Déborah Lizeth Rodríguez Guelmo (born December 2, 1992 in

Montevideo Montevideo () is the Capital city, capital and List of cities in Uruguay, largest city of Uruguay. According to the 2011 census, the city proper has a population of 1,319,108 (about one-third of the country's total population) in an area of . M ...

) is a Uruguayan athlete and fashion model. She is also the twin sister of football player Ángel Rodríguez of

River Plate Montevideo A river is a natural flowing watercourse, usually freshwater, flowing towards an ocean, sea, lake or another river. In some cases, a river flows into the ground and becomes dry at the end of its course without reaching another body of wa ...

Athletic Career ''2008 - Present''

At the

2010 South American Under-23 Championships in Athletics The 4th South American Under-23 Championships in Athletics were held in Medellín, Colombia, at the Estadio Alfonso Galvis Duque at the Unidad Deportiva Atanasio Girardot on March 20–23, 2010. The championships, organized by CONSUDATLE, were h ...

, she won a silver medal in the Women's 400m hurdles event, and also won two golds in the same event at the

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and

2011 South American Junior Championships in Athletics The 39th South American Junior Championships in Athletics were held in Medellín, Colombia Colombia (, ; ), officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country in South America with insular regions in North America—near Nicaragua's Car ...

. Rodríguez also won bronze at the

2011 Pan American Junior Athletics Championships The 16th Pan American Junior Championships were held in Miramar, Florida, United States, at the Ansin Sports Complex on July 22 to 24, 2011.

. She competed in the Women's 400m hurdles event at the

2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...

but ranked 28th and was eliminated in the first round even though she broke the national Women's 400m hurdles record (57.04 seconds), which Rodríguez previously held in 2011 with 58.63. She also holds the national record at

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 ...

-52.53 and

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 ...

-2:01.46.

Personal bests

Modeling Ventures ''2013 - Present''

In January, 2013 Rodríguez was signed into a modeling agency by Fernando Cristino called Cristino Management.

Achievements in athletics

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Rodriguez, Deborah Living people 1992 births Afro-Uruguayan Sportspeople from Montevideo Olympic athletes of Uruguay Uruguayan female hurdlers Uruguayan female models Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2011 Pan American Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2015 Pan American Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2019 Pan American Games Pan American Games bronze medalists for Uruguay Pan American Games medalists in athletics (track and field) World Athletics Championships athletes for Uruguay Athletes (track and field) at the 2018 South American Games South American Games gold medalists for Uruguay South American Games silver medalists for Uruguay South American Games medalists in athletics South American Championships in Athletics winners Medalists at the 2015 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2019 Pan American Games South American Games gold medalists in athletics