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| Full name | Jenifer Padilla González | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | colombiana | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1990-01-01)January 1, 1990 (age 35) Quibdó,Chocó,Colombia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 66 kg (146 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  Colombia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Jennifer Padilla González (also spelled; born 1 January 1990) is a Colombiantrack and field athlete who competes in the200 metres and400 metressprint events.[1] Her first name is also spelled Yenifer of Yennifer.
She won the 400 m title at the2011 Pan American Games as well as two bronze medals in the relay for Colombia. She set her 400 m personal best of 51.53 seconds at the competition.
Padilla was a medallist in the individual and relay sprinting events at theSouth American Championships in Athletics in both 2009 and 2011. She jointly holds theNational records for the4×400 metres with a time of 3:29.94 minutes.
Born inQuibdó,Chocó Department, she won the Colombian youth title over 200 m in 2007 and made her first international appearances two years later.[2] At the age of nineteen she won her first senior medals, taking the 200 mbronze at the2009 South American Championships in Athletics and sharing in the4×400 metres silver with the Colombian team.[3] Although the2009 South American Junior Athletics Championships was for younger athletes, she repeated the same placings in both the 200 m and 4×100 m relay events.[4] A week later she ran at the2009 Pan American Junior Championships in Athletics. She came sixth in the 200 m but demonstrated her strength in the 400 metres sprint by winning thegold medal in a time of 53.60 seconds.[5] Her fourth and final international outing of the year came at the2009 Bolivarian Games and she won the 400 m silver and 400 m relay gold medals.[6]
She began the next season with appearances at the2010 South American Games, at which she won the 400 m silver medal, came fourth in the 200 m, and ran in both the 100 m and 400 m relay events for Colombia, helping the team to second and first place, respectively. In June she ran at the2010 Ibero-American Championships in Athletics and claimed the 400 m silver medal behind Cuba'sDaisurami Bonne. She was less successful individually at July's2010 Central American and Caribbean Games, being eliminated in the heats, but she managed to aid Colombia to second place in the 4×400 m relay withAlejandra Idrovo,Darlenis Obregón andNorma González.[6]
Returning to the continental competition, she was the runner-up in both 400 m individual and relay events at the2011 South American Championships in Athletics.[7] She ran a 400 m personal best of 51.59 seconds inCali then placed fifth at the competitive2011 CAC Championships.[6] The high altitude conditions at the2011 Pan American Games inGuadalajara saw Padilla run a personal best of 51.76 seconds in the heats then another best of 51.53 seconds in the final – a time which brought her the gold medal and made her the first South American woman to win the 400 m Pan American title.[8] She went on to claim two further medals in athletics for Colombia at the games, first helping the 4×100 m relay team to the bronze medal, then anchoring Colombia's 4×400 m relay to a second bronze and aColombian record mark of 3:29.94 minutes.[6]
She represented her country at the2012 Summer Olympics, but was disqualified in her heat. She had success at the2012 South American Under-23 Championships in Athletics, taking the 400 m title, a 100 m relay silver medal, and fourth place in the 200 m.[9]
Medellín, 5 March 2010cali, noviembre 2015
Guadalajara, 26 October 20111Did not finish in the final
