Gilmar Jalith Mayo Lozano (born 30 September 1969) is a Colombian

high jump The high jump is a track and field event in which competitors must jump unaided over a horizontal bar placed at measured heights without dislodging it. In its modern, most-practiced format, a bar is placed between two standards with a crash mat f ...

er. His personal best jump is , achieved in October 1994 in Pereira. This is the current Colombian and South American record.Colombian athletics records
(updated June 2007) Mayo represented Colombia twice at the

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(1996 and 2000) and three times at the

World Championships in Athletics The World Athletics Championships (until 2019 known as the World Championships in Athletics) are a biennial athletics competition organized by World Athletics (formerly IAAF, International Association of Athletics Federations). Alongside the Ol ...

(1995, 1997 and 1999). Mayo was the 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games champion in the high jump and competed at the

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in 1991, 1995, 1999 and 2007, which included a bronze on his second appearance at the competition. He was a four-time champion at the

South American Championships in Athletics The South American Championships in Athletics is a biennial athletics event organized by CONSUDATLE. The first edition in 1919 was competed between only two countries (Chile and Uruguay), but it has since expanded and has generally been held every ...

(1991, 1995, 1997, 2005) and a three-time gold medallist at the

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– this includes the 1998 South American Games where he also won the

triple jump The triple jump, sometimes referred to as the hop, step and jump or the hop, skip and jump, is a track and field event, similar to the long jump. As a group, the two events are referred to as the "horizontal jumps". The competitor runs down th ...

title and the

long jump The long jump is a track and field event in which athletes combine speed, strength and agility in an attempt to leap as far as possible from a takeoff point. Along with the triple jump, the two events that measure jumping for distance as a gr ...

silver medal. His mark of at the 1994 South American Games is the current Games record. He was a frequent participant at the

Ibero-American Championships in Athletics The Ibero-American Championships in Athletics (Spanish: ''Campeonato Iberoamericano de Atletismo'') is a biennial athletics competition for athletes representing Ibero-American countries as well as a number of other Spanish- or Portuguese-speaking ...

and was the gold medallist there in 2000 and 2002.

International competitions

References

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Mayo, Gilmar 1969 births Living people Colombian male high jumpers Colombian male long jumpers Colombian male triple jumpers Olympic athletes for Colombia Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics Pan American Games medalists in athletics (track and field) Athletes (track and field) at the 1991 Pan American Games Athletes (track and field) at the 1995 Pan American Games Athletes (track and field) at the 1999 Pan American Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2007 Pan American Games World Athletics Championships athletes for Colombia Sportspeople from Cesar Department Pan American Games bronze medalists for Colombia South American Games gold medalists for Colombia South American Games silver medalists for Colombia South American Games medalists in athletics Central American and Caribbean Games gold medalists for Colombia Competitors at the 1994 South American Games Competitors at the 1998 South American Games Competitors at the 1998 Central American and Caribbean Games Competitors at the 2002 Central American and Caribbean Games Competitors at the 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in athletics Medalists at the 1995 Pan American Games 20th-century Colombian people 21st-century Colombian people