Rosibel García MinaHoja de vida del Deportista . Juegos Nacionales de Colombia. Retrieved on 2010-03-09. (born 13 February 1981) is a Colombian track and field athlete who specialises in middle-distance running events. She has represented her country at the Summer Olympics and has also competed at the World Championships in Athletics.

She is the current Colombian record holder for the 800 metres and former 1500 metres record holder. The 800 m record was set at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, where she became the first Colombian woman ever to reach the semi-finals of the event. She was one of South America's foremost female middle-distance runners in the first decade of the 21st century, having been a three-time South American Champion in the 1500 m and a two-time champion over 800 m. In addition to the medals she has won at the Bolivarian Games and various Central American competitions, she won a silver and bronze medal at the 2007 Pan American Games.

Career Born in Jamundí, Valle del Cauca, Colombia,Rosibel García. Sports-reference. Retrieved on 2010-03-09. she began her international career with a bronze medal in the 800 metres at the 1999 South American Junior Championships.South American Junior Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2010-03-09. She competed on the world stage the year after, reaching the semi-finals of the 400 metres at the 2000 World Junior Championships in Athletics.García, Rosibel. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-03-09. Her first senior medal was an 800 m silver at the 2001 Bolivarian Games.Juegos Bolivarianos. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2010-03-09. Soon after she was achieving medals at the continental level: after an 800 m bronze at the 2003 South American Championships in Athletics, she helped the Colombian women's 4×400 metres relay team to win a second bronze with veteran Mirtha Brock.42 Campeonato Sudamericano Mayores 2003. AthleCAC. Retrieved on 2010-02-09. García made her first appearance at the Pan American Games that year, finishing thirteenth in the women's 800 m final.XIV Pan American Games . AthleCAC. Retrieved on 2010-03-09.

She reached new heights on home turf in 2005. First, at the 2005 South American Championships in Athletics in Cali in July, she scored an 800 m and 1500 metres double continental gold, as well as winning the 4×400 m relay silver medal.43 Campeonato Sudamericano Mayores 2005. AthleCAC. Retrieved on 2010-03-09. The following month she competed at the 2005 Bolivarian Games (staged in the Colombian department of Armenia) and took an even greater haul: again winning in the 800 and 1500 m races, but this time leading the relay team to the gold medal.Pagina de Resultados . 2005 Bolivarian Games. Retrieved on 2010-03-09.

At the 2006 Ibero-American Championships García set a new Colombian record of 2:01.62 in the 800 m, winning the gold in the process, and also won a silver with the relay team.Cuatro oros en Iberoamericano de atletismo . Universia. Retrieved on 2010-03-09.XII Campeonato Iberoamericano de Atletismo . Federación Colombiana de Atletismo. Retrieved on 2010-03-09. She attended the Central American and Caribbean Games, taking the 800 m silver behind the 2005 world champion Zulia Calatayud and setting a new Games record of 4:18.29 for the 1500 m gold.

She took part in three major events in 2007. The first event was the 2007 South American Championships in Athletics, where she was set to defend her titles. She was leading in the 800 m race, but in the last fifty metres of the race she fell and did not manage to make the podium.Biscayart, Eduardo (2007-06-09). 6.91 Long Jump victory for Maggi over Costa - South American Championships Day Two. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-03-09. Such problems did not arise in the 1500 m race, where she beat the newly crowned 800 m champion, Marian Burnett, to the gold medal.Biscayart, Eduardo (2007-06-10). 14.57 Area Triple Jump Record for Costa as South American Champs finish. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-03-09. García represented Colombia for a second time at the 2007 Pan American Games. She won the 800 m silver (finishing ahead of Calatayud) and broke the national record in the 1500 m, finishing in 4:15.78, to take a bronze medal three days later.Biscayart, Eduardo (2007-07-25). Barber takes 100m title with 11.02 – Pan American Games, Day 3. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-03-09.Biscayart, Eduardo (2007-07-28). Cuba's five gold medal party – Pan-Am Games, Day 5. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-03-09. After this, she was selected to take part in her first World Championships in Athletics. However, she did not progress beyond the heats stage of the 800 m competition at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics.

The next season was more successful for her at the major competitions. She was once again dominant at regional level, taking two golds at the 2008 Central American and Caribbean Championships.Results service Campeonato CAC de Atletismo 2008 . AthleCAC. Retrieved on 2010-03-09. She was also entered into her first Summer Olympics – gaining selection to compete in the 800 m Olympic race. She finished second in her heat and progressed to the semi-finals of the competition, becoming the first ever Colombian woman to progress that far in the event.Rosibel García primera colombiana en una semifinal olímpica de 800 . Soitu.es Actualidad (2008-08-15). Retrieved on 2010-03-09. She finished fifth in the semi-finals, setting a new national record of 1:59.38 – this was the best performance by a South American in the event at the 2008 Olympics.2008 Olympics 800 Metres - W Semi-Final. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-03-09.

