Muriel Coneo

Muriel Coneo
Personal information
Full name	Muriel Coneo Paredes
Nationality	Colombian
Born	March 15, 1987 (age 34); Isla Fuerte, Bolívar, Colombia
Height	1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)
Weight	50 kg (110 lb)
Sport
Country	Colombia
Sport	Women's athletics
Event(s)	Middle-distance running
Now coaching	Libardo Hoyos
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	800 m: 2:03.81 (2011); 1500 m: 4:06.99 (2016); 3000 m: 9:04.79 (2016); 3000 m s'chase: 9:43.16 (2016); 5000 m: 15:41.55 (2017);
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Pan American Games
Central American and Caribbean Games
South American Games
Bolivarian Games
	Updated on 7 May 2017.

Muriel Coneo Paredes (March 15, 1987) is a Colombian Olympic athlete specializing in the middle-distance running events. She won multiple medals on the continental level, including the gold medal in the 1500 m at the 2015 Pan American Games and the 2014 Central American and Caribbean Games.

Muriel was born on Isla Fuerte, a Caribbean island belonging to the Bolívar Department, Colombia on March 15, 1987 as the oldest of four sisters between Carlos Coneo and Alicia Paredes. She began her athletic career at age of 14 when she moved to Medellin in 2002 for training and competing in the Heptathlon.^[1] Later, under guidance of Libardo Hoyos, her current coach, she began to run middle distance events including 800 m and 1500 m in which she set several national records and competed at continental and world level as a junior athlete. In 2013, she began to train for 3000 m steeplechase and the same year she placed first at the 2013 Bolivarian Games in Trujillo, Peru].^[2] In 2017, she ran her first international 5000 m in the 2017 Mt. SAC Relays (Torrance, CA) where she set a PB of 15:41.55 ^[3]

Competition record[]

