Muriel Coneo

Muriel Coneo Paredes (March 15, 1987) is a Colombian Olympic athlete specializing in the

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events. She won multiple medals on the continental level, including the gold medal in the 1500 m at the

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and the

2014 Central American and Caribbean Games The 22nd Central American and Caribbean Games were held November 14–30, 2014 in Veracruz, Mexico.Sport page

. Muriel was born on Isla Fuerte, a Caribbean island belonging to the Bolívar Department,
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on March 15, 1987 as the oldest of four sisters between Carlos Coneo and Alicia Paredes. She began her athletic career aged 14 when she moved to Medellin in 2002 for training and competing in the
Heptathlon A heptathlon is a track and field combined events contest made up of seven events. The name derives from the Greek επτά (hepta, meaning "seven") and ἄθλος (áthlos, or ἄθλον, áthlon, meaning "competition"). A competitor in a hept ...
. Later, under guidance of Libardo Hoyos, her current coach, she began to run middle distance events including 800 m and 1500 m in which she set several
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and competed at continental and world level as a junior athlete. In 2013, she began to train for
3000 m steeplechase The 3000 metres steeplechase or 3000-meter steeplechase (usually abbreviated as ) is the most common distance for the steeplechase in track and field. It is an obstacle race over the distance of the 3000 metres, which derives its name from the h ...
and the same year she placed first at the
2013 Bolivarian Games The 2013 Bolivarian Games (Spanish: ''Juegos Bolivarianos''), officially the XVII Bolivarian Games, was a major international multi-sport event that was held from November 16–30, 2013, in Trujillo, Peru, Trujillo, Peru, with some events held in ...
in Trujillo, Peru]. In 2017, she ran her first international
5000 m The 5000 metres or 5000-metre run is a common long-distance running event in track and field, approximately equivalent to or . It is one of the track events in the Olympic Games and the World Championships in Athletics, run over laps of a stand ...
in the 2017 Mt. SAC Relays (Torrance, CA) where she set a PB of 15:41.55
.

Competition record

Personal bests
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800 metres The 800 metres, or meters ( US spelling), is a common track running event. It is the shortest commonly run middle-distance running event. The 800 metres is run over two laps of an outdoor (400-metre) track and has been an Olympic event since the ...
– 2:03.81 (Fortaleza, 11 May 2011) *
1500 metres The 1500 metres or 1,500-metre run (typically pronounced 'fifteen-hundred metres') is the foremost middle distance track event in athletics. The distance has been contested at the Summer Olympics since 1896 and the World Championships in Athletic ...
– 4:06.99 (Huelva, 3 June 2016) *
3000 metres steeplechase The 3000 metres steeplechase or 3000-meter steeplechase (usually abbreviated as ) is the most common distance for the steeplechase in track and field Track and field is a sport that includes athletic contests based on running, jumping, a ...
– 9:43.16 (Norwalk, 15 April 2016)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Coneo, Muriel 1987 births Living people People from Bolívar Department Colombian female middle-distance runners Colombian female steeplechase runners Pan American Games gold medalists for Colombia Pan American Games medalists in athletics (track and field) Athletes (track and field) at the 2015 Pan American Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2019 Pan American Games World Athletics Championships athletes for Colombia Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Colombia Central American and Caribbean Games gold medalists for Colombia Competitors at the 2014 Central American and Caribbean Games Colombian female cross country runners Athletes (track and field) at the 2018 South American Games South American Games gold medalists for Colombia South American Games medalists in athletics Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in athletics Medalists at the 2015 Pan American Games South American Games gold medalists in athletics Bolivarian Games gold medalists for Colombia Bolivarian Games medalists in athletics