Colombia has 34 places for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games
There are representatives at the jousts in athletics, football, swimming, boxing, equestrian, wrestling, gymnastics, archery and sailing.
The 34th place for Colombia was achieved by Luis Felipe Uribe, this victory was full of joy.
The 22-year-old Risarald native got his ticket to the competitions following qualifying for the final of the 3-meter diving at the World Swimming Championships in Doha, Qatar.
Luis Felipe, who has had an outstanding Olympic cycle, was fourth in the 3-meter diving semifinal, with 440.75 points.
The Chinese Siyi Xie was first in the test, with 518.00 points, while his compatriot Zongyuan Wang was second.
The Mexican Osmar Olvera obtained the third place.
Of the 34 places that Colombia has so far, 11 are nominal and 23 numerical (teams), which are distributed among nine National Sports Federations: athletics, soccer, swimming, boxing, equestrian, wrestling, gymnastics, archery and sailing.
The first 18 places, of a numerical nature, were reached by the Colombian Women’s Soccer Team, which obtained the runner-up position in the Copa América 2022.
For its part, the first nominal quota for the country was won by Olympic medalist Lorena Arenas, silver in Tokyo 2020.
Who will add his fourth Olympic Games, following being present in London 2012, Rio 2016 and Tokyo 2020.
This is the Colombian roster for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games:
1-18. Colombia Women’s National Team (Soccer-Team)
19. Lorena Arenas (Athletics – 20 km. March)
20. Éider Arévalo (Athletics -20 km. March)
21. Natalia Linares (Athletics – Long jump)
22. Daniel Restrepo (Swimming-3m Trampoline)
23. Ronal Longa (Athletics – 100m flat)
24. Flor Denis Ruiz (Athletics – Javelin Throw)
25. Tatiana Rentería (Wrestling -76kg.)
26. Angie Orjuela (Athletics-Marathon).
27. Luisa Blanco (Artistic Gymnastics-All-around)
28. Angie Valdés (Boxing – 60 kg women)
29. Valeria Arboleda (Boxing – 57 kg. female)
30. Jenny Arias. (Boxing – 54 kg female)
31. Roberto Terán (Equestrian Jump)
32. Ana María Rendón (Archery – recurve bow)
33. Víctor Bolaños (Sailing – Kite Formula)
34. Luis Felipe Uribe (Diving – 3m Springboard)
Colombia will also have representation in the 2024 Paralympics
Paris 2024, there are also Colombian paraathlete representatives, they will seek to improve the mark achieved in Tokyo 2020, where the national delegation obtained 37th place, adding 24 medals: 3 gold, 7 silver and 14 bronze.
At the moment, Colombia has three places on the payroll,
- María Teresa Restrepo (Sports shooting)
- María Mónica Daza (For archery)
- Héctor Ramírez (For archery)
In the same way, in numerical places, there are already 15 those obtained in athletics (8 women and 7 men), 5 places for swimming (2 women and 3 men) and the Soccer Team for the blind.
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2024-02-13 02:07:37
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