Brigitte María Merlano Pájaro (born 29 April 1982 in Barranquilla) is a Colombian hurdler. Her first name is also spelled Briggite or Brigith. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she competed in the Women's 100 metres hurdles.
Personal bests 100 m: 12.12 (wind: -0.1 m/s) – Caguas, 15 March 2012 200 m: 24.08 (wind: -2.5 m/s) – Ponce, 12 Apr 2008 100 m hurdles: 12.89 (wind: +0.9 m/s) – Mayagüez, 17 July 2011
Competition record Representing 2001South American Junior ChampionshipsSanta Fe, Argentina4th100 m hurdles14.87Pan American Junior ChampionshipsSanta Fe, Argentina2nd100 m hurdles14.652003South American ChampionshipsBarquisimeto, Venezuela6th100 m hurdles14.382004South American U23 ChampionshipsBarquisimeto, Venezuela1st100 m hurdles13.57 (-0.9 m/s)Ibero-American ChampionshipsHuelva, Spain4th100 m hurdles13.772005South American ChampionshipsCali, Colombia3rd100 m hurdles13.68Bolivarian GamesArmenia, Colombia1st100 m hurdles13:68 (-1.2 m/s)2006Ibero-American ChampionshipsPonce, Puerto Rico4th100 m hurdles13.52Central American and Caribbean GamesCartagena, Colombia7th100 m hurdles13.86South American ChampionshipsTunja, Colombia4th100 m hurdles14.102007South American ChampionshipsSão Paulo, Brazil5th200 m24.44 (-0.1 m/s)1st100 m hurdles13.272nd4 × 100 m relay44.68Pan American GamesRio de Janeiro, Brazil11th (h)100 m hurdles13.358th (h)Columbia did not show in the final4 × 100 m relay44.532008Ibero-American ChampionshipsIquique, Chile2nd100 m hurdles13.60Central American and Caribbean ChampionshipsCali, Colombia5th100 m hurdles13.222009South American ChampionshipsLima, Peru1st100 m hurdles13.22Central American and Caribbean ChampionshipsHavana, Cuba4th100 m hurdles13.21World ChampionshipsBerlin, Germany23rd (sf)100 m hurdles13.23Bolivarian GamesSucre, Bolivia1st100 m hurdles13.35 (-0.1 m/s)1st4 × 100 m relay43.962010Ibero-American ChampionshipsSan Fernando, Spain2nd100 m hurdles13.10Central American and Caribbean GamesMayagüez, Puerto Rico4th100 m hurdles13.212011South American ChampionshipsBuenos Aires, Argentina1st100 m hurdles13.07Central American and Caribbean ChampionshipsMayagüez, Puerto Rico2nd100 m hurdles12.89World ChampionshipsDaegu, South Korea21st (sf)100 m hurdles13.21Pan American GamesGuadalajara, Mexico4th100 m hurdles13.102012Olympic GamesLondon, United Kingdom24th (h)100 m hurdles13.212013South American ChampionshipsCartagena, Colombia2nd100 m hurdles13.20World ChampionshipsMoscow, Russia22nd (sf)100 m hurdles13.22Bolivarian GamesTrujillo, Peru3rd100 m hurdles13.60 (+0.1 m/s)2014South American GamesSantiago, Chile3rd100 m hurdles13.30Ibero-American ChampionshipsSão Paulo, Brazil4th100 m hurdles13.22Pan American Sports FestivalMexico City, Mexico5th100m hurdles13.29 A (+0.9 m/s)Central American and Caribbean GamesXalapa, Mexico2nd100m hurdles13.19 A (-0.8 m/s)2015South American ChampionshipsLima, Peru2nd100 m hurdles13.43Pan American GamesToronto, Canada6th100 m hurdles13.242016Ibero-American ChampionshipsRio de Janeiro, Brazil3rd100 m hurdles13.06Olympic GamesRio de Janeiro, Brazil30th (h)100 m hurdles13.092018South American GamesCochabamba, Bolivia5th100 m hurdles13.57Central American and Caribbean GamesBarranquilla, Colombia5th100 m hurdles13.24
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