| Maribel Caicedo | |
| Full Name: | Maribel Vanessa Caicedo Vernaza |
| Birth Date: | April 1, 1998 |
| Birth Place: | Guayaquil, Ecuador |
| Height: | 1.74 m |
| Weight: | 60 kg |
| Show-Medals: | yes |
| Medaltemplates: | [1] |
Maribel Vanessa Caicedo Vernaza (born April 1, 1998) is an Ecuadorian track and field athlete.[2]
On July 16, 2015, Maribel Caicedo won a gold medal in the 100 meter hurdles at the IAAF World Youth Championships in Athletics held in Colombia.[3] She is the first Ecuadorian to gain a gold medal at the IAAF World Youth Championships.[4] In 2017, she won a bronze medal at the Bolivarian Games, also in the 100 meter hurdles.[2]
In December 2017, she traveled to Brandenton, Florida in the USA to train under the coach Loren Seagrave. She has also trained under Fátima Navarro.[2]
In May 2018, she broke the previous Ecuadorian record for 100 meter hurdles set by Nancy Vallecilla in 1998,[5] when she reached a time of 13.12 seconds, beating the record time of 13.16 seconds.[6] On the same day, she broke the record once more with a time of 13.01 seconds.[3] With this record, she reached seventh place in the South American ranking. For this, she obtained public recognition from the South America Athletics Confederation.[7]
Caicedo is an evangelical Christian.[2]