Verónica Colindres

Verónica Abigail Colindres García (born July 9, 1986, in Opico, La Libertad) is a female Salvadoran race walker.[1] She won a silver medal for the 20 km at the 2009 Pan American Race Walking Cup in San Salvador, with a time of 1:39:45.[2]

Verónica Colindres
Personal information
Full nameVerónica Abigail Colindres García
Nationality El Salvador
Born (1986-07-09) 9 July 1986
Opico, La Libertad, El Salvador
Height1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight50 kg (110 lb)
Sport
SportAthletics
Event(s)Race walking
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)20 km walk: 1:35:39 (2007)

Colindres represented El Salvador at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where she competed in the women's 20 km race walk. She finished and completed the race in thirty-eighth place by six seconds behind Brazil's Tânia Spindler, with a seasonal best time of 1:36:52.[3] Colindres was elevated to a higher position, when Greek race walker and former Olympic champion Athanasía Tsoumeléka had been disqualified from the competition, after she was tested positive for CERA, an advanced version of the blood-booster erythropoietin (EPO).[4]

References
  1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Verónica Colindres". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 15 January 2013.
  2. Clavelo Robinson, Javier (3 May 2009). "Mexico dominates Pan American Race Walking Cup". IAAF. Retrieved 15 January 2013.
  3. "Women's 20km Walk". NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 30 July 2012. Retrieved 15 January 2013.
  4. "IOC sanctions race walker Tsoumeleka for doping". USA Today. 18 November 2009. Retrieved 15 January 2013.


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