Muriel Coneo

Muriel Coneo
Personal information
Full nameMuriel Coneo Paredes
NationalityColombian
Born (1987-03-15) March 15, 1987 (age 37)
Isla Fuerte, Bolívar, Colombia
Height1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)
Weight50 kg (110 lb)
Sport
Country Colombia
SportWomen's athletics
EventMiddle-distance running
Now coachingLibardo Hoyos
Achievements and titles
Personal bests
  • 800 m: 2:03.81 (2011)
  • 1500 m: 4:06.99 (2016)
  • 3000 m: 9:04.79 (2016)
  • 3000 m s'chase: 9:43.16 (2016)
  • 5000 m: 15:41.55 (2017)
Medal record
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place 2015 Toronto 1500 m
Central American and Caribbean Games
Gold medal – first place 2014 Xalapa 1500 m
South American Games
Gold medal – first place 2014 Santiago 1500 m
Bolivarian Games
Gold medal – first place 2013 Trujillo 3000 m s'chase
Updated on 7 May 2017
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Coneo and the second or maternal family name is Paredes.

Muriel Coneo Paredes (March 15, 1987) is a Colombian Olympic athlete specializing in the middle-distance running events. She won multiple medals on the continental level, including the gold medal in the 1500 m at the 2015 Pan American Games and the 2014 Central American and Caribbean Games.

Muriel was born on Isla Fuerte, a Caribbean island belonging to the Bolívar Department, Colombia 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.[1] 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 national records and competed at continental and world level as a junior athlete. In 2013, she began to train for 3000 m steeplechase and the same year she placed first at the 2013 Bolivarian Games in Trujillo, Peru].[2] In 2017, she ran her first international 5000 m in the 2017 Mt. SAC Relays (Torrance, CA) where she set a PB of 15:41.55 [3]

  1. ^ Muriel corre su vida a fondo (in Spanish). El Colombiano.
  2. ^ Juegos Bolivarianos 2013 Archived 2014-02-16 at the Wayback Machine (in Spanish).
  3. ^ [1] (in Spanish).