Andrea Carolina Vargas Mena (born 28 May 1996) is a Costa Rican athlete specialising in the sprint hurdles . She is the current NR holder with the time of 12.64 seconds which was set at the IAAF World Championships in Doha 2019. [2] 2018 World Indoor Championships without advancing from the first round.She participated in the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, Peru , achieving first place in 100 meter hurdles. She competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[3]
Her personal bests are 12.64 seconds in the 100 metres hurdles (Doha 2019) and 8.19 seconds in the 60 metres hurdles (Boston 2018).[4]
International competitions Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes Representing Costa Rica 2010 Central American and Caribbean (U17)Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic 2nd Heptathlon (youth) 3972 pts 2011 Central American Junior (U18)San Salvador, El Salvador 2nd 400 m hurdles (76.2 cm) 66.78 2013 Central American Games San José, Costa Rica 1st 400 m hurdles 1:04.72 World Youth Championships Donetsk, Ukraine 15th (h) 100 m hurdles (76.2 cm) 14.34 2014 Central American Junior Championships Morelia, Mexico 2nd 100 m hurdles 13.72 World Junior Championships Eugene, United States 24th (sf) 100 m hurdles 14.11 (w)2016 NACAC U23 Championships San Salvador, El Salvador 11th (h) 200 m 25.18 6th 100 m hurdles 13.65 2017 Central American Games Managua, Nicaragua 1st 100 m hurdles 13.12 2018 World Indoor Championships Birmingham, United Kingdom 32nd (h) 60 m hurdles 8.34 Central American and Caribbean Games Barranquilla, Colombia 1st 100 m hurdles 12.90 NACAC Championships Toronto, Canada 3rd 100 m hurdles 12.91 Ibero-American Championships Trujillo, Peru 1st 100 m hurdles 13.04 2019 Pan American Games Lima, Perú 1st 100 m hurdles 12.82 World Championships Doha, Qatar 5th 100 m hurdles 12.64 2021 Olympic Games Tokyo, Japan 9th (sf) 100 m hurdles 12.69 2022 World Championships Eugene, United States 15th (sf) 100 m hurdles 12.82 2023 Central American and Caribbean Games San Salvador, El Salvador 3rd 100 m hurdles 13.02 Pan American Games Santiago, Chile 1st 100 m hurdles 13.09
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