At the 2009 South American Championships in Athletics she became both the 800 m and 1500 m champion again.Biscayart, Eduardo (2009-06-22).Brazil repeats triumph at South American Championships – Day 3 report. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-03-09. She ran in the women's 800 race at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics, but as had happened two years before, she did not get beyond the heats (just beaten to the qualification spot by Kenia Sinclair).800 Metres - Men Heats . IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-03-09.

Personal bests

Event Time (min:sec) Venue Date 400 m 53.46 Bogotá, Colombia 24 May 2003 800 m 1:59.38 Beijing, China 16 August 2008 1500 m 4:09.75 Trujillo, Peru 26 November 2013 All information taken from IAAF profile.

Competition record Representing 1998South American Junior ChampionshipsCórdoba, Argentina —200 mDNF4th400 m57.172nd4 × 100 m relay47.272nd4 × 400 m relay3:51.301999Pan American Junior ChampionshipsTampa, United States4th4 × 100 m relay46.17South American Junior ChampionshipsConcepción, Chile3rd800 m2:07.561st4 × 400 m relay3:44.402000World Junior ChampionshipsSantiago, Chile16th (sf)400m56.09 —4 × 400 m relayDQ2001South American ChampionshipsManaus, Brazil4th800 m2:07.422nd4 × 400 m relay3:40.27Bolivarian GamesAmbato, Ecuador2nd800 m2:08.97 A2003South American ChampionshipsBarquisimeto, Venezuela3rd800 m2:02.843rd4 × 400 m relay3:41.05Pan American GamesSanto Domingo, Dominican Republic13th (h)800 m2:08.082004Ibero-American ChampionshipsHuelva, Spain6th800 m2:04.073rd4 × 400 m relay3:33.952005South American ChampionshipsCali, Colombia1st800 m2:03.281st1500 m4:29.632nd4 × 400 m relay3:36.95Bolivarian GamesArmenia, Colombia1st800 m2:01.57 GR A1st1500 m4:29.16 A1st4 × 400 m relay3:35.25 GR A2006Ibero-American ChampionshipsPonce Puerto Rico1st800 m2:01.62 (NR)2nd4 × 400 m relay3:37.71Central American and Caribbean GamesCartagena, Colombia2nd800 m2:05.781st1500 m4:18.29 GR5th4 × 400 m relay3:41.422007South American ChampionshipsSão Paulo, Brazil —800 mDNF1st1500 m4:20.362nd4 × 400 m relay3:43.52Pan American GamesRio de Janeiro, Brazil2nd800 m2:00.023rd1500 m4:15.78 (NR)World ChampionshipsOsaka, Japan32nd (h)800 m2:02.862008Central American and Caribbean ChampionshipsCali, Colombia1st800 m2:05.91st1500 m4:24.62Summer OlympicsBeijing, China14th (sf)800 m1:59.38 (NR)2009South American ChampionshipsLima, Peru1st800 m2:05.211st1500 m4:20.30World ChampionshipsBerlin, Germany29th (h)800 m2:04.73Bolivarian GamesSucre, Bolivia1st800 m2:10.00 A1st1500 m4:45.66 A2010Central American and Caribbean GamesMayagüez, Puerto Rico1st800 m2:03.771st1500 m4:21.172011South American ChampionshipsBuenos Aires, Argentina1st800 m2:04.761st1500 m4:22.18World ChampionshipsDaegu, South Korea14th (sf)800 m2:00.79Pan American GamesGuadalajara, Mexico3rd800 m2:04.452nd1500 m4:26.782012Ibero-American ChampionshipsBarquisimeto, Venezuela1st800 m2:03.00Olympic GamesLondon, United Kingdom12th (sf)800 m2:00.162013South American ChampionshipsCartagena, Colombia1st800 m2:02.451st1500 m4:15.842nd4 × 400 m relay:36.29Bolivarian GamesTrujillo, Peru1st800 m2:01.981st1500 m4:09.751st4 × 400 m relay3:34.352016Ibero-American ChampionshipsRio de Janeiro, Brazil1st800 m2:07.062017South American ChampionshipsAsunción, Paraguay2nd1500 m4:21.81Bolivarian GamesSanta Marta, Colombia2nd1500 m4:18.352018South American GamesCochabamba, Bolivia5th1500 m4:40.25Central American and Caribbean GamesBarranquilla, Colombia3rd1500 m4:23.43Ibero-American ChampionshipsTrujillo, Peru7th1500 m4:38.212019South American ChampionshipsLima, Peru5th1500 m4:29.81

She is also a multiple Colombian national champion, having won the 800 m and 1500 m titles a number of times, as well as the 400 metres and 400 metres hurdles races in 2001.Colombian National Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2010-03-09.

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