Bertha Oliva Sánchez Rivera (born November 4, 1978) is a female long-distance runner from Colombia, who won several medals on continental level from the mid-1990s on.
Career She has won twice at the South American Cross Country Championships; first winning the long race in 2000, then winning the short race competition in 2002.Continental Cross Country Championships and Cups. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2010-03-02.
Achievements Representing 1992South American Youth ChampionshipsSantiago, Chile3rd3000 m10:03.63 min1994South American Youth ChampionshipsCochabamba, Bolivia2nd800 m2:16.64 min A1st1500 m4:46.99 min A1st3000 m10:35.2 min A4th4 × 400 m4:11.45 min A1995South American ChampionshipsManaus, Brazil6th1500 m4:30.89 3rd5000 m16:49.581996Ibero-American ChampionshipsMedellín, Colombia6th1500 m4:32.151998Central American and Caribbean GamesMaracaibo, Venezuela4th1500 m4:30.09 3rd5000 m16:51.89South American GamesCuenca, Ecuador3rd1500 m4:26.291999South American ChampionshipsBogotá, Colombia 1st1500 m4:35.72 A 2nd5000 m17:02.89 APan American GamesWinnipeg, Canada5th1500 m4:21.10 2nd5000 m15:59.042001Bolivarian GamesAmbato, Ecuador2nd1500 m4:38.2 A3rd3000 m stp11:53.1 A2002Ibero-American ChampionshipsGuatemala City, Guatemala3rd3000 m9:34.994th5000 m17:00.36Central American and Caribbean GamesSan Salvador, El Salvador 3rd1500 m4:27.75 2nd5000 m16:39.232003 Pan American GamesSanto Domingo, Dominican Republic 3rd10,000 m33:56.172004Ibero-American ChampionshipsHuelva, Spain6th5000 m16:47.992005South American ChampionshipsCali, Colombia 1st5000 m16:47.03 1st10,000 m34:34.40Bolivarian GamesArmenia, Colombia1st5000 m17:40.58 A2nd10,000 m35:25.39 A2006Ibero-American ChampionshipsPonce, Puerto Rico3rd3000 m9:19.041st5000 m16:10.32Central American and Caribbean GamesCartagena, Colombia 1st5000 m16:17:13South American ChampionshipsTunja, Colombia 1st5000 m17:16.39 1st10,000 m37:36.16 1st3000 m stp10:48.442007South American ChampionshipsSão Paulo, Brazil 3rd5000 m16:21.17 3rd10,000 m34:23.89Pan American GamesRio de Janeiro, Brazil6th5000 m15:49.978th10,000 m34:13.252008Central American and Caribbean ChampionshipsCali, Colombia2nd5000 m16:43.821st10,000 m35:16.36Olympic GamesBeijing, PR China62ndMarathon2:47:022009South American ChampionshipsLima, Peru5th5000 m16:42.195th10,000 m35:07.82
References
External links
Profile at the ARRS