Flor Ruiz

Flor Ruiz

Personal information
Full name	Flor Denis Ruiz Hurtado
Born	(1991-01-29) January 29, 1991 (age 33) Pradera, Valle del Cauca, Colombia
Height	1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight	67 kg (148 lb)
Sport
Country	Colombia
Sport	Athletics
Event	Javelin throw
Achievements and titles
Personal best	Javelin throw: 66.70 m AR (2024)
Medal record Representing  Colombia Women's athletics Event 1st 2nd 3rd World Championships 0 1 0 Diamond League stage 0 0 2 Pan American Games 1 0 0 Ibero-American Championships 3 1 1 CAC Games 2 0 0 CAC Championships 0 1 0 South American Games 2 0 0 South American Championships 3 1 1 Bolivarian Games 2 0 0 Total 13 4 4 World Championships 2023 Budapest Javelin throw Pan American Games 2023 Santiago Javelin throw Ibero-American Championships 2012 Barquisimeto Javelin throw 2016 Rio de Janeiro Javelin throw 2024 Cuiabá Javelin throw 2022 Alicante Javelin throw 2014 São Paulo Javelin throw Central American and Caribbean Games 2014 Veracruz Javelin throw 2023 San Salvador Javelin throw Central American and Caribbean Championships 2011 Mayagüez Javelin throw South American Games 2014 Santiago Javelin throw 2022 Asunción Javelin throw South American Championships 2013 Cartagena Javelin throw 2017 Asunción Javelin throw 2023 São Paulo Javelin throw 2015 Lima Javelin throw 2019 Lima Javelin throw Bolivarian Games 2013 Trujillo Javelin throw 2017 Santa Marta Javelin throw
Updated on 16 September 2024

Flor Denis Ruiz Hurtado (born 29 January 1991 in Pradera, Valle del Cauca) is a Colombian javelin thrower.^[1] She competed in the javelin throw event at the 2012, 2016, and 2024 Summer Olympics, reaching the final in 2016^[2] and 2024. In 2023, she won a silver medal at the World Championships in Budapest.

On June 26, 2024, the Colombian Olympic Committee selected Ruiz and the track cyclist Kevin Quintero as the nation’s flag bearers at Paris 2024.^[3]