Inés Melchor Explained

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Inés Melchor
Fullname:Santa Inés Melchor Huiza
Sport:athletics
Event:Long-distance running
Birth Date:1986 8, df=yes
Birth Place:Acobambilla, Huancavelica, Peru
Pb:
  • Half marathon: 1:14:3
  • Marathon: 2:26:48
Updated:29 July 2013

Inés Melchor (born August 30, 1986 in Acobambilla, Huancavelica) is a Peruvian long-distance runner. She competed in the marathon at the 2012 Summer Olympics, placing 25th with a time of 2:28:54. In September 2014 she placed 8th at the Berlin Marathon with a time of 2:26.48, new Peruvian national record and the South America area record.[1] Melchor also holds Peruvian records for the 5000 and 10,000 metres on the track.

She won numerous youth and junior medals at the continental level and competed at the 2003 World Championships in Athletics and the 2004 Summer Olympics while still a teenager. She won a gold medal double in the 5000 m and 10,000 m at the 2009 South American Championships in Athletics. She also won the bronze medal in the 5000 m at the 2011 Pan American Games. She is a three-time champion at the South American Cross Country Championships.

Biography

Early life

Inés Melchor, or her complete name is Santa Inés Melchor Huiza, was born in 1986 in Acobambilla District, Huancavelica Province, Perú.[2]

She was only three months old, when her parents decided to move to Huancayo. There, Inés attended local school in Nuestra Señora del Cocharcas and eventually earned a bachelor of laws from Los Andes Peruvian University.[3] [4]

Youth and junior career

Melchor emerged as one of South America's most promising long-distance runners at an early age. She was the 3000 metres silver medallist at the 2000 South American Youth Championships in Athletics at the age of thirteen.[5] The following year she won the 5000 metres title at the 2001 South American Junior Championships in Athletics (also taking 3000 m bronze),[6] and then won the 3000 m title and 5000 m silver at the Pan American Juniors a week later.[7]

As the youngest in the field at the 2002 South American Junior Championships, both Nadia Rodríguez and Silvia Paredes (two and three years older than Melchor) got the better of her and the Peruvian left with only a 3000 m bronze medal.[8] In the younger age bracket she won the 3000 m at the South American Youth Championships and also managed a bronze in the 1500 metres.[9]

Melchor was dominant regionally in 2003: aged sixteen, she won both the 3000 m and 5000 m titles at the South American Juniors and the Pan American Juniors.[10] [11] At the 2003 World Youth Championships in Athletics 3000 m race she was the best performer from the Americas, taking sixth overall.[12] Such was her talent, she was one of a handful of Peruvian entrants for the 2003 World Championships in Athletics, where she ran in the 5000 metres.[13]

In 2004, she won her first junior title at the South American Cross Country Championships.[14] She was the only runner from the Americas in the 3000 m at the 2004 World Junior Championships in Athletics and placed eleventh.[15] The seventeen-year-old made her Olympic debut for Peru at the 2004 Athens Olympics, competing in the first round of the 5000 m. She was the youngest of only twelve Peruvians present at the games.[16] She also placed ninth in the 3000 m at the 2004 Ibero-American Championships in Athletics that year.[17]

She was South America's best performer in the junior race at the 2005 IAAF World Cross Country Championships, coming 29th overall.[18] In her last year of junior eligibility she won a 3000/5000 m double at the South American Juniors. She was the 5000 m champion at the Pan American Juniors but was beaten into second in the 3000 m by Canada's Alyson Kohlmeier.[19] [20]

Start of senior career

In her first year of senior competition, she competed sparingly, with her main appearance being 72nd in the long race at the 2006 IAAF World Cross Country Championships after a victory at the South American Cross Country .[13] The following year saw her make a breakthrough as a senior runner. She was runner-up at the South American Cross Country behind Ednalva Laureano da Silva.[21] At her first continental senior championships she was fifth in the 5000 m but took the 10,000 metres silver medal behind Lucélia Peres.[22] At the Pan American Games she ran in the 10,000 m and broke Marilu Salazar's fourteen-year-old Peruvian record with a time of 33:36.17 minutes for fifth place.[23]

In 2008, she won her second senior title at the South American Cross Country and did a 5000/10,000 m double at the national championships, breaking Faustina Huamani's 5000 m national record in the process with a time of 16:17.37 minutes.[24] She went unchallenged in either event at the 2008 South American Under-23 Championships in Athletics, held in Lima and left with two gold medals.

South American titles

She reduced her national records further at the 2009 South American Championships in Athletics held on home turf in Lima. She established herself as the region's best distance runner as she won the 5000 m with a time of 16:00.41 minutes and the 10,000 m with a time of 33:11.79 minutes (also a championship record).[25]

She ran in the 5000 m heats at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics later that year and tried out a new event at the 2009 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships, where she was 40th in a personal best of 74:33 minutes.[13] She ended her year with a 10,000 m win at the Bolivarian Games.

In 2010, she won the South American cross country title for a third time, but did not compete for the rest of the year.[26] She returned to action near the end of 2011 and claimed the 5000 m bronze medal at the 2011 Pan American Games.

