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Darlenis Obregón

Darlenys Obregón
Personal information
Full name Darlenys Obregón Mulato
Born (1986-02-21) February 21, 1986 (age 30)
Puerto Tejada, Cauca, Colombia
Height 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Weight 58 kg (128 lb)
Sport
Country  Colombia
Sport Women's Athletics
Event(s) Sprint
Updated on 29 December 2014.

Darlenys Obregón Mulato (born 21 February 1986) is a Colombian track and field athlete who competes in the sprinting events, primarily the 200 metres in which she has a personal best of 23.09 seconds. She represented her country at the 2008 Summer Olympics and the 2012 Summer Olympics and is a three-time participant in the World Championships in Athletics (2005, 2009, 2011).

She won regional medals as a junior and was a double medalist in the sprints at the 2006 South American Championships. She is a frequent member of the Colombian 4×100 metres relay team and helped set the national record of 43.03 seconds at the 2005 World Championships. At the 2010 CAC Games she won three medals for Colombia, two in the relays and one in the 200 m bronze.

Born in Puerto Tejada, Cauca, Obregón began representing Colombia as a teenager and won her first international medals (silvers over 100 metres and 200 metres) at the 2002 South American Youth Championships. She was fifth in the 200 m at the South American Junior Athletics Championships the following year and also competed on the world stage at the 2003 World Youth Championships in Athletics, where she came seventh in the 200 m final. She stepped up an age category for the South American Under-23 Athletics Championships and won the 200 m gold medal. She also ran personal bests of 11.69 seconds for the 100 m and 23.35 seconds over 200 m.


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