Caterine Ibargüen: The long jump athlete

Caterine Ibargüen

She was born in Apartadó (Antioquia) in 1984, she is 35 years old. She is an athlete who competes in high jump, long jump and triple jump.

She lived with her grandmother when she was a child because of the armed conflict in Colombia.

Caterine first played volleyball and her coach noticed her skill and suggested practice high jump in Medellín.

She got the world titles of 2011 and 2013 and 2015, and silver medal in London 2017. She won the IAAF Female athlete of the year award in 2018. Her personal best in the high jump is 1.93 metres, achieved on 22 July 2005 in Cali; this is the current Colombian record.

I admire her because she is honest, loyal and generous. She overcame poverty with discipline and dedication.