Zudikey Rodríguez Núñez (born 14 March 1987 in

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) is a Mexican sprinter and

hurdler 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, ...

. Her personal best time for the

200 metres The 200 metres, or 200-meter dash, is a sprint running event. On an outdoor 400 metre racetrack, the race begins on the curve and ends on the home straight, so a combination of techniques is needed to successfully run the race. A slightl ...

is 23.18 seconds, achieved in May 2007 in

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. Then she moved up a distance to run

400 metres The 400 metres, or 400-meter dash, is a sprint event in track and field competitions. It has been featured in the athletics (sport), athletics programme at the Summer Olympics since 1896 for men and since 1964 for women. On a standard outdoor runn ...

. She was member of the silver medal-winning Mexican 4×400 relay team at the

2007 Pan American Games The 2007 Pan American Games, officially known as the XV Pan American Games, were a major continental multi-sport event that took place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from July 13 to 29, 2007. A total of 5,633 athletes from 42 National Olympic Com ...

. She also placed eighth in the

2007 World Championships in Athletics The 11th World Championships in Athletics, () under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), were held at Nagai Stadium in Osaka, Japan from 24 August to 2 September 2007. 200 of the IAAF's 212 member federat ...

and represented Mexico at the

2008 Summer Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 Na ...

. In 2010, she switched to the

400 metres hurdles The 400 metres hurdles is a track and field hurdling event. The event has been on the Olympic athletics programme since 1900 for men and since 1984 for women. On a standard outdoor track, 400 metres is the length of the inside lane, once a ...

event. In her first competitive race, she set a Mexican record of 56.10 seconds (previous record was 57.78 by

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). She went on to become the hurdles champion at the

2010 Ibero-American Championships in Athletics The 2010 Ibero-American Championships in Athletics (Spanish: ''XIV Campeonato Iberoamericano de Atletismo'') was an athletics competition which was held at the Estadio Municipal Bahía Sur in San Fernando, Cádiz, Spain from 4–6 June. A total ...

. During the

2010 Central American and Caribbean Games The 21st Central American and Caribbean Games (Spanish: ''XXI Juegos Centroamericanos y del Caribe, Mayagüez 2010'') took place in Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, from 18 July 2010 to 1 August 2010. Bid It was understood that Mayagüez was going to b ...

where she won the silver in the 400 meters hurdles and bronze in the 4 x 400 meters relay, she tested positive for a banned substance,

methylhexanamine Methylhexanamine (also known as methylhexamine, 1,3-dimethylamylamine, 1,3-DMAA, dimethylamylamine, and DMAA; trade names Forthane and Geranamine) is an indirect sympathomimetic drug invented and developed by Eli Lilly and Company and marketed as ...

, commonly used as nasal decongestant, she was consequently suspended for six months from 3 August 2010 to 4 February 2011.Atleta Zudikey Rodríguez seis meses fuera por doping
(es) www.terra.com.mx (24 November 2010).

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International competitions

¹: Doping.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Rodriguez, Zudikey 1987 births Living people Sportspeople from the State of Mexico Mexican female sprinters Mexican female hurdlers Olympic athletes for Mexico Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics Pan American Games medalists in athletics (track and field) Athletes (track and field) at the 2007 Pan American Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2011 Pan American Games World Athletics Championships athletes for Mexico Doping cases in athletics Mexican sportspeople in doping cases Pan American Games silver medalists for Mexico Central American and Caribbean Games gold medalists for Mexico Competitors at the 2010 Central American and Caribbean Games Competitors at the 2014 Central American and Caribbean Games Competitors at the 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in athletics Competitors at the 2007 Summer Universiade Medalists at the 2007 Pan American Games