Jennifer Padilla González (also spelled; born 1 January 1990) is a Colombian track and field athlete who competes in the 200 metres and 400 metres sprint events. Her first name is also spelled Yenifer of Yennifer.

She won the 400 m title at the 2011 Pan American Games as well as two bronze medals in the relay for Colombia. She set her 400 m personal best of 51.53 seconds at the competition.

Padilla was a medallist in the individual and relay sprinting events at the South American Championships in Athletics in both 2009 and 2011. She jointly holds the national records for the 4×400 metres with a time of 3:29.94 minutes.

Career Born in Quibdó, Chocó Department, she won the Colombian youth title over 200 m in 2007 and made her first international appearances two years later. At the age of nineteen she won her first senior medals, taking the 200 m bronze at the 2009 South American Championships in Athletics and sharing in the 4×400 metres silver with the Colombian team. Although the 2009 South American Junior Athletics Championships was for younger athletes, she repeated the same placings in both the 200 m and 4×100 m relay events. A week later she ran at the 2009 Pan American Junior Championships in Athletics. She came sixth in the 200 m but demonstrated her strength in the 400 metres sprint by winning the gold medal in a time of 53.60 seconds.2009 Pan American Junior Championships . World Junior Athletics History. Retrieved on 2011-11-03. Her fourth and final international outing of the year came at the 2009 Bolivarian Games and she won the 400 m silver and 400 m relay gold medals.Yennifer Padilla. Tilastopaja. Retrieved on 2011-11-03.

She began the next season with appearances at the 2010 South American Games, at which she won the 400 m silver medal, came fourth in the 200 m, and ran in both the 100 m and 400 m relay events for Colombia, helping the team to second and first place, respectively. In June she ran at the 2010 Ibero-American Championships in Athletics and claimed the 400 m silver medal behind Cuba's Daisurami Bonne. She was less successful individually at July's 2010 Central American and Caribbean Games, being eliminated in the heats, but she managed to aid Colombia to second place in the 4×400 m relay with Alejandra Idrovo, Darlenis Obregón and Norma González.

Returning to the continental competition, she was the runner-up in both 400 m individual and relay events at the 2011 South American Championships in Athletics.Biscayart, Eduardo (2011-06-04). Cerra wins ninth Hammer Throw title in Buenos Aires – South American Champs Day 2. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-11-03. She ran a 400 m personal best of 51.59 seconds in Cali then placed fifth at the competitive 2011 CAC Championships. The high altitude conditions at the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara saw Padilla run a personal best of 51.76 seconds in the heats then another best of 51.53 seconds in the final – a time which brought her the gold medal and made her the first South American woman to win the 400 m Pan American title.Marín, Raúl (2011-10-26). Se hizo historia en el atletismo colombiano, afirma Yenifer Padilla. Terra. Retrieved on 2011-11-04. She went on to claim two further medals in athletics for Colombia at the games, first helping the 4×100 m relay team to the bronze medal, then anchoring Colombia's 4×400 m relay to a second bronze and a Colombian record mark of 3:29.94 minutes.

She represented her country at the 2012 Summer Olympics, but was disqualified in her heat. She had success at the 2012 South American Under-23 Championships in Athletics, taking the 400 m title, a 100 m relay silver medal, and fourth place in the 200 m.Biscayart, Eduardo (24-09-2012). Brazil dominates South American Under-23 Champs. IAAF. Retrieved on 2013-01-27.

Personal bests 100 m: 11.70 A (wind: NWI) – Medellín, Colombia, 5 March 2010 200 m: 23.32 (wind: +0.1 m/s) – Cali, Colombia, November 2015 400 m: 51.53 – Guadalajara, Mexico, 26 October 2011

International competitions Representing 2006South American Youth ChampionshipsCaracas, Venezuela6th200 m25.89 (0.0 m/s)2009South American ChampionshipsLima, Peru3rd200 m24.23 (0.0 m/s)2nd4 × 400 m relay3:35.83South American Junior ChampionshipsSão Paulo, Brazil3rd200 m24.28 (+0.2 m/s)2nd400 m54.172nd4 × 100 m relay46.48Pan American Junior ChampionshipsPort of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago6th200 m24.43 (+1.3 m/s)1st400 m53.60Bolivarian GamesSucre, Bolivia2nd400 m53.9 A1st4 × 400 m relay3:39.06 A2010South American Under-23 Championships / South American GamesMedellín, Colombia4th200 m24.11 (-0.7 m/s)2nd400 m54.092nd4 × 100 m relay44.941st4 × 400 m relay3:40.09Ibero-American ChampionshipsSan Fernando, Spain2nd400 m52.685th4 × 400 m relay3:38.94Central American and Caribbean GamesMayagüez, Puerto Rico9th (h)400 m54.442nd4 × 400 m relay3:33.032011South American ChampionshipsBuenos Aires, Argentina2nd400 m52.552nd4 × 400 m relay3:37.66Central American and Caribbean ChampionshipsMayagüez, Puerto Rico5th400 m52.97Pan American GamesGuadalajara, Mexico1st400 m51.533rd4 × 100 m relay43.443rd4 × 400 m relay3:29.942012South American U-23 ChampionshipsSão Paulo, Brazil4th200 m23.80 (+1.2 m/s)1st400 m53.122nd4 × 100 m relay45.662013South American ChampionshipsCartagena, Colombia3rd400 m54.282nd4 × 400 m relay3:36.29Bolivarian GamesTrujillo, Peru2nd400 m52.431st4 × 400 m relay3:34.352014South American GamesSantiago, Chile7th200 m24.49 (-0.4 m/s)5th400 m54.523rd4 × 100 m relay45.132nd4 × 400 m relay3:35.96Ibero-American ChampionshipsSão Paulo, Brazil2nd400 m52.72Pan American Sports FestivalMexico City, Mexico7th400 m55.91 ACentral American and Caribbean GamesXalapa, Mexico3rd400 m52.95 A3rd4 × 400m relay3:34.14 A2015South American ChampionshipsLima, Peru6th (h)200 m25.27 (-1.3 m/s)8th400 m55.562016Ibero-American ChampionshipsRio de Janeiro, Brazil4th400 m52.792017World RelaysNassau, Bahamas3rd (B)4 × 400m relay3:38.02South American ChampionshipsAsunción, Paraguay2nd400 m52.682nd4 × 100 m relay44.502nd4 × 400 m relay3:33.92Bolivarian GamesSanta Marta, Colombia6th (h)200 m24.5012nd400 m53.432018South American GamesCochabamba, Bolivia1st400 m52.141st4 × 400 m relay3:31.87Central American and Caribbean GamesBarranquilla, Colombia9th (h)400 m54.513rd4 × 400 m relay3:32.612019South American ChampionshipsLima, Peru4th200 m23.672nd4 × 100 m relay44.971st4 × 400 m relay3:32.81Pan American GamesLima, Peru10th (h)400 m53.206th4 × 400 m relay3:33.022021South American ChampionshipsGuayaquil, Ecuador3rd400 m53.032023South American ChampionshipsSão Paulo, Brazil6th400 m54.291st4 × 400 m relay3:31.392024World RelaysNassau, Bahamas19th (r) Mixed relay 3:21.29Ibero-American ChampionshipsCuiabá, Brazil2nd4 × 400 m relay3:33.20 1Did not finish in the final

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