Marathon running

Melchor moved up to the marathon distance in the 2012 season. Every year she runs about two or three marathons a year. Also she runs short races during the year. She made her debut at the Seoul International Marathon and her time of 2:30:04 hours for sixth was a Peruvian marathon record.[27] This qualified her for the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. She improved her national record further at the competition, completing a run of 2:28:54 hours for 25th place.[28] [29] At the closing ceremony she was the flag bearer for Peru.

In 2013, she placed third at the Santiago Marathon, won the Ultimas Noticias 15K in Ecuador,[30] and was runner-up at the Bogotá Half Marathon.[31] On April 12, 2015, she won the Santiago Marathon which confirmed her qualification for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.[32]

Personal bests

Achievements

Representing
2000South American Youth ChampionshipsBogotá, Colombiabgcolor=silver2nd3000 m10:40.67 min A
2001South American Junior ChampionshipsSanta Fe, Argentina3rd3000 m10:12.99
bgcolor=gold1st5000 m17:14.49
Pan American Junior ChampionshipsSanta Fe, Argentinabgcolor=gold1st3000 m10:11.50
bgcolor=silver2nd5000 m17:28.18
2002South American Junior Championships /
South American Games		Belém, Brazil3rd3000m10:05.60
4th5000m17:49.04
South American Youth ChampionshipsAsunción, Paraguay3rd1500 m4:44.94
bgcolor=gold1st3000 m10:19.43
2003South American Junior ChampionshipsGuayaquil, Ecuadorbgcolor=gold1st3000 m9:58.83
bgcolor=gold1st5000 m16:57.0
World Youth ChampionshipsSherbrooke, Canada6th3000 m9:28.44
Pan American Junior ChampionshipsBridgetown, Barbadosbgcolor=gold1st3000 m9:57.96
bgcolor=gold1st5000 m16:53.37
World ChampionshipsSaint-Denis, France15th (h)5000 m17:17.90
2004South American Cross Country Championships – JuniorMacaé, Brazilbgcolor=gold1st6.0 km21:43
World Junior ChampionshipsGrosseto, Italy11th3000 m9:41.89
Ibero-American ChampionshipsHuelva, Spain9th3000 m9:37.35
Olympic GamesAthens, Greece38th (h)5000 m17:08.07
2005South American Cross Country Championships – JuniorMontevideo, Uruguaybgcolor=silver2nd6.0 km22:19
World Cross Country Championships – JuniorSaint-Galmier, France29th6.153 km22:33
Pan American Junior ChampionshipsWindsor, Ontario, Canadabgcolor=silver2nd3000 m9:36.24
bgcolor=gold1st5000 m16:48.06
South American Junior ChampionshipsRosario, Argentinabgcolor=gold1st3000 m9:50.87
bgcolor=gold1st5000 m17:05.78
2006South American Cross Country ChampionshipsMar del Plata, Argentinabgcolor=gold1st8.0 km27:55
World Cross Country ChampionshipsFukuoka, Japan72nd8.0 km28:49
South American U23 Championships /
South American Games		Buenos Aires, Argentina6th5000m17:16.39
4th10,000m35:57.85
2007South American Cross Country ChampionshipsRio de Janeiro, Brazilbgcolor=silver2nd8.0 km29:34
South American ChampionshipsSao Paulo, Brazil5th5000 m16:23.44
bgcolor=silver2nd10,000 m34:13.23
Pan American GamesRio de Janeiro, Brazil5th10,000 m33:36.17
2008South American Cross Country ChampionshipsAsunción, Paraguaybgcolor=gold1st8.0 km28:19
South American U23 ChampionshipsLima, Perú4th1500m4:38.36 A
bgcolor=gold1st5000m16:44.59 A
bgcolor=gold1st10,000m35:43.27 A
2009South American Cross Country ChampionshipsConcepción, Chile3rd8.0 km28:25
South American ChampionshipsLima, Perúbgcolor=gold1st5000 m16:00.41
bgcolor=gold1st10,000 m33:11.79
World ChampionshipsBerlin, Germany20th (h)5000 m16:00.83
World Half Marathon ChampionshipsBirmingham, United Kingdom40thHalf marathon1:14:33
Bolivarian GamesSucre, Boliviabgcolor=gold1st5000 m17:42.95 A
bgcolor=gold1st10,000 m36:00.62 A
2010South American Cross Country ChampionshipsGuayaquil, Ecuadorbgcolor=gold1st8.0 km27:15.9
2011Pan American GamesGuadalajara, México3rd5000 m16:41.50
2012Olympic GamesLondon, United Kingdom25thMarathon2:28:54
2013Bolivarian GamesTrujillo, Perúbgcolor=gold1st5000 m15:30.63
bgcolor=gold1st10,000 m33:52.9 ht
2014South American GamesSantiago, Chilebgcolor=gold1st5000 m15:51.20
bgcolor=gold1st10,000 m33:10.06
Ibero-American ChampionshipsSão Paulo, Brazilbgcolor=gold1st5000 m15:58.85
2015Santiago MarathonSantiago, Chilebgcolor=gold1stMarathon2:28:18
Quito Últimas NoticiasQuito, Ecuadorbgcolor=gold1st 15K51:56
South American ChampionshipsLima, Perubgcolor=gold1st 10,000 m32:28.87
Pichanaki International MarathonChanchamayo, Perubgcolor=gold1st 21K1:28
2017Bolivarian GamesSanta Marta, Colombiabgcolor=gold1st10,000 m33:57.13
2018South American GamesCochabamba, Boliviabgcolor=gold1st10,000 m35:57.86

