Carolina Torres
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| Born | March 16, 1979 Temuco, Chile | |||||||||||
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| Sport | Track and field | |||||||||||
Medal record
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Carolina Alejandra Torres Guzmán (born March 16, 1979) is a Chilean pole vaulter and former heptathlete.
She won the silver medal at the 2003 Pan American Games in Santo Domingo, vaulting her personal best of 4.30 metres. She also competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece.
Competition record
| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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| 1996 | South American Junior Championships | Bucaramanga, Colombia | 3rd | Heptathlon | 4277 pts |
| 2001 | South American Championships | Manaus, Brazil | 5th | 100 m hurdles | 14.21 s |
| 4th | 4 × 100 m relay | 48.81 | |||
| 5th | Pole vault | 3.70 m | |||
| 2003 | South American Championships | Barquisimeto, Venezuela | 2nd | Pole vault | 4.20 m |
| Pan American Games | Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic | 2nd | Pole vault | 4.30 m | |
| World Championships | Paris, France | – | Pole vault | NM | |
| 2004 | Ibero-American Championships | Huelva, Spain | 9th | Pole vault | 3.90 m |
| Olympic Games | Athens, Greece | 33rd (q) | Pole vault | 4.00 m | |
| 2006 | Ibero-American Championships | Ponce, Puerto Rico | 4th | Pole vault | 4.10 m |
| South American Championships | Tunja, Colombia | 2nd | Pole vault | 4.25 m | |
| 2007 | Pan American Games | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 6th | Pole vault | 4.00 m |
| 2008 | Ibero-American Championships | Iquique, Chile | 2nd | Pole vault | 4.10 m |
| 2009 | South American Championships | Lima, Peru | 2nd | Pole vault | 4.10 m |
References
- Carolina Torres at World Athletics
- Carolina Torres at Tilastopaja (registration required)
- Carolina Torres at Olympics.com
- Carolina Torres at Olympedia
- Carolina Torres at InterSportStats
Categories:
- 1979 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Temuco
- Chilean women pole vaulters
- Chilean women hurdlers
- Chilean heptathletes
- Olympic women pole vaulters
- Olympic athletes for Chile
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Pan American Games silver medalists for Chile
- Pan American Games silver medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2003 Pan American Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2007 Pan American Games
- Medalists at the 2003 Pan American Games
- World Athletics Championships athletes for Chile
- 21st-century Chilean women
- Chilean athletics biography stubs