | Pan American Cup | Guatemala City, Guatemala | 2nd | 20 km walk | 1:35:14 |
2nd | 20 km walk (Team) | 17 pts | |||
South American Championships | Cartagena, Colombia | 1st | 20,000 m walk | 1:37:46.17 | |
World Championships | Moscow, Russia | 19th | 20 km walk | 1:32:25 NR | |
Bolivarian Games | Trujillo, Peru | 2nd | 20 km walk | 1:34:23 | |
2014 | World Race Walking Tour | Chihuahua, Mexico | 1st | 20 km walk | 1:33:24 |
South American Games | Santiago, Chile | 1st | 20,000 m walk | 1:31:46.9 GR, NU23R | |
World Team Championships | Taicang, China | 25th | 20 km walk | 1:30:18 NR | |
Ibero-American Championships | São Paulo, Brazil | 5th | 10,000 m walk | 44:58.26 NU23R | |
Central American and Caribbean Games | Xalapa, Mexico | 2nd | 20 km walk | 1:36:29 A | |
2015 | South American Championships | Lima, Peru | 1st | 20,000 m walk | 1:31:02.25 NR |
Pan American Games | Toronto, Canada | 4th | 20 km walk | 1:32:36 | |
World Championships | Beijing, China | 19th | 20 km walk | 1:33:24 | |
2016 | World Team Championships | Rome, Italy | 10th | 20 km walk | 1:29:31 NR |
3rd | 20 km walk (Team) | 58 pts | |||
Olympic Games | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 32nd | 20 km walk | 1:35:40 | |
2017 | Pan American Cup | Lima, Peru | 4th | 20 km walk | 1:32:15[6] |
World Championships | London, United Kingdom | 5th | 20 km walk | 1:28:10 NR | |
Bolivarian Games | Santa Marta, Colombia | 1st | 20 km walk | 1:32:39 GR | |
2018 | World Team Championships | Taicang, China | 15th | 20 km walk | 1:30:11[7] |
5th | 20 km walk (Team) | 82 pts | |||
Ibero-American Championships | Trujillo, Peru | 1st | 10,000 m walk | 42:02.99 CR, AR | |
2019 | Pan American Games | Lima, Peru | 1st | 20 km walk | 1:28:03 GR, NR |
World Championships | Doha, Qatar | 5th | 20 km walk | 1:34:16 | |
2021 | Olympic Games | Sapporo, Japan | 2nd | 20 km walk | 1:29:37 |
2023 | World Championships | Budapest, Hungary | — | 20 km walk | DNF |
Pan American Games | Santiago, Chile | 5th | Marathon walk relay | 3:16:21 | |
2024 | World Team Championships | Antalya, Turkey | 15th | Marathon walk relay | 3:04:57 |
Olympic Games | Paris, France | 4th | 20 km walk | 1:27:03 NR | |
12th | Marathon walk relay | 2:57:54 |
References
[edit]- ^ "Lorena Arenas vuelve a competir después de casi un año y tras su recuperación". Running Colombia (in Spanish). Feb 3, 2023. Retrieved March 8, 2023.
- ^ "Lorena Arenas Profile". World Athletics. March 23, 2023. Retrieved March 23, 2023.
- ^ "Eider Arévalo y Lorena Arenas conquistaron Mundial Juvenil en Rusia". El País (in Spanish). May 12, 2012. Retrieved August 13, 2012.
- ^ "Colombiana Lorena Arenas ganó bronce en Mundial de Atletismo Júnior". El Espectador (in Spanish). July 11, 2012. Retrieved August 13, 2012.
- ^ "London 2012 - Women's 20km Race Walk results". Archived from the original on 2013-01-03. Retrieved 2012-08-14.
- ^ 20 km walk final result
- ^ 20 km walk final result team
External links
[edit]- Sandra Arenas at London2012.com
- Sandra Arenas at World Athletics
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Sandra Arenas". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18.
- 1993 births
- Living people
- Colombian female racewalkers
- Olympic athletes for Colombia
- Olympic female racewalkers
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2015 Pan American Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2019 Pan American Games
- World Athletics Championships athletes for Colombia
- South American Games gold medalists for Colombia
- South American Games medalists in athletics
- Competitors at the 2014 South American Games
- Central American and Caribbean Games silver medalists for Colombia
- Competitors at the 2014 Central American and Caribbean Games
- Pan American Games gold medalists for Colombia
- Pan American Games medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in athletics
- Medalists at the 2019 Pan American Games
- Ibero-American Championships in Athletics winners
- Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Olympic silver medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Olympic silver medalists for Colombia
- Sportspeople from Pereira, Colombia
- 21st-century Colombian sportswomen
- Bolivarian Games gold medalists for Colombia
- Bolivarian Games medalists in athletics
- Bolivarian Games silver medalists for Colombia
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2024 Summer Olympics