Zudikey Rodríguez

Zudikey Rodríguez

Personal information
Full name	Zudikey Rodríguez Núñez
Born	(1987-03-14) 14 March 1987 Valle de Bravo, State of Mexico, Mexico
Height	fjrfh to dh1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Weight	56 kg (123 lb)
Spouse	Patricio Araujo (m. 2020)
Sport
Country	Mexico
Sport	Athletics
Event(s)	Sprint and Hurdling
Updated on 3 January 2015

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

Zudikey Rodríguez Núñez (born 14 March 1987 in Valle de Bravo, State of Mexico) is a Mexican sprinter and hurdler. Her personal best time for the 200 metres is 23.18 seconds, achieved in May 2007 in Puebla.

Then she moved up a distance to run 400 metres. She was member of the silver medal-winning Mexican 4×400 relay team at the 2007 Pan American Games. She also placed eighth in the 2007 World Championships in Athletics and represented Mexico at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

In 2010, she switched to the 400 metres hurdles event. In her first competitive race, she set a Mexican record of 56.10 seconds (previous record was 57.78 by Mayra González). She went on to become the hurdles champion at the 2010 Ibero-American Championships in Athletics.

During the 2010 Central American and Caribbean Games where she won the silver in the 400 meters hurdles and bronze in the 4 x 400 meters relay, she tested positive for a banned substance, methylhexanamine, commonly used as nasal decongestant, she was consequently suspended for six months from 3 August 2010 to 4 February 2011.

Personal bests

Event	Result	Venue	Competition	Date
Outdoor
100 m	11.67 s (wind: +1.1 m/s)	Monterrey	National University Games	30 Apr 2007
200 m	23.18 s (wind: NWI)	Puebla	Olimpiada Nacional	27 May 2007
400 m	51.75 s	San José del Cabo	National Championships	25 Jun 2010
400 m hurdles	55.11 s	Colombia	XXIII Central American and Caribbean Games	31 Jul 2018

International competitions

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing Mexico
2004	Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships (U-20)	Coatzacoalcos, Mexico	6th	200 m	24.65 (wind: 2.7 m/s)
			3rd	4 × 100 m relay	47.86
	World Junior Championships	Grosseto, Italy	37th (h)	100 m	12.19 (wind: -0.7 m/s)
			34th (h)	200 m	24.99 (wind: +1.3 m/s)
			—	4 × 100 m relay	DQ
2007	Pan American Games	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	2nd	4 × 400 m relay	3:27.75 (NR)
	Universiade	Bangkok, Thailand	8th (sf)	400 m	53.16
	World Championships	Osaka, Japan	32nd (qf)		24.31 (wind: +0.7 m/s)
			8th	4 × 400 m relay	3:29.14
2008	Ibero-American Championships	Iquique, Chile	1st	400m	52.14
			1st	4 × 400 m relay	3:33.27
	Central American and Caribbean Championships	Cali, Colombia	8th	400 m	52.95 A
			2nd	4 × 400 m relay	3:29.94
	Olympic Games	Beijing, China	14th (h)	4 × 400 m relay	3:30.36
2010	Ibero-American Championships	San Fernando, Spain	1st	400 m hurdles	56.33 s
			2nd	4 × 400 m relay	3:32.96
	Central American and Caribbean Games	Mayagüez, Puerto Rico	—	400 m hurdles	DQ1
			—	4 × 400 m relay	DQ1
2011	Pan American Games	Guadalajara, Mexico	5th	4 × 400 m relay	3:40.07 A
2013	Central American and Caribbean Championships	Morelia, Mexico	3rd	400m hurdles	58.12 A
			2nd	4 × 400 m relay	3:34.52 A
2014	Ibero-American Championships	São Paulo, Brazil	1st	400m hurdles	56.64
	Pan American Sports Festival	Mexico City, Mexico	1st	400 m hurdles	55.78 A
	Central American and Caribbean Games	Xalapa, Mexico	1st	400 m hurdles	56.79 A
			2nd	4 × 400 m relay	3:33.16 A
2015	NACAC Championships	San José, Costa Rica	7th	400m hurdles	56.64
2018	Central American and Caribbean Games	Barranquilla, Colombia	2nd	400 m hurdles	55.11(NR)

¹: Doping.

External links

• Zudikey Rodríguez at World Athletics
• Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Zudikey Rodríguez". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 3 November 2012.