Muriel Coneo Paredes (March 15, 1987) is a Colombian Olympic athlete specializing in the middle-distance running events. She won multiple medals on the continental level, including the gold medal in the 1500 m at the 2015 Pan American Games and the 2014 Central American and Caribbean Games.
Muriel was born on Isla Fuerte, a Caribbean island belonging to the Bolívar Department, Colombia on March 15, 1987 as the oldest of four sisters between Carlos Coneo and Alicia Paredes. She began her athletic career aged 14 when she moved to Medellín in 2002 for training and competing in the Heptathlon.Muriel corre su vida a fondo . El Colombiano. Later, under guidance of Libardo Hoyos, her current coach, she began to run middle distance events including 800 m and 1500 m in which she set several national records and competed at continental and world level as a junior athlete. In 2013, she began to train for 3000 metres steeplechase and the same year she placed first at the 2013 Bolivarian Games in Trujillo, Peru.Juegos Bolivarianos 2013 . In 2017, she ran her first international 5000 metres in the 2017 Mt. SAC Relays (Torrance, CA) where she set a PB of 15:41.55 .
Competition record Representing 2004South American Youth ChampionshipsGuayaquil, Ecuador4th800 m2:11.96th1500 m4:36.22005South American ChampionshipsCali, Colombia5th800 m2:09.00Bolivarian GamesArmenia, Colombia3rd800 m2:11.14 South American Junior ChampionshipsRosario, Argentina1st800 m2:10.572nd1500 m4:36.101st4 × 400 m relay3:44.802006Ibero-American ChampionshipsPonce, Puerto Rico4th800 m2:05.832nd4 × 400 m relay3:37.71Central American and Caribbean GamesCartagena, Colombia6th800 m2:08.27World Junior ChampionshipsBeijing, China22nd (sf)800 m2:13.15South American ChampionshipsTunja, Colombia2nd800 m2:14.133rd1500 m4:55.242nd4 × 400 m3:37.12South American U23 Championships /<br/ > South American GamesBuenos Aires, Argentina1st800m2:07.781st1500m4:25.562007South American ChampionshipsSão Paulo, Brazil2nd800 m2:08.995th1500 m4:26.142008Ibero-American ChampionshipsIquique, Chile4th800 m2:04.465th1500 m4:24.90Central American and Caribbean ChampionshipsCali, Colombia4th800 m2:07.73rd1500 m4:28.92South American U23 ChampionshipsLima, Peru2nd800 m2:07.702nd1500 m4:35.282009South American ChampionshipsLima, Peru3rd800 m2:07.322nd1500 m4:23.38Bolivarian GamesSucre, Bolivia2nd800 m2:10.66 1st4 × 400 m relay3:39.06 2010Ibero-American ChampionshipsSan Fernando, Spain6th800 m2:05.365th4 × 400 m relay3:38.942011South American ChampionshipsBuenos Aires, Argentina3rd800 m2:05.254th1500 m4:24.16Central American and Caribbean ChampionshipsMayagüez, Puerto Rico6th800 m2:08.604th1500 m4:25.45UniversiadeShenzhen, China17th (h)800 m2:06.188th (h)1500 m4:28.032013South American ChampionshipsCartagena, Colombia2nd1500 m4:15.843rd3000 m s'chase10:09.91Bolivarian GamesTrujillo, Peru2nd1500 m4:09.791st3000 m s'chase10:00.092014South American GamesSantiago, Chile1st1500 m4:15.661st3000 m s'chase10:05.02Ibero-American ChampionshipsSão Paulo, Brazil1st1500 m4:14.422nd3000 m9:22.10Central American and Caribbean GamesXalapa, Mexico1st1500 m4:14.84 2nd3000 m s'chase10:07.94 2015Pan American Cross Country CupBarranquilla, Colombia7th7 km21:566thTeam - 7 km89 ptsSouth American ChampionshipsLima, Peru1st1500 m4:10.141st3000 m s'chase9:53.1Pan American GamesToronto, Canada1st1500 m4:09.05 World ChampionshipsBeijing, China 22nd (sf)1500 m4:18.14 34th (h)3000 m s'chase9:55.532016Ibero-American ChampionshipsRio de Janeiro, Brazil1st1500 m4:09.352nd3000 m9:04.79Olympic GamesRio de Janeiro, Brazil20th (h)1500 m4:09.502017South American ChampionshipsAsunción, Paraguay1st1500 m4:16.461st5000 m16:16.64World ChampionshipsLondon, United Kingdom36th (h)1500 m4:11.9828th (h)5000 m15:26.18Bolivarian GamesSanta Marta, Colombia1st1500 m4:15.641st5000 m16:08.292018South American GamesCochabamba, Bolivia1st1500 m4:27.10 –5000 mDNFCentral American and Caribbean GamesBarranquilla, Colombia5th1500 m4:25.721st5000 m16:13.472019South American ChampionshipsLima, Peru6th5000 m16:34.583rd10,000 m33:43.00Pan American GamesLima, Peru6th1500 m4:11.972021South American ChampionshipsGuayaquil, Ecuador –5000 mDNF2022Ibero-American ChampionshipsLa Nucía, Spain4th1500 m4:17.375th5000 m16:12.69Bolivarian GamesValledupar, Colombia2nd1500 m4:17.773rd5000 m17:23.45South American GamesAsunción, Paraguay6th1500 m4:20.696th5000 m16:20.532023Central American and Caribbean GamesSan Salvador, El Salvador7th5000 m16:13.545th10,000 m34:40.20South American ChampionshipsSão Paulo, Brazil3rd5000 m16:20.825th10,000 m34:35.0
Personal bests 800 metres – 2:03.81 (Fortaleza, 11 May 2011) 1500 metres – 4:06.99 (Huelva, 3 June 2016) 3000 metres steeplechase – 9:43.16 (Norwalk, 15 April 2016)
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