Ronal Longa Explained

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Ronal Longa
Fullname:Ronal Longa Mosquera
Nationality:Colombian
Birth Date:2004 6, df=y
Sport:Athletics
Club:Liga de Bogotá

Ronal Longa (born 30 June 2004) is a Colombian track and field athlete who competes as a sprinter. He is the Colombian U20 and U23 national recordholder over 100 metres.[1]

Career

Longa became only the fifth junior athlete to break the 10-second barrier for the 100 metres, and set a new national senior record time of 9.99 seconds to win the bronze medal at the South American Athletics Championships, in São Paulo in July 2023.[2] [3] [4]

Longa competed at the 2023 World Athletics Championships but suffered an injury in the 100 metres and did not qualify from his heat.[5]

International competitions

Representing
2022World U20 ChampionshipsCali, Colombia19th (sf)100 m10.45 s
4 × 100 m relayDQ
South American U23 Championships3rd 100 m10.30 s
bgcolor=gold1st4 × 100 m relay39.59 s
Rowspan=72023 Rowspan=2South American U20 ChampionshipsRowspan=2Bogotá, Colombia bgcolor=silver2nd 100 m10.08 s ,
bgcolor=gold1st4 × 100 m relay39.77 s
Rowspan=2Central American and Caribbean GamesRowspan=2San Salvador, El Salvador8th 100 m10.63 s
4th 4 × 100 m relay39.45 s
South American ChampionshipsSão Paulo, Brazilbgcolor=silver2nd 100 m9.99 s AU23R, , ,
World ChampionshipsBudapest, Hungary54th (h)100 m 11.31 s
Pan American GamesSantiago, Chile100 m DQ
2024Olympic GamesParis, France46th (h) 100 m 10.29 s

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Ronal Longa. 20 August 2023. World Athletics.
  2. Web site: eseuro.com. Longa broke the 10 second barrier in 100 m. and will go to the Olympics!. 30 July 2023. 20 August 2023.
  3. Web site: Ronal Longa broke a record and qualified for the 2024 Paris Olympics. paudal.com. 29 July 2023.
  4. Web site: Amazing! Ronal Longa fell below 10 seconds in the 100 meters and qualified for the Olympics. elcolombiano. 20 August 2023. 28 July 2023.
  5. Web site: Men's 100m Results: World Athletics Championships 2023. Watch Athletics. 20 August 2023. 19 August 2023.