Gladymar Torres

Gladymar Torres
Competing at the 2024 Olympic Games
Personal information
NationalityPuerto Rico
Born (2003-03-26) 26 March 2003
Sport
SportAthletics
Event
Sprint
Achievements and titles
Personal bests100m: 11.12 (Paris, 2024) NR
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  Puerto Rico
Pan American Championships
Silver medal – second place2026 Medellín4×100 m relay
Ibero-American Championships
Gold medal – first place2026 Lima4×100 m relay
Central American and Caribbean Games
Silver medal – second place2026 Santo Domingo100 m

Gladymar Torres OLY[1](born 26 March 2003) is a Puerto Rican sprinter. She is a national record holder and national champion over 100 metres. She competed at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics.[2]

Biography

She lowered her 100 metres personal best to 11.20 seconds at the Ibero American Athletics Championships in May 2024.[3]

She was selected for the Paris Olympics in July 2024.[4] She set a national record time of 11.12 seconds on 2 August 2024 to qualify for the semi finals of the 100 metres at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris.[5]

In September 2025, she competed in the 100 metres at the 2025 World Championships in Tokyo, Japan.[6]

Competing in the 100 metres at the 2026 Ibero-American Championships in Athletics, she placed sixth in the final.[7] At the championships, she won a bronze medal with Eloy Benitez, Adrian Canales and Frances Colon in the mixed 4 x 100 metres relay.[8] She was also part of the gold medal winning women's 4 x 100 metres relay team at the championships alongside Colón, Adanelys Rodríguez, and Legna Echevarría, running 43.78 seconds.[9] In June 2026, the same quartet won the silver medal in the women's 4 × 100 m relay team, and set a new national record time of 43.42 seconds, at the 2026 Pan American Championships in Athletics.[10]

Personal life

She attended Ana G. Méndez University.[11]

References

  1. ↑ "Gladymar Torres, OLY". Retrieved August 8, 2024 – via Instagram.
  2. ↑ "Gladymar Torres". World Athletics. Retrieved 2 August 2024.
  3. ↑ "Gladymar Torres le rompe a Jasmine Camacho Quinn la marca nacional de 100 metros planos". primerahora.com. 12 May 2024. Retrieved 2 August 2024.
  4. ↑ "Gladymar Torres and Jerome Vega will go to the Olympics". periodicolaperla. 5 July 2024. Retrieved 2 August 2024.
  5. ↑ "Gladymar Torres clasifica a semifinales de atletismo en París 2024". telemundopr.com. 2 August 2024. Retrieved 2 August 2024.
  6. ↑ "World Athletics Championships, Tokyo 2025". World Athletics. 18 Sep 2025. Retrieved 29 September 2025.
  7. ↑ "Ibero American Athletics Championships". World Athletics. 29 May 2026. Retrieved 11 July 2026.
  8. ↑ "Ibero American Athletics Championships". World Athletics. 28 May 2026. Retrieved 11 July 2026.
  9. ↑ "Ibero American Athletics Championships". World Athletics. 30 May 2026. Retrieved 11 July 2026.
  10. ↑ "Pan American Athletics Championships". World Athletics. 28 June 2026. Retrieved 11 July 2026.
  11. ↑ "Five athletes to watch at the LAI Games". metro.pr. 25 April 2024. Retrieved 2 August 2024.
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