Andrea Carolina Vargas Mena (born 28 May 1996) is a

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n athlete specialising in the

sprint hurdles Hurdling is the act of jumping over an obstacle at a high speed or in a sprint. In the early 19th century, hurdlers ran at and jumped over each hurdle (sometimes known as 'burgles'), landing on both feet and checking their forward motion. Today, ...

. She is the current NR holder with the time of 12.64 seconds which was set at the IAAF World Championships in Doha 2019. She represented her country at the 2018 World Indoor Championships without advancing from the first round. She participated in the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima,

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, achieving first place in 100 meter hurdles. She competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics. Her personal bests are 12.64 seconds in the

100 metres hurdles The 100 metres hurdles, or 100-meter hurdles, is a track and field event run mainly by women (the male counterpart is the 110 metres hurdles). For the race, ten Hurdling, hurdles of a height of are placed along a straight course of . The first h ...

(Doha 2019) and 8.19 seconds in the

60 metres hurdles 60 metres hurdles is a distance in hurdling which is generally run in indoor competitions. It is equivalent with the first 5 hurdles of a standard outdoor hurdle race. The current women's and men's world records are 7.68 seconds ( Susanna K ...

(Boston 2018).

International competitions

References

1996 births Living people Costa Rican female hurdlers Central American and Caribbean Games gold medalists for Costa Rica Competitors at the 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games Central American Games gold medalists for Costa Rica Central American Games medalists in athletics Athletes (track and field) at the 2019 Pan American Games Pan American Games gold medalists for Costa Rica Pan American Games medalists in athletics (track and field) Pan American Games gold 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 Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Costa Rica {{CostaRica-athletics-bio-stub