| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 28 May 1996 |
| Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)[1] |
| Weight | 60 kg (132 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Athletics |
| Event | 100 metres hurdles |
Medal record | |
Andrea Carolina Vargas Mena (born 28 May 1996) is a Costa Rican athlete specialising in the sprint hurdles. She is the current NR holder with a time of 12.64 seconds, which was set at the IAAF World Championships in Doha 2019. [2] 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, Peru, achieving first place in 100 meter hurdles. She competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[3]
Her personal bests are 12.64 seconds in the 100 metres hurdles (Doha 2019) and 8.19 seconds in the 60 metres hurdles (Boston 2018).[4]
- ^ "2018 CAC Games bio". Archived from the original on 3 August 2018. Retrieved 3 August 2018.
- ^ Andrea Vargas at World Athletics
- ^ "Athletics VARGAS Andrea Carolina". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 2021-08-12. Retrieved 2021-08-29.
- ^ "Progression NR 100 metres hurdles Costa Rica". Archived from the original on 2018-08-27. Retrieved 2018-08-27.
