Glenda Morejón

Glenda Morejón
Glenda Morejón, 26 July 2017
Born (2000-05-30) 30 May 2000
Guayaquil
Nationality Ecuador
Occupation Athlete

Glenda Morejón (born 30 May 2000) is an Ecuadorian racewalker.[1] On 27 July 2017, she won the 5000m category of the IAAF World U18 Championships, becoming the second female Ecuadorian athlete to do so.

Biography

Glenda Morejón was born on 30 May 2000 in Guayaquil, Ecuador. She was educated in Ibarra at the Tarquino Jaramillo School.[2]

She won the IAAF World U18 Championships in the 5,000 meters (16,000 ft) category on 15 July 2017 at the Nyayo National Stadium in Nairobi, in the face of doubts of her ability because of inexperience and young age. She won with a time of 22:32:30, ahead of athletes Meryem Bekmez (Turkey) and Elvira Khasanova (Russia).[2][3] Morejón is the second Ecuador athlete to win in the World Under 18 Champions, the first of which being Maribel Caicedo in 2015.[4]

Despite her record of winning acclaim for Latin America, Morejón has had difficulty securing funding for her training or equipment. She trained with patched and holed shoes, drank tap water, and used aguapanela as an energizer. Despite a local campaign by Morejón's management, she had to go alone to Nairobi and with basic equipment. Ecuador's Ministry of Sport has denied funding for Morejón despite international protest.[2][5]

In May the 5th, 2018 she won the Silver Medal in the World Championship held in Taicang, China.[6]

Citations

  1. ↑ "Glenda Morejon: Athlete Profile". iaaf.org. International Association of Athletics Federations. Retrieved 22 November 2017.
  2. 1 2 3 "Los raídos zapatos de Glenda Morejón". El Universo (in Spanish). 30 July 2017. Retrieved 22 November 2017.
  3. ↑ "Report: girls' 5000m race walk - IAAF World Championships U18 Nairobi 2017". iaaf.org. International Association of Athletics Federations. Retrieved 22 November 2017.
  4. ↑ "No longer an unknown, Caicedo looks to the future". iaaf.org. International Association of Athletics Federations. Retrieved 22 November 2017.
  5. ↑ "Ecuador, el país de los campeones con zapatos parchados". El Comercio (in Spanish). 19 July 2017. Retrieved 22 November 2017.
  6. ↑ "Glenda Morejón y Paula Torres logran plata para Ecuador en el campeonato mundial de marcha". El Universo (in Spanish). 6 May 2018. Retrieved 6 May 2018.
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