From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Princesa Oliveros
Princesa Oliveros
Medal record Career
Women’s athletics
Early life
Competitor for Colombia
Born in Luruaco, Atlántico Department and raised in Tur-
Pan American Games bo, Antioquia, she initially took an interest in volleyball.
She showed an aptitude for hurdling at an inter-school
Gold 2011 Guadalajara 400 m hurdles
meeting in 1991, but remained more interested in the ball
Bronze 2011 Guadalajara 4×400 m relay game and represented her municipality in the sport. By
CAC Games the time she went to university, however, she had not
grown tall enough to be a professional volleyball play-
Silver 2002 San Salvador 100 m hurdles er and decided to use her athletic speed for the 400 m
Bronze 2002 San Salvador 400 m hurdles hurdles instead. Having come from a poor family, her
mother encouraged her to focus on her science studies
CAC Championships
rather than sport, but Oliveros combined the two as a
Silver 2008 Cali 400 m hurdles student-athlete and she developed into a regional-class
hurdler.[1]
South American Championships
Oliveros won her first national title in the 100 metres
Silver 2011 Buenos Aires 400 m hurdles hurdles in 1997 and won her first international medals
soon after, taking both the 100 and 400 m hurdles titles
Silver 2011 Buenos Aires 4×400 m relay
as well as the 4×400 metres relay title at the 1997 Boli-
Bronze 2009 Lima 400 m hurdles varian Games.[2][3] At the 1999 South American Champi-
Silver 2006 Tunja 100 m hurdles onships in Athletics n the Colombian capital of Bogotá
she won bronze medals in both the hurdles events. She
Silver 2005 Cali 4×400 m relay won the 400 m hurdles silver medal at the 2001 edition
Bronze 2003 Barquisimeto 100 m hurdles of the competition, but just missed out on the 100 m hur-
dles medal by coming fourth.[4] She headed overseas for
Bronze 2003 Barquisimeto 400 m hurdles
the 2001 Summer Universiade in Beijing and was a double
Silver 2001 Manaus 400 m hurdles semi-finalist in the hurdles (including personal bests of
13.46 seconds and 57.19 seconds for the events).[1] She
Bronze 1999 Bogotá 100 m hurdles
ended the year by retaining all three of her titles at the
Bronze 1999 Bogotá 400 m hurdles 2001 Bolivarian Games.[3]
María Princesa Oliveros Bohórquez (born 10 August 1975) Regional hurdles medals
is a Colombian track and field athlete who competes in She had a national winning streak in the hurdles, win-
the 100 metres hurdles and 400 metres hurdles events. ning both events three times in succession from 2002
Her personal bests are 13.41 seconds and 56.26 seconds, to 2004, then again in 2006.[2] The 2002 season saw her
respectively. She was the gold medallist in the 400 m hur- win further international medals in the hurdles: she won
dles at the 2011 Pan American Games, at which she also 400 m silver and 100 m bronze at the 2002 Ibero-Amer-
won a 4×400 metres relay bronze medal in a Colombian ican Championships in Athletics, then reversed those
record time. placings for two more medals at the 2002 Central Amer-
She has won numerous hurdles medals at the South ican and Caribbean Games.[5][6] She was a double bronze
American Championships in Athletics and has reached medallist at the 2003 South American Championships in
the podium at the competition in seven different years Athletics and also competed in the heats at the 2003 Pan
(from 1999 to 2011, with the exception of 2007). At re- American Games.[4] A 100 m hurdles bronze at the 2004
gional level, she has been a hurdles medallist at the Cen- Ibero-American Championships in Athletics was her sole
tral American and Caribbean Championships and CAC highlight in the following year.[6]
Games, as well as being a six-time champion at the Boli- In 2005, she was the 100 m hurdles runner-up at the
varian Games. South American Championships, where she was fourth in
the longer race.[4] In her third consecutive appearance at
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the 2005 Bolivarian Games, she missed out on defending [6] ^ Ibero-American Championships. GBR Athletics.
her hurdles titles as fellow Colombian Brigith Merlano Retrieved on 2011-11-04.
beat her in the 100 m final while Ecuador’s Lucy Jaramil- [7] ^ Princesa Oliveros. Tilastopaja. Retrieved on
lo edged her into second place in the 400 m hurdles.[3] 2011-11-04.
