Background
Caterine was born in the Urabá region of Antioquia, where she was raised by her grandmother after her parents separated because of the armed conflict in Colombia. Her father left for Venezuela and her mother moved to Turbo, Colombia.
Caterine was born in the Urabá region of Antioquia, where she was raised by her grandmother after her parents separated because of the armed conflict in Colombia. Her father left for Venezuela and her mother moved to Turbo, Colombia.
Her notable medals include two gold medal in the IAAF World Championships in Athletics, a silver medal in the 2012 Summer Olympics, and two gold medal in the 2011 Pan American Games and the 2015 Pan American Games. Caterine first played volleyball and Wilder Zapata, her coach, noticed her skill and suggested she play in Medellín, which had the high-profile Atanasio Girardot Sports Complex as a venue for national and international games. There she began her training in 1996 with the Cuban coach Jorge Luis Alfaro, specializing in the high jump.
This is the current Colombian record.
She competed at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, where jumped 1.85 m in the qualifying round. On 1 September 2011 obtained the bronze medal at the IAAF World Championships in Daegu with a 14.84 m performance.
Based in Puerto Rico. Coached by Ubaldo Duany, former Cuban Long Jumper (832 m PB from 1986).
Outdoor
200 m: 24.96 s (wind: -12 m/s) – San Germán, 4 December 2009
800 m: 2:35.35 minimum – San Germán, 4 December 2010
100 m hurdles: 14.09 s (wind: +00 m/s) – Mayagüez, 19 February 2011
High jump: 1.93 m – Cali, 22 July 2005
Long jump: 6.73 m A (wind: +18 m/s) – Bogotá, 30 June 2012
Triple jump: 15.31 m (wind: 00 m/s) – Monaco, 18 July 2014
Shot put: 13.79 m – Carolina, 20 March 2010
Javelin throw: 44.81 m – San Germán, 5 December 2009
Heptathlon: 5742 pts – San Germán, 5 December 2009
Indoor
High jump: 1.81 m – Moscow, 11 March 2006.
Her personal best in the high jump is 1.93 metres, achieved on 22 July 2005 in Cali. She holds the South American record in the triple jump with 15.31 m, achieved at the Diamond League competition in Monaco on 18 July 2014. On August 5, she won a silver medal at the London 2012 Olympics in the triple jump competition with a 14.80 m jump on her last attempt. On 15 August 2013 she won IAAF World Championships in Moscow in the triple jump competition with a 14.85 m jump on her second attempt.
