Kellys Arias

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Kellys Arias
Kellys Arias at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Personal information
Full nameKellys Yesenia Arias Figueroa
Born (1989-07-03) 3 July 1989 (age 34)
Maicao, Colombia
Height1.47 m (4 ft 10 in)
Weight40 kg (88 lb)
Sport
SportTrack and field
EventMarathon

Kellys Arias (born 3 July 1989) is a Colombian long distance runner who specialises in the marathon. She competed in the women's marathon event at the 2016 Summer Olympics.[1] She holds Colombia's women's division records in the marathon (2:29:36, 6th place women's division at 2016 Hamburg Marathon,[2] an Olympic qualifying time) and the half marathon (1:11:21, 19th place women's division at 2016 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships[3] at Cardiff University) and in the lead up to the Rio Olympics she won the 2016 Panama City Half Marathon.[4] On 8 July 2018 Arias won the 10,000 meters in 34:39.32[5] at the Colombian National Championships on the new track at Rafael Cotes Municipal Stadium in Barranquilla. The track was renovated in preparation for the 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games where Arias finished 5th out of 7 runners in the 10k final in 35:01.57 on 29 July.[6]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Kellys Arias". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 16 August 2016. Retrieved 15 August 2016.
  2. ^ "31. Haspa Marathon Hamburg 2016". hamburg.r.mikatiming.de. Retrieved 30 July 2018.
  3. ^ "IAAF: Half Marathon Result - IAAF/Cardiff University World Half Marathon Championships Cardiff 2016 - iaaf.org". iaaf.org. Retrieved 30 July 2018.
  4. ^ "ARRS - Runner: Kellys-Yesenia Arias Figueroa". more.arrs.run. Retrieved 30 July 2018.
  5. ^ Antioquia y Valle se consolidan en el campeonato nacional de atletismo coc.org.co [dead link]
  6. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 July 2018. Retrieved 30 July 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

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