Melisa Murillo Explained

Melisa Murillo
Nationality:	Colombian
Birth Date:	13 January 1982
Birth Place:	El Cerrito, Valle del Cauca
Sport:	Athletics
Event Type:	Sprints
Olympics:	Heats, 2004
Pb:	100 metres – 11.22, 200 metres – 24.94, 60 metres – 7.43
Updated:	20 August 2016

Melisa Murillo Rivas (born 13 January 1982, in El Cerrito, Valle del Cauca^[1]) is a retired Colombian athlete who specialised in the sprinting events. She represented her country at the 2004 Summer Olympics. She was also the reserve relay member at the 2000 Summer Olympics but was not selected to run.

Competition record

Representing
1996	South American Youth Championships	Asunción, Paraguay	6th	200 m	26.17
			8th	400 m	63.03
			bgcolor=silver	2nd	4x400 m	3:55.55
1999	Pan American Junior Championships	Tampa, United States	4th	4x100 m	46.17
	World Youth Championships	Bydgoszcz, Poland	15th (sf)	100 m	12.03
			20th (sf)	200 m	25.22
	South American Junior Championships	Concepción, Chile	3rd	100 m	11.76
			bgcolor=gold	1st	4x100 m	45.87
2000	Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships (U20)	San Juan, Puerto Rico	5th	100 m	11.94
			7th	200 m	25.03 (w)
	World Junior Championships	Santiago, Chile	10th (sf)	100m	11.84 (wind: -1.5 m/s)
			—	4×400m relay	DQ
2001	South American Junior Championships	Santa Fe, Argentina	bgcolor=silver	2nd	100 m	12.03
			3rd	200 m	24.37
			bgcolor=silver	2nd	4x100 m	45.92
	Pan American Junior Championships	Santa Fe, Argentina	4th	100 m	11.95
			3rd	200 m	24.28 (w)
			3rd	4x100 m	46.89
2002	Ibero-American Championships	Guatemala City, Guatemala	6th	100 m	11.74
			bgcolor=silver	2nd	4x100 m	44.44
	Central American and Caribbean Games	San Salvador, El Salvador	6th	100m	12.04 w (wind: 2.3 m/s)
			—	200m	DNF
			bgcolor=gold	1st	4x100m relay	45.34
2003	South American Championships	Barquisimeto, Venezuela	5th	100 m	11.71
			8th	200 m	24.51
			bgcolor=silver	2nd	4x100 m	44.67
	Pan American Games	Santo Domingo, Dom. Rep.	12th (h)	100 m	11.84
			5th	4x100 m	45.13
2004	South American U23 Championships	Barquisimeto, Venezuela	bgcolor=silver	2nd	100m	11.78 (wind: +0.0 m/s)
			1st ^[2]	4x100m relay	43.46
	Ibero-American Championships	Huelva, Spain	6th	100 m	11.77
			bgcolor=silver	2nd	4x100 m	43.79
	Olympic Games	Athens, Greece	42nd (h)	100 m	11.67
			10th (h)	4x100 m	43.30
2005	South American Championships	Tunja, Colombia	bgcolor=silver	2nd	100 m	11.39
			bgcolor=gold	1st	4x100 m	43.17
	World Championships	Helsinki, Finland	33rd (h)	100 m	11.71
			6th	4x100 m	43.07
2006	Ibero-American Championships	Ponce, Puerto Rico	5th	100 m	11.80
			3rd	4x100 m	44.79

Personal bests

Outdoor

• 100 metres – 11.22 (+1.6 m/s) (Armenia 2005)
• 200 metres – 24.94 (-0.9 m/s) (Bydgoszcz 1999)

Indoor

• 60 metres – 7.43 (Boston 2004)

Notes and References

1. https://web.archive.org/web/20200418031117/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/mu/melissa-murillo-1.html Sports-Reference profile
2. Guest final out of competition