Oliveros had a trio of fifth places in the hurdles and relay [8] Biscayart, Eduardo (2008-07-05). 50.98 400m victory
events at the 2006 CAC Games. She was fifth again in the by Cuban Terrero in Cali - CAC Champs day 1. IAAF.
400 m at the 2006 South American Championships, al- Retrieved on 2010-03-09.
though she left that competition with a silver medal from [9] Biscayart, Eduardo (2011-06-04). Cerra wins ninth
the 4×400 m relay.[7] Hammer Throw title in Buenos Aires – South
American Champs Day 2. IAAF. Retrieved on
Pan American gold medal 2011-11-04.
After a low-key 2007, the 32-year-old Oliveros ran her [10] 2011 CAC Championships results. 2010 Mayaguez.
fastest 400 m hurdles time in almost five years to claim Retrieved on 2011-11-04.
the silver medal 2008 CAC Championships in Cali, Colom- [11] Robinson, Javier Clavelo (2011-10-27). Brenes
bia with a run of 57.44 seconds. She also helped the relay improves to 44.65, Maggi sails 6.94m in Guadalajara
team to fourth place in the final.[8] She began to increas- - Pan American Games, Day 4. IAAF. Retrieved on
ingly focus on the 400 m hurdles at championship events 2011-11-04.
and (following two doping disqualifications) she won a [12] Robinson, Javier Clavelo (2011-10-29). Robles 13.10,
bronze medal at the 2009 South American Champion- Borges 5.80m and Ibarguen 14.92m in Guadalajara -
ships and a silver at the 2009 Bolivarian Games later that Pan American Games, Day 6. IAAF. Retrieved on
year. In 2010, she competed sparingly, but managed to 2011-11-04.
win the Colombian 400 m hurdles title.[7]
At the age of 35, Oliveros reached the form of her life External links
in the 2011 season. In Medellín she ran a 100 m hurdles
best of 13.41 seconds on 30 April, then ran 57.43 seconds • IAAF profile for Princesa Oliveros
for the 400 m hurdles the following day (the third best Persondata
run of her career at that point).[7] She was twice runner- Name Oliveros, Maria Princesa
up to Brazil’s Jailma de Lima at the 2011 South American Alternative Princesa María Oliveros
Championships, first in the 400 m hurdles and then in the names
400 m relay.[9] A month later she was a 400 m hurdles fi-
nalist at the 2011 CAC Championships, coming sixth in Short descrip- Colombian hurdling athlete
the competition.[10] Her won the first major title of her tion
career at the 2011 Pan American Games: running at alti- Date of birth 1975-08-10
tude in Guadalajara, she improved her personal best by Place of birth Luruaco, Atlántico Department,
almost a second to take the 400 m hurdles gold medal Colombia
in a time of 56.26 seconds.[11] She then teamed up with
Date of death
Norma González, Evelis Aguilar and (400 m winner) Jen-
nifer Padilla for the 4×400 m relay and the Colombians Place of death
received the bronze medal with a Colombian national
record time of 3:29.94 minutes.[12]
References
[1] ^ Sampedro, Johnny Andrés (2010-05-25). A la
biblioteca para ser atleta. El Mundo. Retrieved on
2011-11-04.
[2] ^ Colombian Championships. GBR Athletics.
Retrieved on 2011-11-04.
[3] ^ Bolivarian Games. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on
2011-11-04.
[4] ^ South American Championships. GBR Athletics.
Retrieved on 2011-11-04.
[5] CAC Games. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on
2011-11-04.
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• 1975 births
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• People from Atlántico Department
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