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing Colombia
2004	South American Youth Championships	Guayaquil, Ecuador	4th	800 m	2:11.9
2004	South American Youth Championships	Guayaquil, Ecuador	6th	1500 m	4:36.2
2005	South American Championships	Cali, Colombia	5th	800 m	2:09.00
	Bolivarian Games	Armenia, Colombia	3rd	800 m	2:11.14 A
	South American Junior Championships	Rosario, Argentina	1st	800 m	2:10.57
			2nd	1500 m	4:36.10
			1st	4 × 400 m relay	3:44.80
2006	Ibero-American Championships	Ponce, Puerto Rico	4th	800 m	2:05.83
	Ibero-American Championships	Ponce, Puerto Rico	2nd	4 × 400 m relay	3:37.71
	Central American and Caribbean Games	Cartagena, Colombia	6th	800 m	2:08.27
	World Junior Championships	Beijing, China	22nd (sf)	800 m	2:13.15
	South American Championships	Tunja, Colombia	2nd	800 m	2:14.13
			3rd	1500 m	4:55.24
			2nd	4 × 400 m	3:37.12
	South American U23 Championships / South American Games	Buenos Aires, Argentina	1st	800m	2:07.78
	South American U23 Championships / South American Games	Buenos Aires, Argentina	1st	1500m	4:25.56
2007	South American Championships	São Paulo, Brazil	2nd	800 m	2:08.99
2007	South American Championships	São Paulo, Brazil	5th	1500 m	4:26.14
2008	Ibero-American Championships	Iquique, Chile	4th	800 m	2:04.46
	Ibero-American Championships	Iquique, Chile	5th	1500 m	4:24.90
	Central American and Caribbean Championships	Cali, Colombia	4th	800 m	2:07.7
	Central American and Caribbean Championships	Cali, Colombia	3rd	1500 m	4:28.92
	South American U23 Championships	Lima, Peru	2nd	800 m	2:07.70
	South American U23 Championships	Lima, Peru	2nd	1500 m	4:35.28
2009	South American Championships	Lima, Peru	3rd	800 m	2:07.32
	South American Championships	Lima, Peru	2nd	1500 m	4:23.38
	Bolivarian Games	Sucre, Bolivia	2nd	800 m	2:10.66 A
	Bolivarian Games	Sucre, Bolivia	1st	4 × 400 m relay	3:39.06 A
2010	Ibero-American Championships	San Fernando, Spain	6th	800 m	2:05.36
2010	Ibero-American Championships	San Fernando, Spain	5th	4 × 400 m relay	3:38.94
2011	South American Championships	Buenos Aires, Argentina	3rd	800 m	2:05.25
	South American Championships	Buenos Aires, Argentina	4th	1500 m	4:24.16
	Central American and Caribbean Championships	Mayagüez, Puerto Rico	6th	800 m	2:08.60
	Central American and Caribbean Championships	Mayagüez, Puerto Rico	4th	1500 m	4:25.45
	Universiade	Shenzhen, China	17th (h)	800 m	2:06.18
	Universiade	Shenzhen, China	8th (h)	1500 m	4:28.03
2013	South American Championships	Cartagena, Colombia	2nd	1500 m	4:15.84
	South American Championships	Cartagena, Colombia	3rd	3000 m s'chase	10:09.91
	Bolivarian Games	Trujillo, Peru	2nd	1500 m	4:09.79
	Bolivarian Games	Trujillo, Peru	1st	3000 m s'chase	10:00.09
2014	South American Games	Santiago, Chile	1st	1500 m	4:15.66
	South American Games	Santiago, Chile	1st	3000 m s'chase	10:05.02
	Ibero-American Championships	São Paulo, Brazil	1st	1500 m	4:14.42
	Ibero-American Championships	São Paulo, Brazil	2nd	3000 m	9:22.10
	Central American and Caribbean Games	Xalapa, Mexico	1st	1500 m	4:14.84 A
	Central American and Caribbean Games	Xalapa, Mexico	2nd	3000 m s'chase	10:07.94 A
2015	Pan American Cross Country Cup	Barranquilla, Colombia	7th	7 km	21:56
	Pan American Cross Country Cup	Barranquilla, Colombia	6th	Team - 7 km	89 pts
	South American Championships	Lima, Peru	1st	1500 m	4:10.14
	South American Championships	Lima, Peru	1st	3000 m s'chase	9:53.1
	Pan American Games	Toronto, Canada	1st	1500 m	4:09.05 NR
	World Championships	Beijing, China	22nd (sf)	1500 m	4:18.14
	World Championships	Beijing, China	34th (h)	3000 m s'chase	9:55.53
2016	Ibero-American Championships	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	1st	1500 m	4:09.35
	Ibero-American Championships	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	2nd	3000 m	9:04.79
	Olympic Games	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	20th (h)	1500 m	4:09.50
2017	South American Championships	Asunción, Paraguay	1st	1500 m	4:16.46
	South American Championships	Asunción, Paraguay	1st	5000 m	16:16.64
	World Championships	London, United Kingdom	36th (h)	1500 m	4:11.98
	World Championships	London, United Kingdom	28th (h)	5000 m	15:26.18
2018	South American Games	Cochabamba, Bolivia	1st	1500 m	4:27.10
	South American Games	Cochabamba, Bolivia	–	5000 m	DNF
	Central American and Caribbean Games	Barranquilla, Colombia	5th	1500 m	4:25.72
	Central American and Caribbean Games	Barranquilla, Colombia	1st	5000 m	16:13.47
2019	South American Championships	Lima, Peru	6th	5000 m	16:34.58
	South American Championships	Lima, Peru	3rd	10,000 m	33:43.00
	Pan American Games	Lima, Peru	6th	1500 m	4:11.97
2021	South American Championships	Guayaquil, Ecuador	–	5000 m	DNF

Personal bests[]

800 metres – 2:03.81 (Fortaleza, 11 May 2011)
1500 metres – 4:06.99 (Huelva, 3 June 2016)
3000 metres steeplechase – 9:43.16 (Norwalk, 15 April 2016)

References[]

^ Muriel corre su vida a fondo (in Spanish). El Colombiano.
^ Juegos Bolivarianos 2013 Archived 2014-02-16 at the Wayback Machine (in Spanish).
^ [1] (in Spanish).

External links[]

Muriel Coneo at World Athletics

[1] Muriel corre su vida a fondo (in Spanish). El Colombiano.

[2] Juegos Bolivarianos 2013 Archived 2014-02-16 at the Wayback Machine (in Spanish).

[3] [1] (in Spanish).

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show v t Central American and Caribbean Games champions in women's 3000 metres and 5000 metres
1982 – 1993: 3000 metres 1998 – present: 5000 metres
1982: (CUB) 1986: Fabiola Rueda (COL) 1990: María del Carmen Díaz (MEX) 1993: (MEX) 1998: Nora Rocha (MEX) 2002: Dulce María Rodríguez (MEX) 2006: Bertha Sánchez (COL) 2010: Beverly Ramos (PUR) 2014: Brenda Flores (MEX) 2018: Muriel Coneo (COL)