Mirna Ortiz

Mirna Sucely Ortiz Flores (born 28 February 1987) is a Guatemalan racewalker.

Mirna Ortiz
Personal information
Full nameMirna Sucely Ortiz Flores
Born (1987-02-28) 28 February 1987
Ciudad de Guatemala, Guatemala
Height1.58 m (5 ft 2 in)
Weight44 kg (97 lb)
Sport
Country Guatemala
SportAthletics
Event(s)Race walking
Coached byRigoberto Medina
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  Guatemala
Pan American Games
2011 Guadalajara20 km walk
2019 Lima50 km walk
Bolivarian Games
2013 Trujillo20 km walk
Updated on 5 January 2015.
This article uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Ortiz and the second or maternal family name is Flores.

Having begun in the sport in 1998, she won a Central American youth title in 2000, and was a promising young athlete in her discipline, but due to financial hardship, she had to abandon the sport at the age of 14. She then returned to a competitive level in 2011, urged by coach Rigoberto Medina.[1] Her return proved to be fruitful as in September 2011 she earned second place in the National Polish Championship in Varsovia, thereby qualifying for the 2012 Olympic Games,[2] and a few weeks later she won the silver medal at the 2011 Pan American Games, behind her compatriot Jamy Franco in a race they both led from start to end.

On 18 March 2012 she set the 20 km record for the North, Central American, and Caribbean region at 1:28:54 at the Memorial Mario Albisetti in Lugano, Switzerland,[3] where she came in second.

In the 2012 Olympic games in London she competed in the 20 km walk along the other two women of the Guatemala racewalking team, Jamy Franco and Mayra Herrera but was disqualified after 8 km.

After the World Championships that took place in Moscow in August 2013, she married racewalker Érick Barrondo.[4]

Personal bests
EventResultVenueDate
Road walk
10 km43:09 min Katowice13 Sep 2014
20 km1:28:31 hrs Rio Maior6 Apr 2013
Track walk
10,000 m51:52.89 min Ciudad de Guatemala12 Jun 2009

International competitions
Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
Representing the  Guatemala
2003 Central American Junior Championships San José, Costa Rica 1st 5000m track walk 26:56.06
2009 Central American Race Walking Cup San Salvador, El Salvador 3rd 10 km 51:23
Pan American Race Walking Cup San Salvador, El Salvador 9th 20 km 1:47:01
2nd Team (20 km) 22 pts
Central American Championships Ciudad de Guatemala, Guatemala 5th 10,000m track walk 51:52.89
2011 Central American Race Walking Cup San Salvador, El Salvador 2nd 20 km 1:39:52
Pan American Race Walking Cup Envigado, Colombia 13th 20 km 1:41:34
Pan American Games Guadalajara, Mexico 2nd 20 km 1:33:37
2012 World Race Walking Cup Saransk, Russia — 20 km DQ
Olympic Games London, United Kingdom — 20 km DQ
2013 World Championships Moscow, Russia — 20 km DQ
Bolivarian Games Trujillo, Peru 1st 20 km 1:34:07
2014 South American Race Walking Championships Cochabamba, Bolivia 6th[5] 20 km 1:39:32
World Race Walking Cup Taicang, China 26th 20 km 1:30:18
8th Team (20 km) 104 pts
Central American and Caribbean Games Xalapa, Mexico 1st 20 km 1:35:43 A
2015 Pan American Race Walking Cup Arica, Chile 3rd 20 km 1:31:31
2nd Team (20 km) 21 pts
World Championships Beijing, China 12th 20 km walk 1:31:32

References
  1. http://www.s21.com.gt/deportes/2012/07/08/mirna-sucely-ortiz-flores-volvio-deporte
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 18 September 2011. Retrieved 7 August 2012.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. http://www.iaaf.org/statistics/records/inout=o/discType=5/disc=20KR/detail.html
  4. Rojas Rodríguez, Betty (24 February 2014), Una historia de amor a toda marcha (in Spanish), Los Tiempos, archived from the original on 19 May 2014, retrieved 20 May 2014
  5. Competing as guest
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