Andrea Vargas

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] She represented her country at the 2018 World Indoor Championships without advancing from the first round. Participó en los juegos Panamericanos de Lima Perú, coronando en el primer lugar en los 100 mts vallas.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Vargas and the second or maternal family name is Mena.
Andrea Vargas
Personal information
Born (1996-05-28) 28 May 1996
Height1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)[1]
Weight60 kg (132 lb)
Sport
SportAthletics
Event(s)100 metres hurdles
Medal record
Representing  Costa Rica
Pan American Games
2019 Lima100 m hurdles

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).[3]

International competitions
YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing  Costa Rica
2010 Central American and Caribbean
Junior Championships (U17)		 Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic 2nd Heptathlon (youth) 3972 pts
2011 Central American Junior
and Youth Championships (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

References
  1. "2018 CAC Games bio". Archived from the original on 3 August 2018. Retrieved 3 August 2018.
  2. Andrea Vargas at World Athletics
  3. "Progression NR 100 metres hurdles Costa Rica". Archived from the original on 2018-08-27. Retrieved 2018-08-27.


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