Carmelita Viridiana Correa Silva (born 5 December 1988) is a Mexican track and field athlete who competes in the pole vault. She is the Mexican record holder with her best of 4.18 metres and was the gold medallist at the Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics in 2013.
Born in Tonalá, Chiapas,Rompe saltadora Carmelita Correa récord absoluto de salto con garrocha durante O.N. . Atletismo en Mexico. Retrieved on 2013-07-15. she won her first international medal as a junior athlete, placing second at the 2006 Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships.CAC Junior Championships 2006 . World Junior Athletics History. Retrieved on 2013-07-15. She followed this with eighth place at the 2007 Pan American Junior Athletics Championships.Pan American Junior Championships 2007 . World Junior Athletics History. Retrieved on 2013-07-15. In her first year of competing as a senior in 2008 she set a best of 3.95 metres and placed fourth at the 2008 NACAC Under-23 Championships in Athletics, held in Toluca. A Mexican record vault of 4.18 m came at the Olimpiada Nacional.
She made her senior international debut in 2011 and placed fifth at the 2011 Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics and tenth at the Pan American Games in Guadalajara. An appearance at the 2012 Ibero-American Championships in Athletics saw her finish seventh.Carmelita Correa. Tilastopaja. Retrieved on 2013-07-15. She won her first major medal in her native Mexico at the 2013 Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics with a gold medal-winning vault of 3.95 m.XXIV CAMPEONATO CENTROAMERICANO Y DEL CARIBE. - 05/07/2013 to 07/07/2013 - ATLETISMO MAYOR - MORELIA, MICHOACAN - Resultados . CACAC. Retrieved on 2013-07-15.
Personal best Event Result Venue Date Pole vault 4.18 m Hermosillo, Mexico 1 June 2009
Achievements Representing 2006Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships (U20)Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago2ndPole vault3.20 m2007Pan American Junior ChampionshipsSão Paulo, Brazil8thPole vault3.40 m2008NACAC U-23 ChampionshipsToluca, Mexico4thPole vault3.60 m A2011Central American and Caribbean ChampionshipsMayagüez, Puerto Rico5thPole vault3.70 mPan American GamesGuadalajara, Mexico10thPole vault3.85 m A2012Ibero-American ChampionshipsBarquisimeto, Venezuela7thPole vault3.80 m2013Central American and Caribbean ChampionshipsMorelia, Mexico1stPole vault3.95 m A2014Central American and Caribbean GamesXalapa, Mexico6thPole vault3.75 m A2015NACAC ChampionshipsSan José, Costa Rica4thPole vault4.20 m2018Central American and Caribbean GamesBarranquilla, Colombia –Pole vaultNM
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