Andrea Verónica Ávila (born April 4, 1970, in Villa Carlos Paz [1] ) is a retired long and triple jumper from Argentina .[2] [3]
Ávila won two medals at the 1995 Pan American Games in Mar del Plata, Argentina . She competed in two consecutive Summer Olympics for her native country, starting in 1996.
International competitions
Year
Competition
Venue
Position
Event
Notes
Representing Argentina
1984
South American Youth Championships
Tarija , Bolivia
6th
100 m
13.1 s A
2nd
4 × 100 m relay
50.9 s A
1987
South American Junior Championships
Santiago, Chile
8th
High jump
1.55 m
3rd
Long jump
5.68 m
1989
South American Junior Championships
Montevideo, Uruguay
3rd
High jump
1.66 m
1st
Long jump
5.98 m
Pan American Junior Championships
Santa Fe, Argentina
2nd
Long jump
5.88 m
1990
Ibero-American Championships
Manaus, Brazil
2nd
Long jump
6.16 m
South American Games
Lima, Peru
1st
Long jump
6.12 m
1991
Pan American Games
Havana, Cuba
5th
Long jump
6.32 m
1992
Ibero-American Championships
Seville, Spain
3rd
Triple jump
12.82 m (+1.0 m/s)
1993
World Indoor Championships
Toronto, Canada
10th
Triple jump
13.35 m
South American Championships
Lima, Peru
1st
Long jump
6.45 m (w)
1st
Triple jump
13.91 m
World Championships
Stuttgart, Germany
22nd (q)
Long jump
6.23 m
–
Triple jump
NM
1994
Ibero-American Championships
Mar del Plata, Argentina
1st
Long jump
6.58 m (+1.9 m/s)
1st
Triple jump
13.18 m (+2.0 m/s)
4th
4 × 100 m relay
46.97
South American Games
Valencia, Venezuela
1st
Long jump
6.51 m
1st
Triple jump
13.12 m
1995
Pan American Games
Mar del Plata, Argentina
2nd
Long jump
6.52 m
3rd
Triple jump
13.84 m (w)
South American Championships
Manaus, Brazil
1st
Long jump
6.58 m
1st
Triple jump
13.34 m
3rd
Heptathlon
5290 pts
World Championships
Gothenburg, Sweden
24th (q)
Long jump
6.39 m
25th (q)
Triple jump
13.41 m
1996
Ibero-American Championships
Medellín, Colombia
4th
Long jump
6.22 m
Olympic Games
Atlanta, United States
32nd (q)
Long jump
6.00 m
1997
South American Championships
Mar del Plata, Argentina
4th
100 m hurdles
14.48
2nd
Long jump
6.26 m (w)
1st
Triple jump
13.76 m
World Championships
Athens, Greece
33rd (q)
Long jump
6.08 m
28th (q)
Triple jump
13.45 m
1998
Ibero-American Championships
Lisbon, Portugal
1st
Long jump
6.41 m
4th
Triple jump
13.36 m
South American Games
Cuenca, Ecuador
2nd
Long jump
6.36 m
1st
Triple jump
13.60 m
1999
South American Championships
Bogotá, Colombia
5th
Long jump
6.59 m (w)
3rd
Triple jump
13.57 m
Pan American Games
Winnipeg, Canada
11th
Long jump
6.03 m
7th
Triple jump
13.40 m
2000
Ibero-American Championships
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2nd
Long jump
6.41 m
–
Triple jump
NM
Olympic Games
Sydney, Australia
32nd (q)
Long jump
6.11 m
2001
South American Championships
Manaus, Brazil
5th
Long jump
5.99 m
References
^ Andrea Avila, la hija del viento Archived April 16, 2014, at the Wayback Machine (in Spanish)
^ "Andrea Verónica Ávila - Premio Konex 2000: Atletismo" (in Spanish). Fundación Konex . Archived from the original on March 6, 2016. Retrieved May 9, 2013 .
^ "Andrea Ávila". Sports Reference . Archived from the original on April 18, 2020. Retrieved January 1, 2014 .
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