References

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 41 BMW Berlin-Marathon. BMW Berlin-Marathon. BMW Berlin-Marathon.
  2. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_vCoIE6ksU0 "Inés Melchor - Clasificada a Londres 2012"
  3. Web site: Inés Melchor: Mi corazón es del Perú y la UPLA. Inés Melchor: Mi corazón es del Perú y la UPLA. Universia Perú. 2015-03-29. 2015-04-02. https://web.archive.org/web/20150402150502/http://noticias.universia.edu.pe/vida-universitaria/noticia/2003/08/15/766140/ines-melchor-corazon-es-peru-uplabr.html. dead.
  4. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pGw3UsVQj24 "Ines Melchor habla sobre su trayectoria en el deporte del atletismo"
  5. http://www.wjah.co.uk/wojc/SAYC/SAYC2000.html South American Youth Championships 2000
  6. http://www.wjah.co.uk/wojc/SAJC/SAJC2001.html South American Junior Championships 2001
  7. http://www.wjah.co.uk/wojc/PAJC/PAJC2001.html Pan American Junior Championships 2001
  8. http://www.wjah.co.uk/wojc/SAJC/SAJC2002.html South American Junior Championships 2002
  9. http://www.wjah.co.uk/wojc/SAYC/SAYC2002.html South American Youth Championships 2000
  10. http://www.wjah.co.uk/wojc/SAJC/SAJC2003.html South American Junior Championships 2003
  11. http://www.wjah.co.uk/wojc/PAJC/PAJC2003.html Pan American Junior Championships 2003
  12. http://www.wjah.co.uk/wojc/WYC/WYC2003.html World Youth Championships 2003
  13. http://www.iaaf.org/athletes/peru/ines-melchor-196866#honours Ines Melchor
  14. http://www.wjah.co.uk/wojc/SAXC/SAXC2004.html South American Junior Cross Country 2004
  15. http://www.wjah.co.uk/wojc/WJC/WJC2004.html World Junior Championships 2004
  16. https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/PER/summer/2004/ Peru at the 2004 Athina Summer Games
  17. http://www.rfea.es/aeea/archivos/libroiberoamericano2010.pdf El Atletismo Ibero-Americano - San Fernando 2010
  18. http://www.wjah.co.uk/wojc/WXC/WXC2005.html World Junior Cross Country 2005
  19. http://www.wjah.co.uk/wojc/SAJC/SAJC2005.html South American Junior Championships 2005
  20. http://www.wjah.co.uk/wojc/PAJC/PAJC2005.html Pan American Junior Championships 2005
  21. Biscayart, Eduardo (2007-02-25). On the road to Mombasa - South American Cross Country Champs. IAAF. Retrieved on 2013-07-29.
  22. Biscayart, Eduardo (2007-06-10). 14.57 Area Triple Jump Record for Costa as South American Champs finish. IAAF. Retrieved on 2013-07-29.
  23. http://www.atletismoperuano.com/?p=3945 INES MELCHOR Y MARIO BAZAN NUEVOS RECORDS NACIONALES
  24. https://www.arrs.run/RecProg/RP_PERT.htm PER Record Progressions- Track
  25. Biscayart, Eduardo (2009-06-22). Brazil repeats triumph at South American Championships – Day 3 report. IAAF. Retrieved on 2013-07-29.
  26. Biscayart, Eduardo (2010-03-02). Almachi and Melchor win South American Cross titles. IAAF. Retrieved on 2013-07-29.
  27. Kurdyumova, Yelena & Porada, Sergey (2012-03-18). Loyanae cruises 2:05:37 to shatter course record in Seoul. IAAF. Retrieved on 2013-07-29.
  28. Web site: Ines Melchor. London 2012. 2012-08-06. dead. https://archive.today/20130103153826/http://www.london2012.com/athlete/melchor-ines-1092320/. 2013-01-03.
  29. Web site: Women's Marathon: Results. London 2012. 2012-08-06. dead. https://archive.today/20121205100448/http://www.london2012.com/athletics/event/women-marathon/index.html?v=20120806-055117400. 2012-12-05.
  30. http://www.aimsworldrunning.org/results/2013_06.htm AIMS June 2013 Results
  31. Biscayart, Eduardo (2013-07-28). Kipsang and Jeptoo win in Bogota. IAAF. Retrieved on 2013-07-29.
  32. Web site: Peru athletes Ines Melchor and Raul Pacheco to run for gold at Rio 2016 Olympic Games. April 13, 2015. Andina Agencia Peruana de Noticias.

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