Jennifer Alexa Caicedo

Jennifer Alexa Caicedo Mejía (born 1 July 1984) is a Colombian long track speed skater, inline speed skater and also road racing cyclist.[1] She represented Argentina before 2010 because there wasn’t a Colombian speed skating union at that time.[2]

Jennifer Alexa Caicedo
Personal information
Full nameJennifer Alexa Caicedo Mejía
Born (1984-07-01) July 1, 1984
Sport
CountryArgentina (until 1 Jul 2010)
Colombia
SportSpeed skating

Speed skating

Caicedo represented Argentina at the World Sprint Speed Skating Championships for Women in 2010, finishing 25th overall.[3] She also competed at other international competitions, including at 2009-10 ISU Speed Skating World Cups.[3]

After the 2009-10 speed skating season she was registered with the Colombian nationality. After a year without ISU competitions she started representing Colombia from the beginning of 2011. With 42.96 (500 metres) and 1:25.82 (1000 metres) she holds the Colombian national records in the sprint distances. Between 2015 and 2019 she had 13 starts at Colombian national championships. She became twice national champion in the 500 metres event in 2018 and 2019. Furthermore she won 7 silver and 3 bronze medals at national championships.[3]

Personal records
Personal records
Women's speed skating
Event Result Date Location Notes
500 m40,7112.12.2009Salt Lake City
1000 m1.20,2131.10.2009Calgary
1500 m2.08,4706.02.2009Calgary
3000 m4.38,8118.03.2009Calgary
5000 m8.25,0120.03.2009Calgary

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Inline skating

At the 2005 World Games she won the gold medal in the 500 m sprint event. Furthermore she won two silver medals (1000 m sprint and 3000 m elimination) and a bronze medal (300 m time trial). Caicedo competed at the 2007 Pan American Games.[5]

References
  2. "SpeedSkatingStats.com". speedskatingstats.com. Retrieved 3 April 2020.
  3. "Competition results, statistics and records; SpeedSkatingNews". www.speedskatingnews.info. Retrieved 3 April 2020.
  4. "Skaters: Jennifer Alexa Caicedo". www.speedskatingbase.eu. Retrieved 15 April 2020.


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