Gilmar Mayo
Gilmar Jalith Mayo Lozano (born 30 September 1969) is a Colombian high jumper. His personal best jump is 2.33 m (7 ft 7 1⁄2 in), achieved in October 1994 in Pereira. This is the current Colombian and South American record.[1] Mayo represented Colombia twice at the Olympic Games (1996 and 2000) and three times at the World Championships in Athletics (1995, 1997 and 1999).
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Full name | Gilmar Jalith Mayo Lozano | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Colombian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Pailitas, Cesar, Colombia | September 30, 1969||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Men's athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Mayo was the 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games champion in the high jump and competed at the Pan American Games in 1991, 1995, 1999 and 2007, which included a bronze on his second appearance at the competition. He was a four-time champion at the South American Championships in Athletics (1991, 1995, 1997, 2005) and a three-time gold medallist at the South American Games – this includes the 1998 South American Games where he also won the triple jump title and the long jump silver medal. His mark of 2.25 m (7 ft 4 1⁄2 in) at the 1994 South American Games is the current Games record. He was a frequent participant at the Ibero-American Championships in Athletics and was the gold medallist there in 2000 and 2002.
International competitions
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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1991 | South American Championships | Manaus, Brazil | 1st | High jump | 2.20 m CR |
Pan American Games | Havana, Cuba | 11th | High jump | 2.10 m | |
1993 | Bolivarian Games | Cochabamba, Bolivia | 1st | High jump | 2.20 m A |
1994 | Ibero-American Championships | Mar del Plata, Argentina | 1st | High jump | 2.32 m |
South American Games | Valencia, Venezuela | 1st | High jump | 2.25 m | |
1995 | World Indoor Championships | Barcelona, Spain | 10th | High jump | 2.24 m |
Pan American Games | Mar del Plata, Argentina | 3rd | High jump | 2.26 m | |
South American Championships | Manaus, Brazil | 1st | High jump | 2.25 m CR | |
World Championships | Gothenburg, Sweden | 17th (q) | High jump | 2.24 m | |
1996 | Ibero-American Championships | Medellín, Colombia | 2nd | High jump | 2.23 m |
Olympic Games | Atlanta, United States | 21st (q) | High jump | 2.26 m | |
1997 | South American Championships | Mar del Plata, Argentina | 1st | High jump | 2.26 m CR |
Central American and Caribbean Championships | San Juan, Puerto Rico | 1st | High jump | 2.25 m | |
World Championships | Athens, Greece | 10th | High jump | 2.29 m | |
1998 | Ibero-American Championships | Lisbon, Portugal | 3rd | High jump | 2.18 m |
Central American and Caribbean Games | Maracaibo, Venezuela | 2nd | High jump | 2.30m | |
South American Games | Cuenca, Ecuador | 2nd | Long jump | ||
1st | Triple jump | 15.78 m A | |||
1st | High jump | 2.24 m A | |||
1999 | South American Championships | Bogotá, Colombia | 2nd | High jump | 2.26 m A =CR |
Pan American Games | Winnipeg, Canada | 5th | High jump | 2.20 m | |
World Championships | Seville, Spain | 19th (q) | High jump | 2.23 m | |
2000 | Ibero-American Championships | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 1st | High jump | 2.24 m |
Olympic Games | Sydney, Australia | 23rd (q) | High jump | 2.20 m | |
2001 | World Championships | Edmonton, Canada | 11th | High jump | 2.20 m |
Bolivarian Games | Ambato, Ecuador | 1st | High jump | 2.23 m A | |
2002 | Ibero-American Championships | Guatemala City, Guatemala | 1st | High jump | 2.26 m |
Central American and Caribbean Games | San Salvador, El Salvador | 3rd | High jump | 2.15 m | |
2005 | South American Championships | Cali, Colombia | 1st | High jump | 2.22 m |
Bolivarian Games | Armenia, Colombia | 1st | High jump | 2.26 m GR A | |
2006 | Ibero-American Championships | Ponce, Puerto Rico | 2nd | High jump | 2.20 m |
Central American and Caribbean Games | Cartagena, Colombia | 1st | High jump | 2.19 m | |
South American Championships | Tunja, Colombia | 2nd | High jump | 2.20 m | |
2007 | Pan American Games | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 13th | High jump | 2.10 m |
South American Championships | São Paulo, Brazil | 3rd | High jump | 2.21 m | |
2008 | Ibero-American Championships | Iquique, Chile | 5th | High jump | 2.15 m |
Central American and Caribbean Championships | Cali, Colombia | 5th | High jump | 2.10 m |
References
- Colombian athletics records Archived 2007-09-26 at the Wayback Machine (updated June 2007)